One of the three soldiers wounded when a patrol car struck a landmine in the Nitzana (El Auja) area Thursday, died of his injuries, bringing the death toll from this incident to two.
Israel Army circles said here this weekend that they had no information on a series of alleged incidents in which the Egyptians charged that 13 Egyptian soldiers were killed in three Israeli raids across the demarcation Pines.
Dr. Walter Eytan, director-general of the Israel Foreign Ministry, left today for Bucharest, Budapest and Sofia on a tour which had been scheduled for last June.
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