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----- Original Message ----- From: Palestine Monitor Alquds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 7:47 PM Subject: Jenin Update > The Palestine Monitor, A PNGO Information Clearinghouse > > Jenin Update > 8th April 2002 > > The United Nations refugee camp of Jenin, a one-kilometer square patch of > land home to 15,000 people, has for the past five days been under a > sustained Israeli military attack. Israeli forces have used apache > helicopters, tanks, and ground-to-ground missiles to shell and bombard the > civilians in the camp. The Israelis themselves estimate that more than one > hundred people have already been killed in the onslaught; Palestinians > believe the number will be much higher as many of the 100s of injured will > die because, since the beginning of this atrocity, they have been prevented > from receiving medical care. > > Yesterday in the camp soldiers rounded up males between the ages of 15-45 > and interned them in a yard. One elderly man was shot dead by soldiers as he > obeyed their orders and left his house. > > Bulldozers have been used to destroy homes in order to make the streets and > alleyways wide enough for tanks to move down when the Israeli army > eventually takes over the whole camp. The camp has not had electricity or > water for five days now, and Dr. Barghouti reports that the Medical Relief > Committees have received calls from people who have no food or water and > have been reduced to drinking dirty water running in the streets. People lie > injured in the streets, and the bodies of those killed sit in the houses and > streets, decomposing. > > At the same time the sick and wounded are still being denied medical care. A > few hours ago the Red Cross coordinated the movement of three ambulances, > from the city of Jenin to the camp. A mere 50 yards from the hospital the > ambulances were fired upon and forced to return to the hospital, yet more > proof of the discrepancy between what the army and government says the are > doing, and the reality of the situation. > > A woman (she did not want her name used) whose son was killed on Friday, and > she has yet to see or bury his body described the past days to us. She said > “we were inside the camp, sitting inside our homes with shells falling all > around us, from everywhere. In the streets we could see a few bodies of the > dead and many people injured from the shelling– they were close but we > couldn’t get them because of the danger. Many houses were destroyed, and it > was smoky because of the fires. We have stayed there five days – we had no > electricity, no food, and no water. > > At 5AM this morning the soldiers banged with their guns on our door. They > said we had to leave – so the 60 men, women and children who were in our > house left. They made us leave with their guns pointed on us – all the way > to where they had gathered all the men, women and children together. Then > they forced the men to strip to their underclothes. We had to wait and wait, > sitting on the ground for hours, the soldiers even spat on us. Then they > took the men away – we don’t know where. At 11 am they let us, the women and > children, leave the camp – forced us into the city – where there is still a > curfew. Where can we go? Some of the people have family in the city – and > some of the city people have taken us – but now there is a bigger problem > for them. Already there was not enough food, no water, and no electricity in > the city. And now all of us have to also be with them - these people we do > not know.” > > This is the third time since 1948 that these people in Jenin refugee camp > have been forced to leave their homes by the Israeli army. > > For more information contact Juliana at the Palestine Monitor > +972 (0)2 5834021 or +972 (0)2 5833510 > www.palestinemonitor.org > > > --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
