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JENIN REFUGEE CAMP,
West Bank (AP) — Palestinian
militants booby-trapped every
place they thought Israeli
troops might be caught off
guard — doorways, roadside
sewers, even women’s purses.
In round-the-clock gunbat-
tles that roared for eight days,
Israeli troops inched their way
through the narrow streets and
alleys of Jenin refugee camp,
toward strongholds of
Palestinian gunmen, bulldozing
rows of houses that blocked
their armored vehicles.
Trapped inside cramped cin-
derblock homes, with water and
electricity cut and food supplies
dwindling, terrified residents
endured a hellish week of fight
ing that made this impoverished
camp look like it was hit by a
powerful earthquake.
The last holdouts, 36
Palestinian gunmen who had
exhausted, their bullets and
food, surrendered at dawn
Thursday, and Israeli troops
now have full control of the
badly chewed up streets in a
camp the size of a few city
blocks set on a sloping hillside.
Yet Israelis and Palestinians
are still waging a verbal battle
over what happened inside the
camp, scene of the most fero
cious single battle in more than
18 months of Mideast fighting.
The Israeli military suffered
23 dead — by far its highest
total in any one battle. The
army says it killed about 100
Palestinians, mostly militants.
However, the location of
the Palestinian dead remains
a mystery.
Palestinian officials, includ
ing Infonnation Minister Yasser
Abed Rabbo, have talked about
mass killings of civilians, w ith
out providing evidence.
In a first comprehensive look
at the devastation in the camp.
Associated Press journalists
found widespread destruction
but no bodies on the streets.
Several Palestinian men
gave journalists a tour of the
Church of the Nativity
The dangerous standoff between Palestinian gunmen and Israeli
forces at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem continues
Throughout its history, the church, which includes the basilica
and several monasteries, has been seized and defended by a
succession of armies.
History
► The original basilica was erected in the fourth century
by Emperor Constantine over the site
traditionally said to be Jesus' birthplace.
► Church was badly damaged in the
Samaritan Revolt of A.D. 529.
► It was rebuilt in A.D. 527-565 during the
reign of Emperor Justinian.
► During the Persian invasion of A.D. 614, the
Church of the Nativity was the onty one spared.
► Muslim and later Crusader armies in the
11th and 12th centuries seized and defended
the church.
► Church was badly damaged by an
earthquake in 1834 and fire in 1869.
► Over the years the church has been
expanded by various Christian orders.
► The Palestinian Authority was given
control of Bethlehem in 1995.
► Today, control is shared by Greek
Orthodox, Roman Catholic (Franciscans), Armenian,
Coptic and Syrian Orthodox churches.
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wreckage and said they had
heard rumors that bodies were
buried in mass graves, but did
not know where.
Palestinian Cabinet minister
Saeb Erekat said he received
reports of 500 Palestinians
killed in the offensive, but said
he could not confirm the figure.
“We did not touch the
Palestinian bodies, we did not
remove them,” said army
spokesperson Lt. Col. Olivier
Rafowicz. “This is Palestinian
propaganda.”
At the main hospital in
Jenin, Dr. Mohammed Abu
Ghali said he received eight
bodies during the first two days
of fighting, but none since,
because the army sealed off the
camp, keeping ambulances and
rescue workers out.
For resident Ali Damaj, every
thing around him was in ruins.
During the battle,
Palestinian gunmen fired from
nearby buildings and alleys. As
many as 50 people huddled
inside his three-room apart
ment. “Keep on the floor. Keep
quiet. Don’t look out the win
dows,” Damaj told the kids.
No one was hurt inside. But
to the left of his apartment, a
bulldozer plowed 50 yards
through the front of an ap:
merit block, reducing ii tt
giant pile of broken concis
Beds, tables and clothes w
buried under knee-deep slab
fractured concrete.
To the right, a b
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off the front wall ofapi
on both sides of the sire;
Walking amid the deb
offered a direct view i
front rooms of each hon
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