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and continued firing until dark. The
Arabs then resumed firing.
DR.. Bunche said the Israeli COM
mander barred U. N. observers from
the area on the ground they already
had exceeded their authority.
The mediator saio Kaukji finally
withdrew his forces from the
heights on October "a but returned
on October Is. On October % the
Lebanese charged the Jews with
opening an attack with bombers and
artillery. The Lebanese had as
sumed formal responsibility for
Kaukjis forces.
DR.. Bunche said Israel then began
CO ordinated offensive against
the entire front ir which Jewish
leaflets declared the objective was
to "liberate the whole of Palestine. "
Israelis Inside Lebanon.
The Arabs and Israelis finally
agreed to a second cease-fire, DIR.
Bunche said, on October 80, though
the Israeli acceptance specified an
effective deadline II hours after the
deadline DR.. Bunche had laid down.
The mediator said the Israelis now
hold positions 2 to 6 miles inside
Lebanon's southeast corner.
United Nations observers re-
ported extensive looting of villages
and carrying away of goats, sheep
and mules by Israeli forces" he
added. The looting appeared to
the observers to have been system
attic, army trucks being used"
The British resolution before the
Security Council on Monday would
call for Jews and Arabs to withdraw
from all positions they have taken
by military action since the Pales-
tine truce went into effect last July
In effect it would apply only to the
Jews who have made big gains in
the last three weeks both in the
Negeb in the south and Galilee in
the north.
Sanctions Deleted.
The Council on Thursday accepted
a British Chinese resolution calling
on the Jews to withdraw to q provi-
sional truce line to be set by the
mediator in the Negeb. The Egyp-
tians would not return automatically
to all their old positions. \
The resolution was accepted after
the United States prevailed on the
Council to drop specific mention ot
sanctions, although the Council pro-
ceeded under Chapter VII which
permits economic or military pen-
alties. if Israel ignores the order to
withdraw.
Dispatches from Tel Aviv, 1sreali
capital. said the government would
not decide on its answer to the
Security Council until Sunday. Re-
Gently, Prime Minister David Ben
Gurion declared 1--WE will never re-
treat to positions held on October
H." Authoritative sources in Te
Aviv said the government was op-
posed to giving up even the slight.
est position in the Negeb.
A U. N. spokesman said replies
to the order were being awaited
If they are not satisfactory, he said
the mediator will set deadline fol
compliance. If the order is still
ignored the mediator and a seven.
nation committee of the Security
Council will decide what should be
done next.
A British spokesman said U. N
military observers had given to DR.
Bunche information that Israel was
receiving arms from outside coun-
tries in violation of the truce. The
spokesman said Czechoslovakia was
one of the countries which may be
supplying arms.
A spokesman for the American
delegation said the United. States
also had given to the mediator in
formation we believed reliable"
DR.. Bunche said he had no COM
ment on these statements.