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Syria, Israel Exchange Fire
JERUSALEM, Mar. 20 CAP. Syrian shore gunners and an Israeli patrol boat exchanged fire briefly today at the Sea Of Galilee frontier. the focal point in an eight-hour battle Satur-. day. Two Israelis were wounded. Each side again blamed the other. Eat 1910 am. an Israeli boat approached the eastern coast of the Sea of Galilee to within 100 meters of the Syrian village of AL Kursi and opened ma chinegun and 20-mm. shell fire on the village" a Syrian army spokesman said. "The Syrian post at AL Kursi retaliated with intensive fire. scoring a direct hit on the boat and injuring two Of its soldiers. There were no casualties on our side" An Israeli army spokesman charged that the Syrians shot first. opening up with auto matte weapons and a recoilless gun. He said a police boat was on routine patrol along the eastern shores Of the Sea of Gallilee when 1t was fired on from Syrian positions north of the Nukev area-Scene of Satur- days battle, Israeli sources said. Observers reported that doz- ems of shells were seen splash ing near the police boat. A second Israeli police vessel, at the northeastern end of the sea. hurried to aid the first boat, and a third boat was sent from Liberals to take over the two wounded and rush them ashore for disqualification.
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Resolutions and effects – 1964 Arab League summit (Cairo)
On Palestine, Ahmad al-Shuqayri was given a mandate to initiate contacts aimed at establishing a Palestinian entity, in which role he would eventually become first chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization. On the military front, Cairo Radio announced that the leaders of the Arab League member states agreed to set up a unified military command, the United Arab Command, to be headed by an Egyptian lieutenant general, Ali Ali Amer, and with headquarters in Cairo.
Wikipedia →Headwater Diversion Plan – War over Water (Jordan River)
The Arab states accepted that they were not able to halt the Carrier scheme by direct military action, and instead formed a plan to divert the Jordan River headwaters to the Yarmouk River. if it had succeeded, it would have diverted 35% of the water that Israel intended to withdraw from the upper Jordan. Israel declared that it would regard the diversion as an infringement of its sovereign rights.
Wikipedia →April 7, 1967 cross-border battle – Origins of the Six-Day War
Earlier in the week, Syria had twice attacked an Israeli tractor working in the DMZ area. The resulting tit-for-tat escalated, leading to tanks, heavy mortars, machine guns, and artillery being used in various sections along the 47-mile border in what was described as 'a dispute over cultivation rights in the demilitarized zone south-east of Lake Tiberias.'
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