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April 15, 2002
Amid the Rubble of Nablus
By Kristen Schurr
Here in Nablus the Israeli military have cut the
phone lines and destroyed the water supply. As in Jenin, the
Israeli military not only bulldozes houses, tortures and kills
Palestinians, but also targets the infrastructure, bringing more
death, terror, and starvation.
Access to medical care is nearly impossible
for many, especially those on the east side of Nablus and those
living in the refugee camps.
Of the four camps in Nablus, at least
two--Balata and Askar--have been without food, water, and electricity
for 13 days. The camps are sealed off by Israeli soldiers and
tanks, which, as of last night, have been shelling into the camps.
Twelve French activists are arriving
today to try to get into Balata camp. This may prove impossible.
Certainly no ambulances are allowed in.
On my first night here, we tried to get
to a man who had been bleeding for four hours after being shot
in the head by Israeli soldiers. We were unable to reach him.
Information out of the camps is shared
only via cell phone, and not often at that. The cell phones cannot
be recharged without electricity, but some have been able to
call the ambulances and are crying, requesting food, milk, and
water.
I am told that 1,500 cars have been destroyed
throughout Nablus by grenades and tanks. I have seen countless
cars crushed nearly beyond recognition, many burned and half
smashed.
The streets are clouded in dust from
the crumbling and crushed buildings.
A doctor told me that they have lost
their future, the children, and in the process, have lost their
heritage because all they can do is try to survive the present.
I was told by another doctor that this is the Intifada of killing.
There are few patients in the hospital, not because there are
few injuries or deaths, but because ambulances are not allowed
by the Israeli military to reach the dead and dying.
A Red Crescent ambulance driver told
me that he has been arrested four times in a week just for driving
his ambulance, and yesterday he and several others, including
the doctor, were arrested again. He and others have similar stories
of what the soldiers do to them. First the driver and passengers
are forced to take off their clothes and are then handcuffed
and sometimes blindfolded. They are made to stand in the sun
for between 2 and 3 hours while the soldiers shoot their guns
around them. The driver showed me the bullet holes and broken
windows in the ambulance as he drove off in a bullet proof vest
to try to save another life. He was visibly shaken up when he
returned to the UPMRC last night. He hasn't seen his wife and
two young children in thirteen days.
Throughout the city of Nablus a water
truck sneaks through the streets making deliveries. Last night
I spent an hour making clandestine bread deliveries out of the
back of a Red Crescent ambulance. The Old City of Nablus is in
ruins. Piles of rubble from F-16 bombings, tank shellings, and
bulldozing hide numerous dead.
While I was in the Old City yesterday,
a boy encountered an unused tank shell. It exploded and left
his eyes burned shut, his body blackened, and blood pouring from
his stomach. His cries revealed a voice in the process of changing.
He could not have been more than 12 years old.
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said
yesterday that Nablus is no longer a military zone. There are
F-16s flying over head, last night as we made bread deliveries
we ducked from tanks, getting into Nablus we had to hike through
the mountains and hide from tanks behind trees, and the UPMRC
(Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees) clinic, where
eight internationals are staying, was shot at. We found empty
shells just outside the gates, and we could hear the tanks were
shelling just down the street.
The curfew was lifted for a few hours
on the west side of Nablus yesterday. And although children were
playing near the open sewage that runs down the sides of the
streets, Israeli soldiers still shot from their tanks and APCs.
The internationals intend to continue
escorting ambulances, delivering food, and attempting to enter
the camps to help in any way we possibly can.
Kristen Schurr
is from New York City. Her email is: kristenschurr@hotmail.com
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