DAMASCUS: An Arab Liberation Army communique late last night [Oct 23] said 250 Jews were killed while trying to fight their way out of the encircled Jewish settlement of Manara... . [`]The Jews were defeated, abandoning all kinds of arms and ammunitions,` the communique added. A military spokesman of the so-called State of Israel in Tel Aviv today [Oct 24] confirmed Arab claim to the victory... . The `Israeli` spokesman described situation as now `static`. The Arabs have imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the Old City of Jerusalem, a Reuter cable from the Holy City said today.

The Negeb area ... was `all quiet` today apart from a few isolated incidents which were being watched by United Nations observers, the ... spokesman ... stated. Unconfirmed reports today said the Jews were attacking from Beit Safafa, two miles from Jerusalem.

An Egyptian spokesman in Cairo late last night declared that Jews had `continued to violate the Security Council cease fire order` by attacking a number of Egyptian positions in Palestine yesterday. Egyptian forces had repulsed attacks, inflicting `heavy losses`, he added. News agencies