WEST BANK OF JORDAN: ISRAELI DEFENCE MINISTER, MOSHE DAYAN, VISITS ALLENBY BRIDGE AREA.

Record ID: 399504

  • Title: WEST BANK OF JORDAN: ISRAELI DEFENCE MINISTER, MOSHE DAYAN, VISITS ALLENBY BRIDGE AREA.
  • Date: 18th September 1968
  • Summary: DAYAN AND LEV ARRIVE ALLENBY BRIDGE. DAYAN AND PARTY INSPECT INSTALLATIONS; DAYAN TALKING TO TAXI DRIVER. Initials JP/VS/CR/BB Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 3rd October 1968 13:00
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  • Location: ALLENBY BRIDGE, WEST BANK OF JORDAN
  • Country: Jordan
  • Reuters ID: LVA45JBEP4EX74HB3OBIOHUOGR74
  • Story Text: THE ISRAELI DEFENCE MINISTER, GENERAL MOSHE DAYAN, AND THE CHIEF OF STAFF, GENERAL BAR LEV TODAY (WEDNESDAY) VISITED THE ALLENBY BRIDGE ON THE RIVER JORDAN. THE AREA, WHICH WAS OCCUPIED BY ISRAELI FORCES AFTER LAST YEAR'S MIDDLE EAST WAR, HAS BEEN TENSE THIS WEEK FOLLOWING SEVERAL ISRAELI-JORDANIAN CLASHES.

    GENERAL DAYAN AND HIS PARTY INSPECTED THE CHECK-POINT FACILITIES AT THE ALLENBY BRIDGE AND THE ISRAELI DEFENCE MINISTER SPOKE TO ARMY OFFICERS AND CIVILIANS.

    THE PREVIOUS DAY, ISRAEL FIRED LONG RANGE GUNS ON TARGETS IN JORDAN IN REPRISAL FOR A ROCKET ATTACK BY ARAB GUERRILLAS ON AN ISRAELI FRONTIER TOWN WITH 15-THOUSAND INHABITANTS. THE ISRAELIS SAID THAT EIGHT PEOPLE WERE WOUNDED WHEN THE ROCKETS EXPLODED IN BEIT SHEAN IN THE NORTH JORDAN VALLEY. GENERAL DAYAN HAD EARLIER VISITED THE TOWN AND DISCUSSED SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS WITH OFFICIALS THERE.
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