Three Israeli soldiers were injured yesterday, one of them seriously. in widely separated incidents stemming from terrorist activities. A military spokesman reported that one soldier was rushed to the hospital by helicopter after touching off a booby trap near Nahal Golan. a new settlement in the Golan heights. The other two soldiers were hurt when their command car hit a mine near Mt. Sagi in the Negev northwest of Eilat. A second command car speeding to the scene also struck a mine but without injury to its passengers. An armed halftrack guarding farmers in the fields of Ashdot Yaacov in the Beisan valley was attacked by gun fire from the Jordanian side of the demarcation line. No casualties were reported.
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