Israeli forces fighting on the west bank of the Suez Canal were reported tonight to be at the approaches to the town of Suez and in control of the roads linking that town to Cairo. The roads were said to be the essential supply route for the Egyptian Third Army which, according to an Israeli communique, has been repulsed in its efforts to break through to the roads, Fighting continued on the northern front where there is no cease-fire.
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