Israel Air Force jets attacked Egyptian positions in the central section of the Suez Canal zone for 90 minutes this morning and returned safely to their bases. An Israeli soldier was killed in a fire exchange across the canal yesterday. He was identified as Capt. Israel Guttman, of Kibbutz Maagan. One Israeli soldier was wounded today in an exchange of fire with Egyptian forces across the Suez Canal. An Israeli soldier was injured last night when his vehicle hit a mine in the southern Golan Heights. Several Arab guerrillas were wounded in a clash with an Israeli patrol in the Beisan Valley early today. There were no Israeli casualties. Jordanian forces fired mortar shells at Ashdod Yaacov in the Beisan Valley last night. Israeli forces returned the fire. There were no Israeli casualties.
The water-pumping station at Ashdod Yaacov was idled last night because of a sharp drop in the water level of the Yarmouk River. An Israeli spokesman said the Jordanians have drawn an excessive amount of water from the river to supply their Ghor irrigation canal, which has finally been repaired. The canal was blasted by Israeli jets several months ago in retaliation for attacks on Israeli settlements from Jordan. Israel permitted the repairs to be made at the behest of the United States, which financed construction of the 50-mile water conduit, Jordan’s largest irrigation project. The Jordanian government promised at the time to end attacks on Israeli border settlements, but the promise has never been kept.
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