TUNNELLING FOR MINES
Received Tuesday, 7 p.m. " LONDON, April 5. The Duily Express correspondent in Jerusalem claims that the Jews are tuniieliing under the Ohl City of Jerusalem with the object of exploding mines under the Hritish or Arai) posi tions close to the ('hurch of the lloh Hepulchre and Christ 's Tomb. The church was built 900 years ago by the ( rusaders, and is already slioreii u]> with si-an'olding, and it is feareu that ;t heavy explosion inav cause it to collapse. .Jewish tunneilers are making use o. ti net work of. secret underground pas sages which niu beneatli the Old Citv, and haye covered their operations wit'l. protective screens of mines and boobv traps. Oue tunnel is boiieved to liavi its entrance inside a Jewish syna gogue, and to be directed towards" tlu 12UU- year-old Moslem Mosque of Omar.
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Chronicle (Levin), 7 April 1948, Page 5
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