Word: suez
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Egypt charged that Israel had continued to attack Suez City on the southern end of the Suez Canal's west bank. it also alleged that Israel was refusing to allow U.N. observers access to the area...
...other Middle East action, Israeli officers claimed their men had taken over most of Suez city at the southern end of the 103-mile-long Suez Canal...
Gunfire broke out across the Suez Canal as Egyptian forces on the east bank apparently began shelling their own city to drive out the Israelis...
...observers or peace force members were observed in the Suez area, AP newsmen reported...
...early battlefield reports streaming from the fronts into the military headquarters in Egypt and Syria seemed too good to be true: light Israeli resistance at the Suez Canal and in the Golan Heights; Israeli reserves not mobilized; Israel's general population relaxed and praying in the synagogues. Yet the reports were accurate. The Arabs had accomplished what conventional wisdom had long insisted was nearly impossible - a surprise attack on Israel...