Israel lodged a complaint against Jordan today before the U. N. Jordanian-Israeli Mixed Armistice Commission, accusing the Jordanian Government of responsibility for the near-fatal planting of explosives discovered yesterday under the tracks of the Haifa-Jerusalem railroad, a few minutes before a Jerusalem-bound train was to pass over the spot.
Israel told the Armistice Commission that the explosives, weighing about nine pounds, were found at a spot only about 67 feet from the Jordanian border. The Israeli border patrol unit which found the explosive traced an electric wire leading from the potential site of the blast, extending about 35 feet into the Jordanian side of the border. In its complaint, Israel blamed E1 Fatah terrorists for the attempted attack, but held Jordan responsible for harboring the E1 Fatah sabotage gang.
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