JORDAN: CITY TOILS UNDER CONSTANT ATTACK.

Record ID: 344673

  • Title: JORDAN: CITY TOILS UNDER CONSTANT ATTACK.
  • Date: 23rd December 1969
  • Summary: STREET SCENE; DAMAGE AND CHILDREN CLEARING RUBBLE; BLOOD DONORS; INJURED. Initials TS/VS/BOB/MH Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 7th January 1970 13:00
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  • Location: IRBID, NORTHERN JORDAN
  • Country: Jordan
  • Reuters ID: LVABM3Z6EF0T72QDW5NRUMT1F0MQ
  • Story Text: THE PEOPLE OF THE NORTHERN JORDANIAN CITY OF IRBID YESTERDAY TOILED TO REINFORCE THEIR SHELTERS AFTER SUNDAY'S SHELLING IN WHICH A CHILD DIED AND 10 PEOPLE WERE WOUNDED. SUNDAY'S ATTACK CAME AFTER SEVERAL WEEKS OF INTERMITTENT ARTILLERY FIRE.

    IN THE WAKE OF THE HEAVY ARTILLERY ATTACK, THE AUTHORITIES HAVE PUT OUT CALLS FOR BLOOD DONORS, AND QUEUES HAVE FORMED AT CENTRES.

    IRBID, THE SECOND CITY IN JORDAN AND THE CAPITAL OF THE NORTHERN DISTRICT, HAS BEEN SHELLED ALMOST DAILY FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS. SUNDAY'S FIRE CAME FROM THE OCCUPIED GOLAN HEIGHTS, 12 MILES (20 KMS) TO THE NORTH.
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