The Arab Mukhtar of the village of Senaria near Nablus was killed today by a band of Arabs which broke into his home. The Mukhtar, Ahed Youssef Abu Hajalla, killed two of the terrorists. A new northern strategic road was extensively damaged by bands which tore up the paving and dynamited culverts, according to a police report.
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