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Amistice Unit Investigates Jordan Arab Children Shot by Israel Soldiers

November 10, 1950
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An Israel military spokeman today revealed that a subcommittee of the Israel-Jordan armistice commission is investigating the Arab complaint that two Arab children were killed by Israel soldiers in no man’s land near ##

The spokeman, who termed the incident “one of the most regrettable to leave occurred in or near no man’s land,” said that the investigating group had not yet determined whether the children were killed by bullets fired by an Israel patrol or Arab infiltrees. They were apparently ## in a ceasefire between an Israel petrol and a land of Arab infiltrees caught by the soldiers.

The spokeman also recalled the fact that a Jewish child was killed some time back in the Murderers quarter (##)

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