The news Israel wishes we didn't hear

international | anti-war / imperialism | news report Tuesday May 18, 2004 10:49 by Ali Mc

Murder and collective punishment in occupied Gaza

From the heart of the battered Al Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City, as the combat helicopters indiscriminately opened its machinegun fire on the citizens and after two nights of hunger, suffering …. Here in Al Zaytoun, south east of Gaza city more than 100 families were trapped, water reservoir
were ripped, power disconnected, the infrastructure was torn up into shreds, and even the “HELP” appeal was met by firings from the Israeli soldiers.

If the Israelis manage to force the Palestinians from what remains of their homelands they face continued persecution from Israels proxies and neighbouring regiemes who cannot or will not support large numbers of refugees on their territory.

17 May 04

Over 16 killed people, and more 200 injured people, and a very large number of demolished houses.. in addition to dividing Gaza Strip into three parts and killing the movements of the citizens, workers and students..

http://www.rafahtoday.org/gazanews/gazamain.htm

'There were rockets, shells. It was war. Then bulldozers destroyed everything'

Um Hisham Qishta stood at the spot where she cradled a dying Israeli soldier in her arms a few days ago and said she was going nowhere. But just in case the armoured bulldozers came too close, she bundled the entire contents of her immaculate flat into plastic sacks yesterday and sent the furniture off on the back of a donkey cart. On the street below almost every family left in the Saladin district of Rafah was hauling belongings on to wooden carts in advance of the coming storm.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1219255,00.html

Israeli tanks and troops moved into the Tel Sultan neighbourhood, located away from the border, and began digging a trench to separate the quarter from the rest of the camp, witnesses said.

Soldiers were searching the sector from house to house, residents said, and at least 45 military vehicle were in the neighbourhood.

The first air strike, shortly after midnight, targeted a part of the camp next to the border, killing three and wounding seven. Doctors said at least two of the dead were militants.

Three hours later, an Israeli helicopter fired two missiles at Tel Sultan. Eight people were killed and 23 wounded, doctors said. Hamas said three of the dead were members of the militant group.

Palestinian security sources said two ambulances came under fire from Israeli snipers, and one was hit by three bullets. Rescue workers said the morgue at the small Rafah hospital was full, and bodies were being moved to a shop nearby.

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=522411

Living War: Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

from Stefan Christoff - 14.01.2004 18:39

The youth who play football on the small streets and narrow alleys of Bourj El Barajneh represent an entire generation of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon who live in a day-to-day low intensity war. This is a war waged against Palestinian refugees by the government of Lebanon. It is not waged through military campaigns and guerrilla battles as in the Lebanese civil war, but through policies and laws which are slowly choking the life from Lebanon's Palestinian refugee camps.

http://beirut.indymedia.org/ar/2004/01/898.shtml