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Ii Israelis Wounded in Gaza Area; Easing of Tension on Border Sought

March 23, 1956
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Eleven settlers were wounded near Gevuloth, opposite the Gaza strip, last night when a cart drawn by a tractor was landmined.

In Jerusalem the Israel-Jordan Mixed Armistice Commission met today to discuss ways and means of easing the rapidly developing tension along the Israel-Jordan border, particularly in the Bartaa area.

The Israeli delegate to the Israel-Syrian M. C met with the UN chairman of the MAC today to discuss the security situation in the Syrian border zone. At the same time, Syrian troops reoccupied positions along the eastern shore of Lake Tiberias abandoned during an Israeli raid last December 12. They have also occupied heights which overlook Kfar Szold.

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