Two British soldiers and two Arabs were injured today by falling debris in the Old City quarter of Jaffa, where houses are being demolished to build two roads to the harbor.
An Arab house in Hebron was seized and demolished after firearms had been discharged from it, according to an official communique, which said the action was taken under emergency regulations.
Police arrested an Arab in Yatta with four rifles, a revolver and a quantity of ammunition in his possession.
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