Evening star., 1948-07-09
War Is Resumed
On Two Fronts
In Palestine
Tel Aviv Is Bombed;
Egyption-HeId Towns
Taken, Israel Says
BY the Assoeroted Press

CAlRO, july 9.-AraDS ana
Jews again took up arms to set
tie the Palestine question today,
and fighting erupted in both the
northern and southern parts of
the Holy Land front.
Tel Aviv, the Jewish capital, was
bombed five hours after the end
of the four-week truce at 2 am.
EDIT. Haifa, Jewish held port
city, had its first afraid alarm
since the end of World War II.
A Jewish communique said
Israel's troops counterattacked and
captured three Egyptian-held VII
lagos near Majdal, % miles south
of Tel Aviv, but admitted loss of
two other villages to the Egyptians
The communique said fighting con-
tinued all last night after being
started by the Egyptians at dawn
yesterday, "a hours before the end
of the truce.
Iraqi Planes Attack.
Haifa dispatches said Iraqi
troops and planes attacked asJeW-
ish position in the arc north of
Jenin in Northern Palestine.
The Israeli army and air force
attacked irregular Arab forces of
Fawzi Bey al Kaukji in the Nazareth
district, Haifa reports said,- and
strong Syrian concentrations of men
and armor gathered for an expected
major attack" in the Mishmar Hay
Yarden wedge near Lake Hula on
the Eastern Palestine border.
Haifa's alert ended few minutes
after it was sounded. The sirens
sounded As minutes after Count
Folke Barnadotte. the U. N. media
tor, had left for Rhodes. He had
stopped from surprise last-minute
visit to Amman where he conferred
with King Abdullah of Trans
Jordan, in an effort to continue the
truce or at least eliminate the Holy
City of Jerusalem from the zone of
military operations.
The mediator said here he had
discussed with Ahdullah the pros
pect of averting new fighting in
Jerusalem and demilitarizing the
city. He said he still was hopeful
New Truce Also Discussed.
Earlier, however, he had told
newsmen in Amman that he and
Abdullah had discussed many
things, including prospects of an
other truce in Palestine. Trans
Jordan officials said the talks were
on the possibilities of supplying
Jerusalem with water" and observers
in Amman believed the visit was
concerned mainly with the Jerusa-
lem situation.
Jerusalem experienced only
Slight increase in the harassing fire
which has been going on for two
days on both sides of No Mans
Land. Apparently both sides were
waiting for the Jerusalem situation
to be clarified.
A dispatch from the walled Old
City, held by the Arabs, quoted 1t.
Col. Abdullah Bey' Tell as saying
that Arab Legion field guns were
ordered to refrain from opening up
on New Jerusalem unless the Jews
began mortaring the Old City.
New fighting had been reported
% miles south of Tel Aviv even be-
fore the truce ended, and in Cairo
an official said there was mo doubt
that the Egyptian army resumed
fighting this morning"
To the south of Tel Aviv. the front
around Isdud was active during the
night, the Israeli high command
said, but apparently there was no
full-scale offensive under way as yet.
The Israeli army communique
said 30 Arab troops were killed and
many were wounded in that fight
ing. A government spokesman in
Tel Aviv said most of the Arab
casualties we're Sudanese troops
fighting with the Egyptians. He
said Sudanese major was cap
tured carrying battle orders for an
Egyptian attack on the nights OF
Wednesday and Thursday, before
the ending of the truce.
The Egyptians captured the Jew
1See PALESTINE, Page A-4)