- Title: JORDAN: AFTERMATH OF ISRAELI ATTACK ON JORDAN VALLEY
- Date: 25th April 1970
- Summary: 1. MV PAN OFF BOMB-DAMAGED WALLS 0.08 2. MV PAN TO DAMAGED BUILDINGS (3 SHOTS) 0.22 3. SCU PAN AMONG REMNANTS (2 SHOTS) 0.32 4. SV DAMAGED TREE 0.34 5. MV PAN THROUGH DAMAGED ROOMS OF BUILDING (3 SHOTS) 0.51 Initials OJP/V/DW/OS Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 10th May 1970 13:00
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- Location: DEIR ALA: JORDAN
- Country: Jordan
- Reuters ID: LVA6JF39IFUJ7XXIARCFOX318ZZD
- Story Text: SIX CIVILIANS DIED IN AN ISRAELI AIR ATTACK ON THE JORDAN VALLEY ON FRIDAY (24TH APRIL).
FOUR ISRAELI PLANES MADE TWO EARLY MORNING RAIDS ON THE JORDAN VALLEY AT ES SALT, 18 MILES (29 KILOMETRES) WEST OF AMMAN, AND NEARBY DEIR ALA, ACCORDING TO A JORDANIAN MILITARY SPOKESMAN. IN THE FIRST RAID A JORDANIAN AND THREE OF HIS CHILDREN DIED WHEN THEIR HOME WAS BOMBED. LATER AT DEIR ALA, WHICH IS THE CENTRE OF A LARGE PLANT NURSERY, THE AIRCRAFT REPORTEDLY HIT AND DAMAGED FURTHER CIVILIAN AREAS AS WELL AS PLANTATIONS.
AN ISRAELI STATEMENT THAT THE PLANES WERE STRIKING GUERILLA BASES HAS BEEN CONTRADICTED BY JORDANIAN OFFICIALS WHO HAVE EMPHASISED THAT ALL THE TARGETS WERE CIVILIAN. THE ATTACKS CAME A FORTNIGHT AFTER SIX CIVILIANS WERE REPORTED KILLED AT SHUNEH, AND FOLLOW A FRESH WAVE OF STRIKES IN THE NORTHERN JORDAN VALLEY, THE OCCUPIED GOLAN HEIGHTS, AND UPPER GALILEE.
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