The broadcast also said that Iraqi aircraft had bombed Israeli military factories at Petach Tikvah, five miles east of Tel Aviv, “causing heavy explosions, fires and damage,” while mechanized units of the Iraqi Army attacked Natanya, Ras el Ain, Kfar Yona and Kolm.
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