An Israeli Government spokesman today termed a United Nations truce headquarters report that an Israeli mobile unit crossed into Transjordan territory near Aqaba on Nov. 29 “as fantastic as British charges made in Paris.”
The U.N. announcement, which came from Haifa last night, reported a Transjordan complaint that a Jewish patrol comprising five jeeps penetrated Transjordan territory. The Israeli official commented that “apparently the Arab Legion has a Sherlock Holmes operating in the Aqaba area.” He said that the Jews never penetrated that area and have no designs on Transjordan.
Unofficial reports reaching here said that Egyptian forces today shelled the settlement of Nirim again.
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