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British Troops Desecrated Cemetery in Search for Hidden Arms in Tel Aviv

August 13, 1946
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British troops uprooted tombstones and uncovered graves in their search for hidden arms during the four-day raids in Tel Aviv two weeks ago, it was disclosed today in a report issued by Zvi Pinkas, president of the local burial society.

Police yesterday searched all hospitals in Tel Aviv, but the reason for the raids was not announced.

A letter received here today from 30 detainees in Eritrea, who escaped in June but wore subsequently recaptured, reports that they are imprisoned on a hilltop at Port Abalzira, near Asmara, in Eritrea. They appealed for food and asked that counsel be sent to assist them at their forthcoming trial.

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