Syrian gun posts located across Israel’s border today opened fire against an Israeli tractor team at work near the settlement of Notera, on the northern section of the Israeli-Syrian frontier. The fire came from Syrian positions at Darbashiyh.
An Israeli border patrol returned the fire. After an exchange of shots, the Israeli tractor team returned to its work. There were no casualties on the Israeli side. The exchange was the first on the Syrian border after several weeks of relative calm. The Syrian attack took place at the very time the 13-nation Arab summit meeting was being held in Cairo, with Syria’s president of the National Revolutionary Council, Maj. Gen. Amin El-Hafez, among the participants.
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