- Title: JORDAN: AFTERMATH OF ALLEGED ISRAELI STRAFING OF AL-KARAMA REFUGEE CAMP
- Date: 23rd November 1967
- Summary: 1. GV STREET SCENE IN KARAMA CAMP 0.03 2. SV TILT DOWN BOMB MARKED 'POLICE CENTRE' 0.10 3. CU DITTO 0.12 4. SV PAN. CAFE MARKED BY BOMBS 0.20 5. SV DITTO 0.21 6. GV & SV BROKEN WINDOWS OF GIRLS' SCHOOL (3 SHOTS) 0.35 7. SV BROKEN TELEGRAPH WIRES (2 SHOTS) 0.41 8. CU PARTS OF MYSTERE AIRCRAFT SCATTERED ON GROUND (4 SHO
- Embargoed: 8th December 1967 12:00
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- Location: AL-KARAMA, JORDAN
- Country: Jordan
- Reuters ID: LVA7GKY3N8BDGD8R6QF5MXV3TP8W
- Story Text: JORDAN ACCUSED ISRAEL ON TUESDAY (21 NOVEMBER) OF STRAFING A REFUGEE CAMP AND BOMBING ARAB POSITIONS WITH NAPALM DURING A FOUR-HOUR LAND AND AIR BATTLE EAST OF THE RIVER JORDAN. ACCORDING TO A JORDANIAN MILITARY SPOKESMAN, THIS WAS THE SECOND ATTACK ON THE AL-KARAMA REFUGEE CAMP IN TWO DAYS; IN MONDAY'S ATTACK 14 PEOPLE WERE REPORTED DEAD AND 28 WOUNDED.
THREE CHILDREN WERE AMONG THE DEAD AND SEVERE DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED BY MANY OF THE BUILDINGS IN THE CAMP. TWO MOSQUES WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED, AND SERIOUS DAMAGE DONE TO A UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY RATIONS DISTRIBUTION CENTRE AT THE CAMP - WHICH IS SITUATED ABOUT 50 KILOMETRES (30 MILES) TO THE WEST OF AMMAN.
THE ISRAELI ARMY CLAIM THE SHELLING STARTED AFTER AN ISRAELI TROOPER WAS WOUNDED BY A MINE AND THE JORDANIANS FIRED ON A PATROL.
TWO ISRAELI MISTERE FIGHTERS WERE SAID TO HAVE BEEN SHOT DOWN DURING RENEWED FIGHTING ON TUESDAY (21 NOVEMBER). TWO ISRAELI POSTS WERE ALSO DESTROYED AND MANY SOLDIERS KILLED BEFORE THE BATTLE DIED DOWN. THESE CLASHES HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED AS THE FIERCEST BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES SINCE THE JUNE WAR.
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