Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-09
Arabs Reta|iate
With Raids for
Israeli Attack

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JERUSALEM, April 8 (P1.-
Egyptian charges of an Israeli
raid in tn GAIA strip and re-
taliation raids by Arab COM
mandos kept tensions high to-
day along the turbulent Arab
Israeli borders.
The latest reported toll since
Thursday in the GAIA area was:
Sc Egyptians and 8 Israelis
killed, SO Egyptians and at least
% ISraelis wounded, one Egyp-
tian captured.
The violence continued on the
eve of United Nations Secretary
General Dag Hammarskjold S
arrival in the Middle East on an
urgent hunt for ways to restore
peace.
Gets POpe's Blessing
Mr.. Hammarskjold received
the blessing Of Pope Plus XII in
Rome today and speeded up his
schedule. He ordered the U. N.
truce supervisor, Maj. Gen. E L.
M. Burns, to stay on the scene
in Jerusalem.
The Pope gave Mr.. Ham
marSkjold a Commute private
audience in his Vatican apart
ment.
LOSservatore Romano, the
Vatican newspaper, said Mr..
Hammarskjold thanked the
Pope for what he is doing in the
cause Of peace The Pope then
expressed "ferVid wishes for the
mission of peace of the secretary
general in the Near East, and
his good wishes for all the work
OF concord conducted by the
U. N for the great cause of
peace the paper added.
Mr.. Hammarskjold also met
with Italy's President Giovanni
Gronchi and Minister Mario
Luclolli, the Presidents special
diplomatic adviser. And he
called briefly on Premier Antonio
Segni and Foreign Minister
Gaetano MARITIME.
OFF to Beirut Tonight
Mr.. Hammarskjold was to
leave for Beirut, Lebanon. to-
night to begin his urgent con-
ferences with Arab and Israeli
leaders.
Egypt reported a one-hour
clash at its GAIA outpost of DER
Eoallah. A spokesman said
Egypt had protested to the U. N.
mixed armistice commission.
An Egyptian army spokesman
SAID Israeli amored cars ap-
preached the truce line after
midnight and Israeli soldiers
crossed on foot into Egyptian
territory. The Israelis opened
fire with automatic weapons on
the Egyptian outpost. he
charged.
Our forces repulsed the in
truders. wounding many" he
added.
The Arab commandos struck
IN the night at a number of
southern Israel points in the
Juoean hills. the Negev and
near the Egyptian-held GAIA
strip ,
Israeli Reported Killed
! An Israeli army Spokesman
said the raiders-called Feda :
yans-killed one Israeli and
wounded at least six. He re-
ported one Fedayan killed in a
CLASH SIX miles inside Jordan
Israel charges Egypt had re-
crulted the Fedayans among
Palestine Arabs living in GAIA
refugee camps.
Israel ordered secret security
measures and threatened retail
alton measures unless Egvpt
guarantees an end to violence
Inc border clashes fiared for the
fourth straight day since Gen
Burns called for a cease-fire.
One Fedayan band attacked an
Israel labor camp near Kziot in
the southern Negev demilitarized
zone, killing one worker and
wounding three. the army
spokesman said.
Another blew up a water well
near ovarian Village and a
light pole near Slim. both near
the GAIA strip.
Patrols Clash
The spokesman said an
Israeli patrol tangled with
Egyptian raiders a few hours
later near Yad Mordehcia, also
near GAIA. killing one and cap
turing another
Another sklrmish, with rife
tlre and grenade assaults at
close range. ratified the Judean
hills.
Israel ordered secret security
measures to cope with what it
called Egyptian commando raids
deep in Israeli territory.
Reliable sources said all per-
sons over Is would be required
to carry identity cards.