The Security Council met tonight at the urgent request of Egypt, which charged that Israel had committed an “unprovoked act of war” in its shelling of the City of Suez today. Egypt’s Ambassador Mahmoud El Kony complained to the Security Council that Israeli shelling had virtually demolished Suez, had caused “extensive loss of human life” and had wrecked or severely damaged oil refineries, a fertilizer factory and harbor installations.
Mr. El Kony charged that the attack was ordered by the Israel Government following an extraordinary meeting of its Cabinet, and that it pressed the attack despite requests of U.N. observers to cease fire. The Egyptian said that Israel cannot justify the shelling as a retaliatory measure for the sinking of the destroyer Elath because “there is no relationship between the two incidents.”
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