Israeli troops resume search for militants, power and water knocked out in

[maddezmom]

05-19) 01:47 PDT RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) --

Israeli troops stormed homes in this Palestinian refugee camp on Wednesday in an ongoing search for militants and illegal weapons, confining tens of thousands of residents to houses without electricity or water.

The invasion, launched Tuesday, knocked out power in the Rafah refugee camp, home to an estimated 90,000 people, local Palestinian officials said. By Wednesday, they said, water service had been halted as well.

Twenty Palestinians -- the highest single-day death toll in more than two years -- were killed on the first day of the army's "Operation Rainbow" offensive. Among the dead were a 13-year-old boy and his 16-year-old sister.

International condemnation mounted against the operation, and the United States said it was asking Israel for "clarification." The United Nations and European Union demanded an end to the incursion, which Israeli security officials said would last at least a week.

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more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/05/19/international0447EDT0475.DTL

[Forkboy]

1. a true beacon of democracy

or so I've been told.

[maddezmom]

2. Resolution Seeks End to Israel Demolitions

Wed May 19, 2:21 AM ET

By EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press Writer

UNITED NATIONS - Arab nations introduced a Security Council resolution demanding that Israel stop the demolition of homes in the Rafah refugee camp in Gaza.


The United States proposed major amendments aimed at balancing the resolution presented Tuesday.


The U.S. draft would call on Israel to respect its obligations under international law, "including its obligation not to undertake demolition of homes as a punitive measure." It would also call on the Palestinian Authority (news - web sites) to take "immediate action" against terrorist groups and end the smuggling of illegal weapons into the West Bank and Gaza.


Britain's U.N. Ambassador Emyr Jones Parry offered separate amendments, also aimed at creating a better balanced text, which he said were "some distance" between the American and Arab texts.


Both Jones Parry and Germany's U.N. Ambassador Gunter Pleuger said after a closed meeting that the Security Council would like to reach agreement on a resolution.

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more: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=736&e=10&u=/ap/20040519/ap_on_re_mi_ea/un_israel_palestinians

another UNSC resolution that will be vetoed by the US... :eyes:

[maddezmom]

3. reporting on CNNI...Israel fires rocket into a demonstration

killing 7. :(

[Forkboy]

4. hey,it's no biggie because Israel doesn't target civilians on purpose

what's a few savages...er,Palestinians killed?

<sarcasm>

[maddezmom]

5. update 9 killed, 40 injured n/t