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Issue of Paper for Egyptian Soldiers, 1948

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Issue of paper for Egyptian soldiers. Issue no. 169-172, June-July 1948. Arabic.
Articles report in detail the progress and withdrawal stages during the months of June and July, and discuss the visits of the King to the front during cease fire and the treatment of Jewish prisoners of war. A text is printed at the end of the issues [photograph of a handwritten letter], written in Arabic in Hebrew characters: "I am Ezra Horin from Tel Aviv…" (Ezra Horin was taken as prisoner by the Egyptian army during an espionage mission in Gaza and was executed for being supposedly sent to poison the water wells).
Numerous photographs, portraying injured soldiers, water tower in Negba with the flag of the Egyptian Kingdom and the map of Israel south of Tel Aviv.
[43] leaves, 28 cm. Poor condition. Stains, foxing. Tears. Lacking most of the cover.
Palestine, the British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
Palestine, the British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel