Brigadier General Zvi Tzur, Israel’s Chief of Staff, said today that in such an unstable situation as that of the Middle East, any local incident on an Israeli border might develop into a far bigger clash.
“Initiators of such incidents will not hesitate to make whatever use of them which will meet their political goals,” he added. He also warned against increased efforts made by Egypt, using foreign aid, to strengthen its military forces, and called for a permanent state of alertness by Israeli security forces. He made his comments at a graduation parade of engineering corps officers.
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