ISRAEL: DAMAGE AT KIBBUTZ GESHER DURING JORDAN RIVER FIGHTING.

Record ID: 375949

  • Title: ISRAEL: DAMAGE AT KIBBUTZ GESHER DURING JORDAN RIVER FIGHTING.
  • Date: 12th February 1968
  • Summary: SOLDIERS PATROLLING; KIBBUTZ GESHER, AND INHABITANTS; VARIOUS SHOTS SOLDIERS REPAIRING DAMAGE. Initials DHC/VS/JF/PF Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 27th February 1968 13:00
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  • Location: KIBBUTZ GESHER, ISRAEL
  • Country: Israel
  • Reuters ID: LVA1T78H7ZV0NMRXBCN9JA25NXNG
  • Story Text: ISRAELI AND JORDANIAN FORCES USING TANKS, ARTILLERY AND MORTARS FOUGHT FROM MORNING TO DUSK ACROSS THE RIVER JORDAN YESTERDAY (SUNDAY). EACH SIDE ACCUSED THE OTHER OF STARTING THE EXCHANGE, WHICH FLARED INTO A SERIES OF FIERCE ENGAGEMENTS STRETCHING FOR SOME 60 MILES (100 KMS.) ALONG THE RIVER. ACCORDING TO AN ISRAELI MILITARY SPOKESMAN, THE JORDANIANS KILLED TWO ISRAELI SOLDIERS AT KIBBUTZ GESHER, SHOWN IN THIS FILM.

    ISRAELI SOLDIERS TODAY WERE BUSY REPAIRING DAMAGE TO THE SHELLED KIBBUTZ. ACCORDING TO THE SPOKESMAN, A FIRST BARRAGE OF NINE MORTAR SHELLS FELL DURING THE NIGHT, BUT THERE WERE NO IMMEDIATE DAMAGE OR CASUALTIES. THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE JORDANIANS STARTED FIRING - WITH NINE MORTAR ROUNDS - ABOUT TEN YESTERDAY MORNING LOCAL TIME.

    JORDANIAN POSTS ON THE RIVER'S EAST BANK OPENED UP WITH AUTOMATIC FIRE, AND ISRAELI FORCES ANSWERED IT.

    LAST THURSDAY ISRAELI AND JORDANIAN TROOPS FOUGHT AN ARTILLERY DUEL AT SEVERAL POINTS ALONG THE JORDAN RIVER, IN WHICH SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE REPORTED KILLED AND WOUNDED ON BOTH SIDES.
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