Israel Informed the Security Council today that “it became necessary, In self defense, to employ aircraft” against Jordanian artillery and mortar positions that have been shelling Israeli settlements in the Beisan Valley and elsewhere along the demarcation line since early this morning.
The Israeli advice was contained in the second of two letters dispatched to the Security Council today by Ambassador Yosef Tekoah, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations. They were addressed to Miguel Solano Lopez, President of the Security Council in February.
The first letter called the Security Council’s attention to the Jordanian attacks early today against Kfar Ruppin and Maoz Chaim in the Beisan Valley and detailed the damage suffered by each settlement. The second letter gave the chronology of continuing Jordanian attacks on those two settlements and on six others.
“The Jordanian armed attacks and raids have assumed the character of a premeditated campaign of aggression directed against Israeli villages and the civilian population,” Ambassador Tekoah wrote. “Today’s series of assaults initiated by the Jordanians constitutes a climax in this campaign.” Ambassador Tekoah requested that his letters be circulated as official documents of the Security Council.
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