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LMNOP Palestine resources page: http://www.webwm.com/LMNOP/palestine.htm ---------------------------------------- The following is a news item posted on CBC NEWS ONLINE at http://cbc.ca/news ____________________________________________________ ISRAELI ARMY CLAIMS 100 PALESTINIANS KILLED IN REFUGEE CAMP FIGHTING http://cbc.ca/stories/2002/04/08/mideast_monday020408 WebPosted Mon Apr 8 22:37:44 2002 JERUSALEM--Fierce fighting in Jenin and Nablus raged early on Monday with hundreds of Palestinians taking on the Israeli army. But late Monday night, Palestinian fighters were surrendering in Nablus, the biggest city on the West Bank, after Israel threatened to attack with rocket-firing helicopters. Shots were also exchanged and a fire broke out at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, where about 200 Palestinians sought refuge a week ago and have been surrounded by soldiers since. Smoke billows near the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem During the shootout � which both sides accused the other of starting � a fire broke out in a nearby building. A Palestinian police officer was shot and killed when he went to put out the blaze. The fire burned for more than an hour before firefighters were allowed close enough to put it out. After being searched for weapons, they weren't allowed into the compound, and had to shoot water over the wall. The standoff has created tension between the Roman Catholic Church and the Israeli government. Israel says the 60 clerics inside the church are hostages, but the Franciscans disagree. Bloody battles in Jenin, Nablus Further to the north, Israeli soldiers fought running street battles with Palestinians. Official Israeli estimates say more than 100 Palestinians have been killed in fighting at the refugee camp at Jenin. Two Israeli soldiers have also died. Israeli Brig. Gen. Eyal Shline said houses in the Jenin camp have been booby-trapped and several men have blown themselves up in suicide attacks. Witnesses inside the camp said helicopters fired missiles into the camp beginning in the early morning and bulldozers flattened homes. The army claimed late Monday to control most of the camp and that about 150 Palestinians had surrendered. Sharon addresses the Knesset Sharon told the Knesset on Monday that despite calls from the United States to withdraw � now � from the occupied territories, the army wouldn't pull back until the infestation of terrorism was cleared out. Sharon told the parliament that the army would withdraw to buffer zones after Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's "infrastructure of terror" had been eliminated. Arafat himself remains besieged inside his Ramallah compound, where he has been trapped since the Israeli invasion began at the end of March. ____________________ Copyright � 2002 CBC All Rights Reserved http://cbc.ca/ ===== Lake Merritt Neighbors Organized for Peace. Weekly peace walks around Lake Merritt in Oakland. Starts & ends at the colonnade between Grand & Lakeshore Avenues, 3 P.M., every Sunday. Info: (510)763-8712, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or http://www.webwm.com/LMNOP __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] 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 ==^================================================================
