12th Raid in 15 Days Staged by Israel
Against Egyptian Targets on Suez Gulf

TEL AVIV (JTA)—Israel air
force jets hit Egyptian targets on
the Gulf of Suez Tuesday and
merrilla bases inside Jordan. The
raid on the Egyptian military in-
stallations was the 12th in 15 days.
A military spokesman reported
that the planes employed in both
missions returned to their bases
safely. (An Egyptian military
spokesman said that one Israeli
Skyhawk was shot down by ante
aircraft fire.)
The air raid on Egypt followed a
new artillery and mortar duel
along the Suez Canal in which two
Israeli soldiers were killed in the
'Firdan area opposite Ismalia. An-
other Israeli soldier was wounded
in an exchange of small arms fire
in another sector of the canal
zone. The targets were in the same
area that was bit by Israeli am-
phibious forces on Sept. 9.
A military spokesman said Is-
raeli jets hit three guerrilla camps
in southern Jordan which served
as bases for attacks on Sdom Fin
Hussub and Neot Hakikar south
of the Dead Sea. Two of the tar-
gets were near Safi and the third
was further south.
Arab guerrillas in Jordan shell-
ed Gesher settlement in the Beisan
Valley Monday night and fired
bazooka shells at an Israel patrol
near 'Tirat Zvi Tuesday morning.
The attacks occurred despite Jor-
dan's promise to keep the area
quiet after Israel agreed to per-
mit repairs on the damaged East
Gor irrigation canal. An Is-
raeli spokesman said that Jordan's
pledge apparently applied only to
the regular army and not guerrilla
forces. Israeli gunners returned
the fire in both incidents. No casu-
alties or damage was reported on
the Israeli side.
A bus parked in the Israeli Arab
village of Teibah. near Natanya,
was damaged by an explosive
charge Tuesday. morning. No cas-
ualties were reported.
A ban on trade with the West
Bank town of Hebron. imposed a
week ago because of increased
terrorist activity in the area. was
partially lifted Tuesday. The mili-
tary government announced that
it will permit• 30 trucks a day to
carry produce from Hebron into
Israel and Jordan. Some of the
shops closed by authorities a week
ago have been permitted to reopen.
A strict curfew is still in force
in an area around Bethlehem near
where terrorists fired Katvusha
rockets at a Jerusalem suburb last
month. The only residents of the
area are about 35 Bedouin famil-
ies. They are permitted to leave
their homes for only four houri
each day. Students at eight ele-
naantary and high schools in Nab-
lus went on strike Tuesday to pro-
test the restrictions.
Israeli jets attacked Egyptian
targets across the Gulf of Suez
Sunday. According to authori-
tative sources here, the almost
daily aerial assaults are intend-
ed to prevent the Egyptians
from repairing the damage done
to their fortifications and radar
installations by Israel's 10-hour
amphibious raid of Sept. 9.
The sources spoke of "keeping
oven" a corridor to Egypt's inter-
ior, implying that Israeli ground
forces may strike again deep into
Egypt should circumstances war-
rant such an attack. A military
spokesman said all of the Israeli
planes returned safely to their
bases.
An Israeli spokesman hinted
that a new assault might be in the
offing if Egyptian authorities con-
tinued to hold two downed Israeli
pilots incommunicado. The pilots,
shot down over Egyptian territory
recently, have not been permitted
visits by representatives of the
International Red Cross as stipu-
lated by the Geneva Convention
on Prisoners of War. The pilots
were reportedly injured when they
bailed out of their aircraft, but
Israel has been deprived of any
information about their condition.
A spokesman hinted Monday that
if the Egyptians persisted in their'

12—Friday, September 26, 1969

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Aaron Toback's Stories and Poem s
Published by Local Kvutza Ivrith

A volume of select stories and cations in Israel, possess both
Lt. Gen. Bull said he was clos-
attitude. Israel might take "certain
poems by the late teacher and beauty and simplicity.
actions" to compel Cairo to release ing the post as of Wednesday and
Toward the end of the book the
writer
Aaron Toback, recently pub-
the men or to allow the Red Cross in converstions with Egyptian au-
thorities had considered re-posi- lished by the Kvutza Ivrith, is reader will find short essays writ-. '
to visit them.
ten by Mr. Toback's friends and
A military spokesman disclosed tioning it. Ile said he will take up now on sale in Detroit.
depicting his personality and his
the name of the Israeli pilot who the question again in Cairo.
The publication of the book is
literary activity. The writers of
Ile
indicated
that
he
had
dis-
bailed out over the Gulf of Suez
largely due to the intiative of the
and was lost after his jet was hit cussed the question of safe peri- distinguished educator and writer, these essays are: Moses Noble,
by anti-aircraft fire on Sept. 9. meters and encroachments on the Bernard Isaacs, who is the guiding Bernard Isaacs, Mordecai Ha-Levi,
He was identified as Maj. Hagai posts on Sept. 10 with Gen. Mah- spirit of the Hebrew speaking Wolf Snyder, Isaac Stein and Wal-
ter Field. Bernard Isaacs is also
moud Fawzi, the Egyptian war literary circle Kvutza Ivrith.
Ronnen, 31.
represented by a beautiful short
He was shot down in the course minister. Post Mike was of special
A teacher of Hebrew, Mr. To-
of Israel's 10-hour tank and ar- concern, he said, because of the back was a lover of literature in story dedicated in memory of
'
Mr. Toback.
mored infantry raid on Egyptian closeness of Egyptian positions on
general. His prime interest, how-
Two eulogies, one by the late
military installations. Apart from the west bank of the canal to it.
The Bull report did not indicate ever. was in the Hebrew literature Rabbi Morris Adler, the other by
one wounded soldier, Maj. Ronnen
and
in
the
Hebrew
language
in
Morris Nobel, close the book pub-
appears to have been the only Is- what the source of the shell fire
which he displayed a keen philo- lished in the spirit of love and
raeli casualty in the operation was that damaged the post.
Mike was not the only post dam- logical interest.
admiration for its author who once
which left at least 150 Egyptian
His stories, some of which were lived here.
aged in this weeks' firings. Post
soldiers dead.
The government of the Congo Lima's ceilings were damaged and originally published in Hadoar,
Recognition is due to the entire
(Brazzaville) has recalled its partly fell down. A window was lied-Ilakvutza and in many publi- family of the author for having
charges d'affaires in Jerusalem broken and its radio antenna wire
made the publication of this book
following Israel's latest air strikes cut, Lt. Gen. Bull said.
clear that the cease fire must be possible.
against Egypt.
Ghor Irrigation Canal Fixed
reciprocal and implied that Israel
The foreign ministry confirmed After 'Gentlemen's Agreement'
reserved its right to act if Jordan
the recall but noted that diploma-
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Jordan's once again reneged on its pledge.
tic ties with Brazzaville have not $85,000,000 Ghor irrigation canal
(The New York Times reported
been broken and that the Israeli was functioning again Monday for
SATURDAY & SUNDAY
Embassary continues to function the first time since it was blasted from Jerusalem Monday that the
Israeli settlements of Tiraz Zvi,
there.
I,by Israeli jets on Aug. 10. Re-
SEPT.
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came
under
'Orr
Gesher
and
Neve
An Israeli soldier was killed and pairs were made by Jordanian
two others were wounded Sept. 20 workmen following a reported mortar and light weapons fire from
Michigan's hardy highest quality.
Over 2000 evergreens, shrubs, shade
when a patrol clashed with Arab "gentlemen's agreement" between Jordan within four hours after the
and ornamental trees. Taxus,
guerrillas north of the Dead Sea. Jordan and Israel worked out latest repairs to the Ghor canal
Japanese Yews, White Birch, Red
Maples, Purple Leaf Plums, Arbor-
A third Israeli soldier was wound- through U.S. diplomats in Tel Aviv were completed. The Times said
vltaes, Junipers, Blue Spruce and
Israeli heavy artillery returned
ed when a mine exploded in the and Amman.
much, much more. Need a —FerivaCY
the fire.)
screen? Buy at your price; pan dug
Jordan Valley that afternoon. Is-
A foreign ministry spokesman
and ready to go; part you dig, or
rael denied a claim by Egypt that said here that Israel would not
we will deliver, dig and plant, up
its anti-aircraft batteries downed interfere with repairs to the canal
to Jan. 1 for removal. deposit.
Inspection
invited.
three Israeli Skyhawk jets which which was described as a joint
were raiding Egyptian installa- American-Jordanian - i r r i g a tion
Frieda, Henry, Sybil and Gary
Wish AU Our Relatives, Friends
tions on the west shore of the Gulf project. Construction of the canal
and Neighbors
of Suez on Sept. 20. A military was originally financed by U.S.
A Healthy, Happy New Year
spokesman here said no planes aid.
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were shot down but refused to con-
Repairs to the canal marked the
firm or deny that Israeli jets had second time since June 30 that the
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staged an attack.
at Inkster Rd.
U.S. intervened to bring about an
Israel denied a claim by the El accord between Amman and Jeru-
Fatah command in Amman that salem. The 50-mile waterway was
it staged a series of successful smashed by Israeli commandos on
raids •on Israeli territory last Fri- June 23 in retaliation for the con-
day involving hundreds of men. tinuous bombardment of Israeli
A spokesman here denied that ac- settlements in the area by Jorda-
tion took place but claimed that nian artillery and Arab guerrilla
four Arabs were killed on Friday forces_ in Jordanian soil. Jordan
in a skirmish near the Dead Sea. agreed at that time to halt the at-
Israel imposed tight restrictions tacks, but they were resumed
on travel on 100,000 Arab resi- shortly after the canal was re-
ai
dents of Hebron last Friday. Mili- paired.
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Vardi said the measures were a similar pledge this time.
taken following "recent increases
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The Israeli spokesman made it
in acts of sabotage and clashes
with Israeli forces on Mt. Hebron."
Reserve Sgt. Bruno Sharef,
who was killed by Egyptian fire
in the Suez Canal zone, was
buried here. Sgt. Sharef, 38,
came to Israel in 1946 under
the Youth Aliya program. His
father was killed by the Nazis.
Yoself Klarman, head of Youth
Aliya, announced in Jerusalem
that a monument will be built
there to memorialize all Youth
Aliya graduates killed in Israeli
wars since 1948.
A Lydda military tribunal pro-
nounced a life sentence on Ibra-
him Samaro, a 26-year-old Arab
from Nablus who was one of the
terrorist group that planned the
bombing of the Hebrew University
cafeteria last March and planted
the explosives. The prosecutor said
he asked for life imprisonment
only because there is no capital
punishment in Israel.
UN Observation Post
Closed Because of Damage
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (JTA)
—The Suez Canal observation post
where a member of the United
Nations cease-fire observation
team was killed last July, has been
temporarily closed because of
damages it sustained during shell-
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