Rocket Fire Cracks Over Eilat, Aqaba • (Continued from Page 1) boring Mar Ruppin, a military On the Suez Canal front, a two- tween the two nations that th eir ! spokeman reported Israeli forces hour artillery clash occurred be- respective Gulf of Eilat pa its returned the fire in both cases. tween Israeli and Egyptian forces would be kept out of the war zo ne. A hand grenade at an I ast Friday. A military spokesman Control of the area figured cr it- Israeli refrigerated thrown truck as it said Israeli gunners scored direct ically as one of the factors lea d- passed through Gaza Sunday on an Egyptian tanker lying ex- ing to the 1967 war. ploded behind the vehicle and at Port Suez and on a tank and As Jordan's sole lifeline to th e caused no casualties or damage. that Egyptian bunkers were de- sea, Aqaba is vitally important to A military spokesman said sev- stroyed. its economy and armed force eral suspects have been detain- The spokesman said Israeli Food, oil and heavy milita ry ed. forces suffered no casualties be- equipment are funneled into th e Reports of a 35-minute mortar cause of the quality of their de- country through it, and King Hu s- ' and tank duel along the Israel- fense positions. Egyptian sources sein, aware of its vulnerabilit claimed that heavy casualties and n cease-fire Sunday were not d amage were inflicted on the Is- has tried to keep it out of the zo ne confirmed by Israeli sources. A r aeli side during the exchange. of Israel-Jordan fighting. Jordanian spokesman in Amman Eilat was back to normal afte r claimed that Israeli gunners had , t They admitted that an Egyptian the attack, and many holiday :started the shooting and anker was hit. that Jor- makers continued to arrive in danian A Haifa student was slightly fire destroyed an the hot and sunny Negev city • Israeli return injured last week when a group halftrack and inflicted to lie on the beaches and coo I casualties. of sightseers of which he was themselves in the waters. A kerosene tank at Jerusalem's When the Katyusha attack b e- ' Kalandia Airport was damaged by ran at 3:40 a.m., reports JTA , an explosion which shattered win- Tel- Aviv correspondent Yitzha k dows in nearby buildings at day- Shargil, people in pajamas an d break Saturday. Israeli officials Carrying blankets dashed for she 1.! said there were no signs of sabo- ters. Eilat was immediately blac k-! tage and denied a claim made by ed out, but lights continued to ! the El Fatah Amman that the shine in Arava, which is visibl e explosion was in the work of sabo- from -various points in Eilat. teurs. The blast was attributed to "Every four or five minutes, a a build-up of pressure in pipelines volley of three or four shells ex - carrying gasoline. ploded," reported Shargil. "On e Kalandia Airport. in exploded near a synagogue, an - seized from Jordan during the other wrecked one flat where th e June 1967 war, is used mainly for baby was injured. The baby wa s • local flights. The United Nations flown to Tel Aviv for eye surgery plane used by the chief UN truce "Other shells whistled over th e observer, Lt. Bull. was Queen of Sheba Hotel and explud - I parked at the Gen. Odd at the time ed in the city's center near WIZ O of the explosion airport but did not sustain (Women's International Zionist Or - damage. ganIzation) institutions and a park An Israeli military spokesman ing lot. said that six Arab infiltrators “Eilat is crowded with visitors were killed in the Golan Heights who spent the night on the warm last Saturday when they were sand. Luckily, they were un- in an apparent attempt to hurt," said Shargil. "Eilat has steal sheep or cattle. lie said the a hippie and beatnick popula- marauders opened fire at a point tion. They were seen during the about six miles south of Kun- attack strolling the streets with eitra on the Israel-Syrian demar- their guitars. They simply did cation line. not know what to do." A spokesman reported that 15 When Israeli jets struck back, heavy smoke was seen rising from mortar shells were fired into the Neot Hakikar settlement south of the Aqaba area. The injured Is- raelis were not reported in grave the Dead Sea last Saturday but caused no casualties or damage. condition, but two were said to have been seriously hurt. Others were treated for minor injuries. NEED A GOWN? Repair work began immediately. ZAt the United Nations, Ambas- For Weddings, Parties, Banquets sador Yosef Tekoah complained to or Proms. 1500 After-5 shcrt the Security Council against what and long gowns . . . sizes 4 to 44 . rmed the "wanton, unprovoked Popular Priced $29 to 5199. and barbaric" attack. "In self- SHANDEL'S defense, Israel took air action to 154 So. Woodward Nr. Maple stop the attack which originated Birmingham, Mich. MI 2-4150 from the area of the Jordanian city of Aqaba" his note said.) — .111x • Israel claimed after its retalia- tion attack that the Arab rock- ets were triggered from an em- placement in the courtyard of the girls' school in Aqaba. Am- man charged that the air raid preceded the rocket attack and that the rockets were fired from the hills outside the town. Jordan charged that eight per- sons were killed and nine wound- ed when Israeli planes drilled rockets into the girls' school, a church, poliCe station and several homes. Tuesday night both neighboring municipalities observed blackouts. Israeli and Jordanian forces traded artillery fire Wednesday along the Jordan River cease-fire line. The exchange of fire, which also involved mortars, took place north of the; Allenby Bridge near the Sea oft Galilee and lasted some 25 minutes. Israeli patrols were attacked Sunday near Maoz Chaim and Ash- dod Yaacov in the Beisan Valley region. The fire was returned, and there were no casualties, a mili- tary spokesman said. An Israeli Arab from Beersheba, 22-year-old Suleiman Rizek, was wounded by gunshots in ;the West Bank of Ramallah. Police were investigat- ing but reported no arrests. A settler of Maoz Chaim was wounded Monday in a bazooka attack from across the Jordanian border. On Israeli patrol was also attacked in the vicinity of neigh- !THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, April 11, 1969—S Israeli Defense Minister Moshe 1 What is normal is at once most Dayan had narrowly escaped 1 convenient, most honest, and most death at the hands of Arab com- wholesome. —Frederic Amiel. mandos the preceding Wednesday. i Cairo radio reports said Dayan was driving to Nablus on the Israeli-occupied west bank of the Jordan when the commandos opened up first with stones, then rifle fire. 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