Paducah Sun · 1 September 1955
CP-1955-013
Tanks Used In Gaza Assault; Base Wiped Out
Shown from the top. The whole column is in the enlargement.
Transcribed from the clipping
“Israeli armor and troops smashed across Egyptian lines last night and blew up an Egyptian military headquarters at Khan Yunis, in the Gaza strip.”
Context added by this archive
Paducah, Kentucky. Maria marked this one to note that Gaza was then ruled by Egypt. That is exactly the point: the administration was Egyptian, the people were Palestinian, and only the first of those facts survives into the headline.
Cite this item
"Tanks Used In Gaza Assault; Base Wiped Out," Paducah Sun, 1 September 1955. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1955-013. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1955-013
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