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PALESTINIAN
BODIES LEFT ROTTING IN STREETS
Horrific
scenes are visible in Jenin, where the Israeli Armed Forces have left hundreds
of Palestinian bodies to lie around rotting in the streets.
Non-Governmental Organisations raised the alert on Thursday and the
Israeli government has admitted that there are between 200 and 300 Palestinian
bodies waiting to be buried. Palestinian sources quote the figure as being
higher, at around 500.
Emmanuel Nashrum, spokesperson from the Israeli
Foreign Ministry, confirmed that the bodies had still not been buried: “We are
doing what we can to surpass this situation, but it was the Palestinians
themselves who chose not to bury the dead as a form of propaganda”.
The
Jenin government hospital has only received 50 corpses to date, leaving between
150 and 450 unaccounted for. Lior Yavni, from the NGO B’Tselem, told reporters
of “the stench of decomposing human bodies” in Jenin.
Mannal Hazzan, a
lawyer working with the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, told the
international press that an ambulance carrying a wounded doctor and nurse, who
had been fired at by Israeli Defence Force (IDF) troops, was parked outside the
hospital. They were left to bleed to death because the medical crew were not
allowed outside to treat them. They were threatened that if they attempted any
such action, they would be shot.
Hazzan also denounced five cases of
serious illness among children, who were deprived of water. Their mothers had to
use water from the sewer to prepare their meals. Added to the displaced 800
women and children reported by Pravda.Ru yesterday, are a further 3,000,
according to UNO spokespersons. These people have had their homes bulldozers,
sometimes with family members inside, and are not allowed back into the area.
Palestinian Human Rights organisation, LAW, has denounced that five
foreign journalists had their film and cameras stolen by IDF forces. Their press
cards were also illegally taken from them. The international press card states:
“The authorities to whom this document is shown must provide to its respective
holder all help necessary for him/her to complete his/her professional mission,
without breaking any legally applicable norms”. This means, basically, that
international press card holders are to be allowed to circulate freely, except
in cases in which they put their own lives, or those of others, in danger. This
does not give soldiers the right to steal equipment and destroy film.
The action was made in an attempt to cover up evidence of human rights
violations. Palestinian sources claim that copy of such films has already been
sent abroad.
Timothy
BANCROFT-HINCHEY
PRAVDA.Ru
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