HOUR BY HOUR: THE FIGHTING BETWEEN

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• Document Creation Date: January 4, 2017
• Document Release Date: July 15, 2005
• Sequence Number: 38
• Publication Date: June 6, 1967
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Hour by Hour: The Fighting Betwee I WaVEWYORKgIMf
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The following is a chronology
of the outbreak of the current
fighting in the Middle East yes-
terday, according to information
given by Secretary General
Thant of the United Nations at
-the Security Council session or
reported from the fighting areas
by news corerspondents.
Mr. Thant cautioned that "of
course United Nations sources
have no, means of ascertaining
how the fighting started." He
noted also that much of the in-
formation forwarded by the
commander of the United Na-
tions , Emergency Force had
been provided by the United
Arab Republic's liaison service
in Gaza.
All times, are local Middle
Eastern time. Israel is six hours
ahead of New York, and the
United Arab Republic seven
hours.
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8 A.M.--
Egyptian Foreign Ministry, Is- jHe urged a cease-fire on both
. i[;dac and reported that most
fields rin Cairo and the Suez
Canal Zone, Reuters reported.
The ministry said three hours
later that the "aggression" had
been repelled. Mr. Thant said
he had been informed that Is-
rael had denied having raided
Cairo.
Also at S A.M., according to
a report to Mr. Thant by Maj.
Gen Infar Jit Rikhye, com-
ities reported to General Rikhye eyed herself in a since UL W
that Israeli forces had attacked with Syria."
El Quseima in the Sinai Pepin- 12:45 P.M.-General Rikhye
sula. reported that Israeli artillery
9:15 A.M.-According to the had opened fire on two camps
Thant report, Egyptian artillery in the Gazi Strip of the Indian
contingent of the United Na-
in Gaza started firing toward tions Emergency Force. Since
Israeli-controlled territory. The the force was being withdrawn
firing was said to have stopped at Egyptian request, tJhe camps
in 15 minutes and to have re- were in the process of being
sumed at 10 A.M. abandoned. Soon after, Egyp-
10 A.M.-The Israeli radio in tion tanks were said to have
Tel Aviv reported that Egyp- surrounded one of the camps.
tian armored forces had moved General Rikhye also an-
toward the Negev. nounced that an Emergency
11:10 A.M.-The chairman of Force Convoy had been straffed
is- during the morning between
A
rm
the Israel-Syria Mixed
tice Commission said Damascus Gaza and Rafah and said first
airport was being attacked by reports indicated that three In-
Israeli planes. dian soldiers were killed and an
11:25 A.M.-Firing began in unknown number wounded.
Jerusalem, Mr. Thant reported, 1:30 P.M.-A company of Jor-
quoting information provided by danian soldiers occupied the
Lieut. Gen. Odd Bull, chief of garden of Government House,
staff of the United Nations the United Nations Truce Su-
. _ _
isi
Organization's head-
erv
o
"although a few rounds con-1
tinued to be fired froin Jordan
and near Mount Scopus." A
second cease-fire was proposed
for 12:30 and accepted by both
sides, Mr. Thant said.
11:45 A.M.-A military spokes-
man in Amman said that at this
hour the first blows on the
Jordan-Israel 'border were
struck, a New York Times cor?
respondent reported. Jordanian
mander of the United Nations
Emergency Force, "two Israeli
aircraft violated United Arab
Republic airspace over Gaza
Town," One was downed by
antiaircraft fire. The pilot was
said to have baled out and to
have been picked up from the
sea by a motor launch
General Rikhye said that two
Israeli planes "violated United
Arab Republic airspace" at 8
A.M. over El Arish and were
fired upon. The Egyptians said
they had shot one down.
Also, United Nations person-
nel - in the Emergency Force
camp at Rafah reported heavy
firing at the same hour across
"the international frontier" to
tanks were said ,to have opened
fire at strategic points along
the 329-mile border. A Jorda-
nian broadcast said huge fires
were visible at several points in
the Israeli section of Jerusalem.
11:55 A.M.-United Nations
military observers on the
Israeli-Syrian armistice demar-
cation line reported that Syrian
planes flew past between 11:55
and 12:06, With "air battles,
antiaircraft `fare and explosions
from aircraft bombing" ensuing.
12:18 P.M.-At this point, the
senior Israeli delegate to the
Israeli-Syrian Mixed Armistice
Commission informed the chief
United Nations truce observer
(
the. south, and Egyptian author- at Tiberias that. Israel "consid-
SOriS`
t
utes. King Hussein broadcast
from a frontier post, telling his
people that they were at war.'
Jordan said 13 Israeli planes
were shot down.
Midafternoon Israel said her
troops and tanks had driven
across the southern end of the
Gaza Strip, trapping several
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