Escanaba Daily Press · Escanaba, Michigan · 1957
CP-1957-001
Rear Attack By Israeli Clears Gaza Territory
EYEWITNESS REPORT
Serge Fliegers, INS, inside the Gaza Strip
Transcribed from the clipping
“INSIDE THE GAZA STRIP — (INS) — Israeli troops supported by tanks and planes today smashed Egyptian positions and conquered the 125-square-mile Gaza Strip territory along the Mediterranean coast.
The Israeli troops struck the Egyptians from the rear, or southern end, of the strip and raced through the area within hours… I heard the orders go out to the troops to smash the remaining Egyptian troops in Gaza, but strive at all costs not to hit civilian sectors of the town… NO ACCURATE estimate of casualties on either side was available at this time.”
Context added by this archive
An eyewitness report from inside the strip, printed above an advertisement for a lecture series in psychology and religion. The scan is 322 pixels wide across three columns, so the middle of the story could not be re-read word by word.
Cite this clipping
"Rear Attack By Israeli Clears Gaza Territory," Escanaba Daily Press, 1957, p. 1. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1957-001. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1957-001
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