Friday, April 19, 2002

Israeli Forces Pull Back From Jenin, but Blockade Still Remains
Surveying the wreckage here Thursday, Terje Roed-Larsen, the United Nation's special envoy to the Middle East, called the scene "horrifying beyond belief."

"Combating terrorism does not give a blank check to kill civilians," he said.

He said that people might still be alive under the bulldozed ruins, among the buried bodies. "You can yourself smell the stench of death all over the place," he said. "No doubt about it — there are bodies all over the place."

He accused Israel of blocking access to the camp for United Nations and humanitarian workers for 11 days. The Israeli army said that it was not safe to admit outsiders into the camp because of booby traps left by Palestinian fighters.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/19/international/middleeast/19MIDE.html

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