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Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 9:09 AM
Subject: [AL-AWDA-News] Israeli army ransacks Ramallah hospital
Occupied Jerusalem: 30 March, 2002 (IAP News)
Heavily-armed Israeli occupation soldiers on Saturday stormed and ransacked a principle hospital in Ramallah, vandalizing its interior and terrorizing patients.
Palestinian sources described the behavior of the soldiers as "more befitting to wild beasts than human beings."
Dr. Odwan Barghouthi, head of the Ri'aya hospital, said the soldiers
force their way into doctors' offices, ICU wards, internal medicine
and other wards.
"They pushed doctors and nurses aside and forced their way throughout the hospital, this is unacceptable, this is terror," said the Palestinian doctor.
He accused the Israeli occupation forces of seeking to "terrorize the
patients and vent their insolence on innocent civilians."
Earlier, Palestinian Red Crescent sources pointed out that Israeli troops were seizing RCS ambulances and using them as shields.
The Occupation troops also cut off electricity and water supplies to
Ramallah, including the office of Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser
Arafat.
PA information minister said all communication between Arafat and the
outside world was cut off by the Israeli army.
He appealed to the international community for help, saying there would
grave consequences over the Israeli onslaught on Arafat.
Emergency Rafah Relief Fund:
http://al-awda.org/rafah_fund.htm
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