One Israeli soldier was killed this afternoon and another soldier and a civilian were wounded in a clash with an armed band from Jordan which crossed into Israeli territory and attacked field workers near Ein Yanav, in the Araba region south of the Dead Sea. An Army spokesman reported that the marauders crossed into Israel at 2 p.m. local time and were engaged by an Army unit posted to guard the field workers. The wounded civilian was a member of Ein Yanav settlement.
In Jerusalem, today, police sources revealed that an attempt was made a few nights ago to assassinate a Ramallah lawyer, one of a group of prominent West Bank Arabs who have been advocating the establishment of a separate Palestinian entity within the framework of a general peace treaty, instead of re-joining the West Bank with Jordan. Police said that the would-be assassins were masked men with revolvers.
An earlier attempt to murder — or frighten — a West Bank Arab leader was made last week when a bazooka shell was fired at the home of a Ramallah doctor who had publicly favored independence from Jordan. The house was damaged but no one was hurt. Police said that the attackers in both cases were still being sought.
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