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Terrorists Fire on Beisan; Israeli Soldier Killed in Lebanon Identified

December 30, 1970
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Terrorists in Jordan fired Katyusha rockets at Beisan township last night, the first such attack in the area in two months. No casualties were reported but several buildings and cars were damaged. A military spokesman reported several shots were fired from Syrian territory last night at Israeli positions in the Golan Heights but caused no casualties or damage. Sergeant Roni David Alexander, 20, was today identified by Israeli military authorities as the soldier who was killed Sunday night in a raid on terrorist bases in Yaater village, three miles inside Lebanon.

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