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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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Syrian outposts ambushed a five-man Israeli patrol on the Syrian-Israeli border, leading to machine-gun fire from both sides. Damascus claims all patrol members fell; Tel Aviv says Syrians defy UN withdrawal from Tawafik area.
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On Syrian-Israeli Border
JERUSALEM, (P) - Syrians announced shooting resumed on the Syrian-Israeli frontier today.
A Damascus spokesman for the United Arab Republic's army said U.A.R. outposts had shot up a five-man Israeli patrol seen moving toward their positions and that Israeli machine gunners then opened fire.
The machine-gun fire possibly was intended to cover the operation of dragging away the killed or wounded members of the Israeli patrol, the spokesman said.
"The patrol was ambushed by our fire, and all its members fell down," he said.
At Tel Aviv, an Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman said Syrian soldiers seemed to be clinging to fortified positions in the Tawafik area in defiance of a United Nations request that they withdraw.
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Syrian Israeli Border
Event Date
Today
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all members of the five-man israeli patrol fell down after ambush; possible killed or wounded dragged away.
Event Details
Syrian U.A.R. army outposts shot at a five-man Israeli patrol moving toward their positions, ambushing it. Israeli machine gunners opened fire, possibly to cover retrieval of killed or wounded. Syrian soldiers cling to fortified positions in Tawafik area despite UN withdrawal request.