Rear Attack By Israeli Clears Gaza Territory

Eyewitness Report

Transcribed from the clipping

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.

Cite this item

"Rear Attack By Israeli Clears Gaza Territory," Escanaba Daily Press, 1957. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1957-001. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1957-001

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