UN to Vote on Gaza Onslaught, Israel Escalates
Palestinian children bear the brunt of Israeli fire
(AFP)
JABALIYA, Gaza Strip, October 5 (IslamOnline.net &
News Agencies) � As the United Nations was set to vote
Tuesday, October5 , on a resolution calling on Israel
to halt its bloodiest onslaught on Gaza in years,
Israel�s occupation army pressed ahead with its sweep
trapping over 50 , 000Palestinians, destroying homes
and fields, killing over 80 and wounding hundreds.
The Israeli massive reoccupation of the northern Gaza
Strip and Jabaliya refugee camp, lasting for a week
now, has come under global condemnation. Even
Washington, Israel �s staunchest ally, has �hoped� the
raid would come to an end �soon�.
The death toll mounted further as a Palestinian
fighter was killed by an Israeli tank shell fired at
the Jabaliya refugee camp.
The latest fatality was a13 -year-old Palestinian girl
that was shot and killed inside her home in the
refugee camp when Israeli troops opened fire from an
observation tower in Rafah, on the border with Egypt ,
reported Agence France-Presse (AFP).
Her body was riddled with 20 bullets, including five
in the head, doctor Ali Musa from the Rafah hospital
told AFP.
Shielded Suffering
Israeli troops trap over50 , 000Palestinians in Gaza
(AFP)
During their �Operation Days of Penitence�, Israeli
occupation forces have demolished the homes of
hundreds of Palestinians, bulldozed swaths of
agricultural land and destroyed infrastructure,
according to British daily The Guardian.
The daily further focused the light on the crisis of
the Palestinian population.
�But shielded from view is the suffering of about50 ,
000Palestinians trapped in areas seized by hundreds of
Israeli troops, backed by about 200 tanks and armored
vehicles.
�Palestinians in the Israeli-held areas, including
parts of Jabaliya refugee camp and the small town of
Beit Hanoun, described by telephone the widespread
destruction and desperate living conditions.
�Armored bulldozers had demolished scores, possibly
hundreds, of homes, they said. Thousands of people had
spent days without electricity and water, although
power was restored sporadically yesterday. Residents
said that the destruction of sewage systems had
contaminated the water supplies in some areas.�
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Click to read The Guardian�s report..
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1319776,00.html
US Reaction
�I hope that it does not expand,� Powell said (AFP)
Meanwhile, the United States has called for an end to
the Israeli sweep, although it has criticized an
Arab-backed draft UN Security Council resolution on
the onslaught.
US Secretary of State Colin Powell repeated the US
position that � Israel had a right to defend itself�,
but called on Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to
use �a proportionate response� to Palestinian rocket
fire.
�Mr Sharon finds the need to respond to that,� Powell
said before arriving in Brazil . �I hope that it does
not expand, I hope that whatever he does is
proportionate to the threat that Israel is facing and
I hope that this operation can come to a conclusion
quickly.�
Israel 's chief of staff said Monday that the Gaza
�operation�, one of the deadliest since the start of
the four-year-old Intifada, could last for weeks.
The onslaught has sparked deep international concern,
including a weekend call from UN chief Kofi Annan for
Israel to halt the operation. On Monday, Egypt called
the occupation a �dangerous escalation.�
The UN Security Council is set to vote Tuesday on the
Algerian-sponsored resolution which �demands the
immediate cessation of all military operations in the
area of Northern Gaza and the withdrawal of the
Israeli occupying forces from that area.�
US ambassador John Danforth, however, dismissed the
text as �one more step on the road to nowhere.�
�The Security Council and the General Assembly,
instead of saying �stop� to both sides, act as the
cheerleaders of the Palestinians,� Danforth said.
Dutch ambassador Dirk van den Berg, who spoke for the
European Union, said Israel 's response to Palestinian
attacks was �disproportionate.�
Algerian ambassador Abdallah Baali denounced �the
disgraceful methods used by Israel today against
defenseless civilian populations.�
The text also �calls on Israel , the occupying power,
to ensure the unfettered access and safety of United
Nations personnel... and calls for the respect of the
inviolability of the facilities of the United Nations
agencies in the field, including the United Nations
Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the
Near East .�
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Heartrending Scenes Unfold in Jabaliya
http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2004-10/04/article02.shtml
http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2004-10/03/article06.shtml
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