Two Jewish settlers were killed last night in the Jerusalem suburbs by Arab bandits who stole a herd of goats and then escaped across the border into Transjordan-controlled territory.
The Israel delegation to the mixed Transjordan-Israel armistice commission has called a meeting of the body for tomorrow in order to place before it a formal complaint concerning this and similar incidents.
The killings occurred in daylight near the deserted Arab village of Kolonia, about three miles west of Jerusalem. The first settler was knifed to death by Arabs in ambush. The second Jew died in similar fashion when he came seeking the missing man. Military anthorities traced the stolen herd to the Israel-Transjordan border line. Another raid took place about one mile north of Kolonia at Beth Iiksa.
Arab marauders operating from Transjordan territory were also active in the south this week-end. Colonists at Kibbutz Revadim lost 130 sheep and a number of mules, while several isolated thefts took place at Hasmyiah, where the tracks of the robbers led in the direction of Falujja Amelin and Latrun. At Revadim the police gave chase to the bandits within two hours, but could not catch them.
The Israel Government today submitted to the Lebanese delegates at the Israel-Lebanon mixed armistice commission a list of Arab dependents residing in Lebanon whose repatriation to Israel is urged by their relatives living in this country. Heretofore 582 Arabs have been repatriated from Lebanon to Israel.
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