An armed Arab infiltrator, apparently one of a band, was intercepted and killed by an Israeli patrol on the Jordanian frontier, it was announced here today. He was located a half kilometer inside Israeli territory. The patrol opened fire when he failed to respond to a challenge. The fire was immediately returned from several directions.
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