Israel told the United Nations Security Council today that Jordan must take steps to halt “continuous acts of aggression.” Ambassador Yosef Tekoah reported to Security Council President Yakov A. Malik last night in a letter that Israel had to react to a “new series of grave violations of the cease-fire” from Jordanian territory. He called them “the latest in a continuous series of violations of the cease-fire committed by regular and irregular forces from Jordan during the past week.”
The Israeli envoy described the operation Monday when Israeli forces pursued saboteurs across the cease-fire line and reported that “considerable quantities of arms and documents were found. He said “I have to reiterate that it is essential for the government of Jordan to put an end to such continuous acts of aggression.” Mr. Tekoah did not ask for a meeting of the Security Council.
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