Monday, April 15, 2002

Despite court's decision, Israeli forces move bodies from Jenin



Statements from eyewitnesses, collected by LAW, confirm that despite Friday's Israeli High Court's interim order, Israeli forces have continued moving bodies outside Jenin refugee camp. Eyewitness accounts confirm reports that an Israeli truck was seen with bodies inside plastic bags. The bodies were taken out of the truck and put in holes dug by bulldozers.

Later, eyewitnesses saw bulldozers coming back to the location, which is outside Jenin refugee camp, taking out an estimated thirty bodies from the holes and loading the bodies back on the truck. Reports indicate that the bodies were then taken in the direction of the 'Green Line', the demarcation line between Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

Individuals, including next-door neighbors, have seen bulldozers demolishing homes and shelters in which there were still people, including women and children. Various eyewitnesses have seen bodies, including bodies of women and children, in the rubble of demolished homes. Eyewitnesses have seen bulldozers driving back and forward over bodies in Jenin refugee camp.

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