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Egypt Reported Capturing Israeli Fishing Vessel, Detains Six Israelis

September 25, 1957
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Egyptian gunboats today captured an Israeli fishing vessel 30 miles from the Sinai coastal town of El Arish, it was reported here today from Port Said. A Reuters dispatch said that the Egyptians arrested six Israelis aboard the vessel, charged them with violating Egyptian territorial waters and sent them to Cairo for interrogation. El Arish is on the Mediterranean coast.

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