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...dawn, the Israeli southern column had, in effect, cut off all southern Sinai, and was even turning some of Egypt's T-345 against the defenders. Egypt fought back mostly with windy communiques ("We have annihilated the invasion forces"), a few ineffectual air sorties at Tel Aviv, and a tragicomic attempt by an Egyptian frigate to shell Haifa. The ship was crippled by Israeli aircraft rockets, ran up its white flag. The bemused Egyptian didn't even scuttle his ship, and it was towed into port while Israelis cheered from harbor rooftops...
...Aviv the Israeli army spokesman announced proudly: "We have conquered the bulk of Sinai...
Pasha) sailed into action to help the beleaguered frontier guards. The Israeli ambushers killed 13 Jordanians in one truck. But they could not break off action until they brought up artillery, and heavy guns were firing over the border along a ten-mile front. Windows shook in Tel Aviv, 20 minutes away to the west. At Kalkilya shells rained both on the fort and the town, killing a nursing infant, his brother, an old woman. By 4:20 the Israelis finally pulled out. This time when they crossed the border they did not cheer or sing their mambo tunes...
Explaining his government's decision, St. Laurent pointed out that Egypt, with airfields only ten minutes' flying time from Tel Aviv, has bought some 200 MIG-15 jet fighters and 40 to 50 Ilyushin jet bombers from the Soviet Union. Even with her new Canadian-built Sabres and French Mysteres, Israel will still be numerically outclassed by the Egyptian Air Force, hopes to equip a third squadron with 24 additional top-flight jet interceptors wherever she can buy them...
...gals, of fresh water per hour for 2? a cubic meter, less than half the present cost of water in the Negev. Zarchin's lesson may be a major political development in the thirsty Middle East. Huddled over his books last week in a stuffy Tel Aviv hotel room, Zarchin had no doubt of the outcome. "You'll see," he said quietly. "I'm no nudnik...