An Israeli Army officer was killed today in the Negev area north of Beersheba when a band of armed Jordanians penetrated Israeli territory. In another incident along the Syrian border, Syrian troops opened fire on Israeli construction workers in the demilitarized zone today.
In the Negev, an Israeli patrol observed a number of Arabs and their flocks inside Israel. As the Israeli soldiers approached, the Arabs opened fire, killing the patrol’s commander, a second lieutenant. The patrol returned the rifle fire and the Jordanians retreated across; the line.
No one was hurt in the area south of Lake Huleh by the Syrian gunfire, which drew a reply from Israeli border police. The Israeli civilians were working on land owned by the Jewish National Fund and were being observed by United Nations truce officers.
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