- Title: ISRAEL: MILITARY COMMANDER EXPLAINS WHY ISRAEL ATTACKED JORDANIAN POSITIONS
- Date: 22nd March 1968
- Summary: 1. GV GENERAL BARLEV WALKS INTO VIEW 0.12 2. GV GENERAL BARLEV SPEAKING 1.10 TRANSCRIPT BARLEV (SEQ. 2): THE JORDANIAN AUTHORITIES DID NOT TAKE ANY EFFECTIVE STEPS IN SPITE OF THE FAMOUS SPEECH BY PROMINENT JORDANIAN STATESMEN SO WE HAD TO TAKE SOME EFFECTIVE STEPS OURSELVES. AND THE PURPOSE OF THESE OPERATIONS TODAY WAS TO DESTROY THESE SORT
- Embargoed: 6th April 1968 13:00
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- Location: TEL AVIV, ISRAEL
- Country: Israel
- Reuters ID: LVAA9GIERJSN2V6URYWUHVM0MHJZ
- Story Text: THE ISRAELI ARMY COMMANDER IN CHIEF, GENERAL HAIM BARLEV, TOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE IN TEL AVIV YESTERDAY (THURSDAY) THAT ISRAELI TROOPS HAD OCCUPIED THE JORDANIAN VILLAGE OF KARAMEH BELIEVING IT TO BE THE MAIN CENTRE OF RECENT SABOTAGE OPERATIONS AGAINST ISRAEL.
GENERAL BARLEV SAID THE JORDANIAN FORCES HAS ATTEMPTED TO INTERFERE WITH THE OBJECTIVES OF THE ISRAELI ACTION, AND THEIR POSITIONS HAD BEEN ATTACKED.
THE GENERAL CLAIMED THAT A NUMBER OF SABOTEURS HAD BEEN KILLED. ISRAELI CASUALTIES IN THE OPERATION WERE ELEVEN DEAD AND FIFTY WOUNDED.
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