News from compound of Arafat / 4/4/02

national | miscellaneous | news report Thursday April 04, 2002 11:32 by blisset

Lack of Water and medical supplies

April 4, 2002 8.47: From the Presidential Compound: The situation inside the compound is extremely grave. Worryingly, the President only has one day of personal medical supplies left. There have been no medical supplies allowed in and there are still injured inside requring care. The food supplies have also dwindled dangerously and the bottled water available has almost gone. The water supply into the compound has been cut again. Yesterday four trucks loaded with medical and food aid made it through the Calandia checkpoint into Ramallah after the initial attack made by the IDF on one of the trucks. Today the medics and internationals will try to distribute the aid.