Eight armed marauders were killed in a sharp clash with an Israeli Army patrol north of the Dead Sea last night. One Israeli soldier was killed and another wounded in the encounter, a military spokesman said today.
He said that the patrol intercepted the Arab raiders as they crossed the Jordan River into Israel at about midnight, local time. Despite heavy covering fire from Jordanian units on the east bank of the river, they were unable to retreat. The eight were slain in a heavy exchange of fire and hand grenades at close quarters. Israeli units did not return the Jordanian fire from the east bank.
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