- Title: JORDAN: JORDANIAN PRISONER RETURNED BY ISRAELIS
- Date: 14th April 1970
- Summary: 1. GV BRIDGE 0.06 2. SV RED CROSS FLAG ON BRIDGE 0.09 3. SV PEOPLE CROSSING BRIDGE 0.14 4. LV ISRAELIS WAITING ON OTHER SIDE OF BRIDGE 0.19 5. SV BRIGADIER DAWOUD ARRIVING WITH RED CROSS OFFICIALS 0.22 6. CU BRIGADIER DAWOUD 0.25 7. LV SV RED CROSS MAN HELPING P.O.W. ACROSS BRIDGE AND MEETING GENERALS AND BRIG. DAWOUD. 0.3
- Embargoed: 29th April 1970 13:00
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- Location: KING HUSSEIN'S BRIDGE JORDAN RIVER, JORDAN
- Country: Jordan
- Reuters ID: LVAD9117IDKM745Y208S7WWR41P1
- Story Text: YOUSEF HAFIZ, A JORDANIAN STUDENT CAPTURED DURING AN ISRAELI RAID ON THE TOWN OF KARAMEH IN MARCH 1968, WAS REPATRIATED YESTERDAY WITH THE HELP OF THE RED CROSS.
HE HAS HELPED ACROSS KING HUSSEIN'S BRIDGE ON THE JORDAN RIVER IN THE PRESENCE OF JORDANIAN AND ISRAELI OFFICERS FORMERLY ATTACHED TO THE JORDANIAN AND ISRAELI ARMISTICE COMMITTEES.
JORDAN WAS REPRESENTED BY BRIGADIER MOUHAMMAD DAWOUD, ISRAEL BY MAJOR HIROWITZ.
RED CRESS WORKERS HELPED HAFIZ ACROSS THE BRIDGE; HE IS SUFFERING FORM RESPIRATORY TROUBLE. HE WAS CARRIED TO A WAITING AMBULANCE AND DRIVEN OFF TO HOSPITAL.
BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE, HE TOLD JOURNALISTS THAT HE WAS ILL-TREATED AND TORTURED WHILE IN ISRAELI CAPTIVITY.
(THE RAID ON KARAMEH DURING WHICH A NUMBER OF ARAB COMMANDOS WERE CAPTURED, WAS ONE OF THE INCIDENTS IN A PERIOD OF HEAVY FRONTIER FIGHTING IN MARCH 1968. ISRAELI SPOKESMEN CLAIMED AT THE TIME THAT ABOUT 1,000 ARAB IRREGULARS WERE BASED IN THE TOWN.
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