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Merrick
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Re: Palestinian report 6
Apr 09, 2002, 17:38
Wed, 03 Apr 2002 16:16:19

greetings again from the IMC,

things here are shifting again slightly, but not enough. there are still large numbers of wounded in manger square in the centre of the old city,and many dead lying in the streets or in houses fromwhich they cannot be removed [update this second; the family who had 2 members killed by a tank shell have managed to get them out]. the mosque,in which people were hiding, was shelled by tanks, and there are 150-200 holed up in the church of the nativity; we've just spoken to one of them and no medics have been allowed through but nuns have been attending the injured. injured in deheishe refugee camp have also been denied access to hospital,and we've just watched from our window as israeli troops surrounded and searched a red crescent ambulance. another ambulance was crushed by a tank this morning in beit jala. a group of internationals attempted to accompany an ambulanceto manger square to get humanitarian aid to those trapped, but they were fired on; apparently the israelis had chosen (without telling anyone) that they would use their clocks and not palestinian time to time the curfew and thus decided to shoot at people as soon as.

a number of british nationals are being evacuated at the moment, including kunle whose father died unexpectedly and who has been denied exit by the israelis for 2 days despite strong protests from the british government and consulate.

in ramallah, a group of 2,000 israelis (gush shalom) and arab israelis attempting to deliver food and medical supplies were stopped and heavily teargassed. one truck of aid was allowed through but the soldiers then emptied it and stamped on the medical supplies, leaving the food on the ground.

there has also been shooting at the doors of the building that arafat and the internationals etc aretrapped in in arafat's compound. arafat's personal medicine in running out and there are fears for him.

in truth,

sarah
from the indymedia centre, bab al-zqaq, besieged bethlehem
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