Israel says patrol kills 2 guerrillas from Jordan

June 9, 1980

Israeli troops killed two Palestinian guerrillas who crossed the border from Jordan over the weekend, a military spokesman said. The guerrillas crossed into Israel at Neot Hakikar, south of the Dead Sea, in the Negev. An Israeli border patrol pursued them back across the border, killing two and "apparently hitting one or two others," the spokesman said. There were no Israeli casualties.