Israeli fishermen gathering in their nets on the Sea of Galilee were fired on today by Syrian troops on the eastern bank. Israeli police boats escorting the fishermen immediately loosed a few rounds of automatic fire and silence prevailed again. No Israeli was hit.
Israel officers, accompanied by United Nations observers, began an investigation today of a new infiltration incident in which a number of Syrians attacked two Israel shepherds of Kibbutz Shamir in upper Galilee.
Israel charged that the infiltrators intended to ambush the shepherds but their automatic fire missed the intended victims who managed to escape. The incident reportedly took place about a mile inside Israel territory.
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