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1953 (Oct 26) Plain envelope by airmail to Tel-Aviv from J. Meyer P.O. Box 616, Nicosia bearing pair 2p tied Nicosia cds & with red on white Israeli Censor label tied violet framed Hebrew Censor………The uneasy truce of Jan 1949 was broken in 1951 with sporadi attacks & Killings upunil 1953 and beyond with tensions that continues to this day. On 16 Oct 1953 Israeli Unit 101 commanded by Ariel Sharon carried out the Qibya massacre when they raided the village killing at least 60 individuals, this being from that period see; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict#1948%E2%80%931966