Security forces are investigating a mine accident that killed one Israeli laborer and injured two others on a road in Upper Galilee on Friday afternoon. The mine was planted on a dirt road frequently used by workers on a Jewish National Fund afforestation project. A truck carrying 33 workers hit the mine while on its way back to Maalot township after the day’s work. The fatally injured victim was identified as Victor Hasoun, 46, father of six. Maalot is a mixed Arab-Jewish township in central Galilee. The local council deplored the incident and urged Jewish and Arab residents to maintain their good neighborly relations that have prevailed until now. Israeli authorities have learned of new terrorist concentrations in southern Lebanon, apparently in preparation for increased activity against Israel in that sector. Israeli sources said the terrorists have been forced into Lebanon by the crackdown in Jordan and the restrictions placed on their activities recently by Syrian authorities. They are said to be waiting for improved weather to launch new incursions against Israel. Gen. Yeshayahu Gavish, former commander of Israel’s southern command, indicated today that Israel’s Air Force would resume its in depth bombing of Egyptian targets should hostilities be renewed along the Suez Canal. The reserve officer said Israel had absolutely no undertaking to limit its retaliatory strikes to the canal zone. But he predicted that the present de facto cease-fire would be a prolonged one.
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