Three Israelis–one tractor driver and two patrolmen were injured today when Syrian positions opened fire on Israeli fields in the Upper Galilee region. The fields were illuminated as a result of the use of phosphorus bullets. The Syrians also fired on a patrol car moving along its usual route. Several fields were set ablaze and destroyed.
Israelis returned machinegun fire. United Nations observers tried five times to obtain a cease-fire but each time arrangements were violated by the Syrians who renewed their firing. A complaint has been lodged by Israel with the Mixed Armistice Commission.
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