Soviet Military Advisers Coordinated Attack
Along Suez Canal, Israel Military Believes
Heartiest congratulations to Mr. & Mrs. Sid-
ney Selig upon the bar mitzva of their son,
Lawrence Stewart, this Saturday, November
2, in Jerusalem.
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1 buildings. One shell damaged a intervention should a new war
that Israeli forces started the I residence but its occupants, a break out with Egypt.
(Speaking earlier in the Knesset,
He will be called to the Torah at Hechal
battle with a ground-to-ground mother and a 4-month-old child,
missile attack on Port Tewfik, a escaped unhurt. Israeli border po- Gen. Dayan warned Egypt of a
Shlomo and will put on his Teffilin at the
suburb of Port Suez at the south- lice dismantled the mines. The ba- massive military response if there
ern end of the Suez Canal. Israeli zooka shells used in the attack was another artillery attack across
Western Wall.
artillery set fire to the oil refin- were of American-made 83mm. the Suez Canal similar to last Sat-
urday's exchange.)
eries and tank farms at Port Suez type.
EDUCATORS COUNCIL OF DETROIT
The evening newspaper Maariv
Israel sent two notes to the UN
which were still blazing fiercely
Rabbi Manfred Pick
Cantor Arthur Asher
this morning. The refineries were Security Council accusing Egypt of reported that the Israel army has
Rabbi Mordecai Tatelbaum
Rabbi Aaron Brander
deliberately spared by Israeli gun- responsibility for the shooting along taken special measures to prevent
Dr. Joshua Weinstein
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Mr.
Albert
Elazar
ners in the Sept. 8 engagement. the Suez Canal.
Dr. Benjamin Yapko
Mr. James J. Levbarg
Maj. Gen. Chaim Bar-Lev, chief
Egyptian sources claimed that
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JEWISH
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Rabbi Simon Murciano
houses were also hit in Port Suez of staff of Israel's armed forces,
10—Friday,
November
1,
1968
and Port Tewfik and at Ismailiya reported to the cabinet that
at the canal's mid-point. They said Egypt's massed artillery attack
five Egyptian soldiers were killed, across the Suez Canal Saturday
and 16 soldiers and civilians were had been carefully planned in ad-
vance on the highest level in Cairo
wounded.
and was started without any provo-
The official Algerian news
cation.
agency announced Monday that
(Reports received at the United
Algerian troops had been in the
Nations
in New York from Lt. Gen.
canal zone during the Israeli-
Odd Bull, chief of the UN Truce
Egyptian fighting and had par-
Supervision
Organization, blamed
ticipated without suffering any
Egypt for starting the battle. Gen.
casualties.
In a letter to the Security Coun- Bull reported that his staff mem-
cil, Israel's UN ambassador, Yosef bers observed "mortar and heavy
Tekoah, said, "This information is artillery fire initiated by United
particularly grave in view of the Arab Republic forces" at 2:95 p.m.
fact that the Algerian govern- Saturday near Kantara. The fire
ment, despite its participation in was returned by Israeli forces 10
the hostilities of June 1967 has minutes later, according to the ob-
ignored and continues to reject the servers' report. Gen. Bull said that
Security Council resolution on the similar reports of hostilities begun
cease fire and that government by Egyptian forces came from
on its own admission pursues an other observation posts along the
active role in military operations 100-mile Suez Canal front. Gen.
Bull's report said both sides used
against Israel."
The letter was sent to this artillery, mortars, light and heavy
month's Security Council nresi- machine guns and tanks and in
dent, Nationalist Chinese .A tubas• addition, "The United Arab Re-
sador Liu Chieh. It did not request public forces used rockets.")
Gen. Bull left for Cairo to meet
a council meeting. Algeria's UN
ambassador, Tewfik Bouattoura, with Egyptian officials, and to
inspect
damage to UN posts along
is a council member.
Israeli military authorities said the canal. He was accompanied by
his
senior
advisers.
they were convinced that the artil-
An Israeli soldier was wounded
lery attack was well planned and
coordinated under the direction of by an Egyptian sniper north of
Soviet military advisers who may Port Tewfik Monday morning. He
have guided Egyptian artillery was fired on from the West Bank
men during the action. They said of the Suez Canal while he was
the attack was probably intended drawing water from a tank truck,
to boost the sagging morale of a military spokesman said.
Egyptian troops. But, they added, Foreign Minister Abba Eban
Meyer Weingarden,
it may also have been a test to said in a television interview that
determine whether Egyptian troops the Egyptian artillery barrage last
could successfully invade the Sinai Saturday may be regarded as
while Israeli, forces were kept Cairo's reply to Israel's query about
busy repelling an artillery attack. whether Egypt was prepared to
The Egyptian artillery barrage it- agree to establish a lasting peace
self was less heavy than that of in the area. The question was for-
Sept. 8 but the commando probes warded to the govenments of
under artillery cover were new. Egypt and Jordan through the
One commando group crossed UN special peace envoy, Ambas-
the canal north of Port Tewfik and sador Gunnar V. Jarring. The
ambushed two Israeli military ye- attack strengthened Israel's re-
hi•les on the strategic Mitla road, , solve not to move from its present
killing two Israelis. The Egyptians positions on the cease-fire lines,
fled under return fire and re-cross- Eban said. He added, however,
ed the canal as Egyptian artillery that the avenue of contact with
opened up again to cover their the Arabs through Dr. Jarring
retreat. Israeli sources said this must be kept open and the hope
occurred several hours after a for an eventual peace settlement
cease-fire arranged by United Na- must not be given up. Asked to
tions observers was supposed to comment on the opinion expressed
have gone into effect. Another com- by Defense Minister Gen. Moshe
mando group crossed the canal Dayan that peace with the Arabs
near Kantara and laid mines which was not possible in the foreseeable
David J. Cohen
Norman Cooler
later damaged a water tank truck future, Eban said that Jewry and
but caused • no casualties. Addi- Zionism have never shrunk away
tional mines found in the area from any objectives because they
were dismantled. Israeli sources did not appear realistic at the
said there was evidence that a time. He said that peace is pref-
third commando raid might have erable to a cease fire and that
been attempted. should be Israel's basic aim.
Also
The Egyptian attack caught Is (Dayan warned Tuesday if Egypt
SOL NUSBAUM
raeli troops completely by surprise, attacked Israel suddenly and on a
Not
Available
and the first salvoes accounted for broad front, "The whole plain west
for Picture
most of the casualties, a military of Suez will become one huge
spokesman reported. He said the Egyptian cemetery." Gen. Dayan's
guns began to roar simultaneously remarks to members of the Knes-
all along the canal with no ad- set Labor Party faction contained
vance warning.
his second stern warning in two
Alex Saltsman
Nathan Soberman
Arab saboteurs made one of their days that Egypt would be courting
deepest penetrations of Israeli disaster if it renewed hostilities
territory last Friday when they against Israel.
shelled the Kadouri Agricultural
(Egypt cannot halt its aggres-
School on the Afula-Tiberias road sion because of its pressing in-
in lower Galilee with bazookas. ternal problems, and therefore "A
They also planted mines and high new war may not be as far away
explosives near one of the school as had been thought previously,"
he said But Israel has the equip-
ment for such an eventuality and
is ready and its lines are fortified.
("We will beat the Egyptians
swiftly and decisively," Gen.
Dayan added.
Cobo Hall
(He declined to reply to one
, Knesset member who questioned
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