Children spent the night in bomb shelters at Kfar Ruppin and Tirat Zvi, in the Beisan Valley which were the targets of Jordanian shelling again, it was reported here today. There were no casualties and the only damage was done to a truck at Kfar Ruppin, According to a military spokesman, six mortar shells landed there and eight struck in the Tirat Zvi area, Israeli artillery returned the fire and silenced the Jordanian positions. An Army half track was damaged last night when it struck a mine near Timna in the Eilath region. There were no casualties. Three pairs of footprints were found leading from and to the Jordanian border.
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