- Title: ISRAEL: HEAVY SHELLING IN ISRAEL SECTOR OF JERUSALEM.
- Date: 7th June 1967
- Summary: RISING SMOKE; DIVIDING FENCE; CIVILIANS AND SOLDIERS TAKE COVER; WRECKED CAR AND CRATERS; DAMAGED HOUSES; AMBULANCE AWAY AT HIGH SPEED. Initials RGH/VS/MGT/BB Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: JERUSALEM, ISRAEL
- Country: Israel
- Reuters ID: LVA4NO4IVCGEIX7LL2NW9VQJGKZV
- Story Text:ISRAELI FORCES ON MONDAY (JUNE 5TH) ENTERED THE JORDANIAN SECTOR OF JERUSALEM AFTER A NIGHT AND MORNING OF HEAVY SHELLING IN THE ISRAELI SECTOR OF THE HOLY CITY. YESTERDAY, 15 ISRAELI CIVILIANS WERE KILLED IN THE CONTINUING JORDANIAN ARTILLERY BARRAGE.
HUNDREDS OF HOUSES WERE HIT IN MONDAY'S SHELLING AND ISRAELI AUTHORITIES IN THE CITY ESTIMATED 500 PEOPLE INJURED IN ARTILLERY AND MORTAR FIRE. MANY OF THE ISRAELI SECTOR'S 200 000 PEOPLE TOOK REFUGE IN SHELTERS WHEN THE BARRAGE BEGAN.
BY LATE AFTERNOON AMMAN RADIO SAID JORDANIAN FORCES WERE STILL LOCKED IN FIERCE FIGHTING WITH ISRAELI FORCES IN JERUSALEM. THE RADIO SAID THE JORDANIANS WERE DEMONSTRATING "HEROISM, COURAGE AND DETERMINATION", ALTHOUGH GREATLY OUTNUMBERED. THEY WERE INFLICTING VERY HEAVY CASUALTIES AND MATERIAL LOSSES.
IN THE ISRAELI SECTOR OUR CAMERAMAN SAID IT STARTED WITH RIFLE AND MACHINE GUN FIRE AND SOON ESCALATED INTO MORTAR FIRE. MOST OF THE DAMAGE WAS TO CIVILIAN PROPERTY - CARS IN THE STREETS, HOUSES AND ROADS.
VOLUNTEERS MANNED AMBULANCES, CIVIL DEFENCE UNITS AND FIRE APPLIANCES. STREETS WERE EMPTY OF PEOPLE AND TRAFFIC EXCEPT FOR ESSENTIAL SERVICES. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS - SOURCE TO BE VERIFIED
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