Last-Minute Jewish Raid On Damascus
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Reeeived Friday, 10.50 p.m. LONDON, June 11. The Egyptian radio broadcast a eeasefire order operative from 6 a.m. G.M.T. to Egyptian troops in Palestine, a few minutes before tlie deadline. A message from Te Aviv reports that Mr. David Ben-Gurion warned Jewish civilians and troops against any violation of the truce. "Anyone who attempts to- break the diseipline of IsTael at this hour will be eonsidered the cnemy. Our fighting forces hold not only the area allotted to the Jews by the United Nations but also our armies have conquered areas outside these boundaries. " The' Assoeiated Press correspondent at Tel Aviv says the Jewish Air Force carried out a 15 minutes' bombing raid on Damascus in the final hours before the truce.
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Chronicle (Levin), 12 June 1948, Page 5
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