Palestine updates 10th April
IMC | 10.04.2002 15:35
April 11, 2002:
Horror stories continue to emerge of torture and dehumanisation.
[All reported times in GMT]
5:48: IMC Jerusalem reports that a Palestinian man now living in Romani has been dumped by Israeli soldiers at nearby Salem checkpoint after having been arrested or escaping from Jenin. 160 were dumped naked outside of Syba. We heard several stories of horror from the men.
4:14: A press release from the Lutheran Church has claimed that mines have been planted in the streets of the Old City by the soldiers, some of which have already exploded.
April 10, 2002:
Intensified attacks overnight in Nablus and Jenin while horrific treatment of Palestinian prisoners emerges. Meanwhile Palestine solidarity actions are taking place all over the World. See photos of solidarity demonstrations in several contries here
[All reported times in GMT]
15:25 A monk was shot and seriously wounded in the Church of the Nativity compound in Bethlehem. A senior IDF source confirmed that an Armenian monk in the compound had most likely been hit by IDF fire.Report
14:45: The Palestine Monitor, A PNGO Information Clearinghouse reports on the casualties of the lifting of the curfews.
14:40:The United Nations, the United States,the European Union and Russia issued a joint statement today urging Israel to withdraw from Palestian territories and for both sides to call an immediate cease–fire and prevent the conflict from spreading.
13:00: IMC Jerusalem has reported that the Israeli army are now bombing the buildings which remain standing inside the Presidential Compound. The buildings hit surround the area where those still inside are. We are gravely concerned for their safety.
9:30: Eyewitness reports of Israeli army burying massacre victims in mass graves.
5:48: Israeli army is now flattening the entire Jenin refugee camp.Report
Horror stories continue to emerge of torture and dehumanisation.
[All reported times in GMT]
5:48: IMC Jerusalem reports that a Palestinian man now living in Romani has been dumped by Israeli soldiers at nearby Salem checkpoint after having been arrested or escaping from Jenin. 160 were dumped naked outside of Syba. We heard several stories of horror from the men.
4:14: A press release from the Lutheran Church has claimed that mines have been planted in the streets of the Old City by the soldiers, some of which have already exploded.
April 10, 2002:
Intensified attacks overnight in Nablus and Jenin while horrific treatment of Palestinian prisoners emerges. Meanwhile Palestine solidarity actions are taking place all over the World. See photos of solidarity demonstrations in several contries here
[All reported times in GMT]
15:25 A monk was shot and seriously wounded in the Church of the Nativity compound in Bethlehem. A senior IDF source confirmed that an Armenian monk in the compound had most likely been hit by IDF fire.Report
14:45: The Palestine Monitor, A PNGO Information Clearinghouse reports on the casualties of the lifting of the curfews.
14:40:The United Nations, the United States,the European Union and Russia issued a joint statement today urging Israel to withdraw from Palestian territories and for both sides to call an immediate cease–fire and prevent the conflict from spreading.
13:00: IMC Jerusalem has reported that the Israeli army are now bombing the buildings which remain standing inside the Presidential Compound. The buildings hit surround the area where those still inside are. We are gravely concerned for their safety.
9:30: Eyewitness reports of Israeli army burying massacre victims in mass graves.
5:48: Israeli army is now flattening the entire Jenin refugee camp.Report
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