July 11, 1948 (vol. 58, iss. 183) • Page Image 1
… atop the marquee of the Bellvue-Stratford hotel, convention headquarters; GovernmentTo SinTinto Debs S t I c a F t c c t I f f t t Israelis T ake Lydda Field In Early Raid Arabs Rej ect Plea For 10-Day…
… Truce By The Asscated Press CAIRO, July 10-Jewish troops stormed and captured Lydda air- port, a major prize of the Pales- tine war, today, and the Arabs announced they would not agree to a new 10-day…
… truce. Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha, secretary-general of the Arab League, said the Arab countries could not accept the proposal for another cease-fire made by Count Folke Bernadotte, the United Na- tions…
… mediator. He said the Arabs could not even agree to a three- day truce extension. The Israeli G overnment ac- cepted the 10-day extension an condition that the Arabs would do likewise. The Jewish Army said…
… its mili- tary operations were continuing satisfactorily and announced that Lydda airfield had been captured from the Arabs in a surprise raid early today. Israeli spokesmen in- dicated their forces had…
… held the key air base against an Arab counter-attack this afternoon. Arab and Jewish planes were thrown into the growing fight. The Jews also said Israeli fight- ers had shot down a Syrian bomb- TEL AVIV…








