- Title: ISRAEL: KIBBUTZ EVACUATED IN ARTILLERY DUEL
- Date: 29th December 1969
- Summary: MOUNTAIN; HALF-TRACK VEHICLE; WORKMAN ON ROOF OF DAMAGED BUILDING; SHELL HOLE; WRECKAGE; BRIGADIER GENERAL LANEIR; SHELTER; BABIES IN COTS. Initials AB/VS/JF/SGM Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 13th January 1970 13:00
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- Location: MASSADA, JORDAN VALLEY
- Country: Israel
- Reuters ID: LVA23B7B8USPAZDBVKL5DI5I86KY
- Story Text: THE MASSADA KIBBUTZ IN THE JORDAN VALLEY WAS EVACUATED LAST NIGHT (SUNDAY) AS ISRAELI AND IRAQI FORCES FOUGHT AN ARTILLERY DUEL ACROSS THE JORDAN VALLEY.
THE 122 MILLIMETRE SHELL LANDED INSIDE THE KIBBUTZ. ONE SCORED A DIRECT HIT ON A CHILDREN'S NURSERY. WINDOWS WERE SHATTERED AS THE SHELL PLUNGED THROUGH THE ROOF OF THE NURSERY AND ELECTRICITY SUPPLIES WERE CUT. NONE OF THE CHILDREN WERE HURT; THEY HAD BEEN EVACUATED BEFORE THE SHELL FELL.
THE KIBBUTZ IS ONE OF THE HOT-SPOTS OF THE MIDDLE EAST. ON AVERAGE IT IS UNDER ATTACK ABOUT THREE TIMES A WEEK, AND THE SETTLERS HAVE A WELL-PRACTISED ROUTINE FOR SURVIVAL.
THE KIBBUTZ IS ONLY A FEW HUNDRED YARDS FROM THE JORDAN BORDER. AFTER THE RAID THE DAMAGE WAS INSPECTED BY BRIGADIER GENERAL LANIER OF THE ISRAELI NORTHERN COMMAND.
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