The Israel-Jordan Mixed Armistice Commission censured both Jordan and Israel today for the same incident. The commission condemned the Jordanians for crossing the frontier on November 1 and wounding a Jewish police officer in the village of Kirbet Salim. It then censured Israel because the Israelis replied to the gunfire of marauding Jordanians.
The Israel-Egyptian Mixed Armistice Commission condemned Israel today for an attack on an Egyptian Bedouin encampment and the theft of a hundred sheep.
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