A voice from beleaguered Ramallah

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Sharon continues his massacre.Israeli troops occupy completely Ramallah. The Israeli army has entered Ramallah and has completely occupied and imposed a curfew on the whole city, the center of the Palestinian Authority and all humanitarian organisations.

The Israeli army invaded with tanks and military, under the cover of apache helicopters, and bombarding several areas of the city. The Israeli army refuses to allow all but one ambulance to move, thereby freezing medical care, leaving many injured people left untreated. Three Palestinians have been reported dead in Ramallah, and tens injured. Many
buildings throughout the city have been occupied, and in many apartment blocks, soldiers are forcing all families in the building into one flat, occupying the b Last night the Israeli army also invaded Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip; 18 Palestinians have been killed so far.

Over the last week, Sharon has been conducting a gradual
massacre of the Palestinian people, killing approximately 160 Palestinians since the beginning of this month in aggressive attacks on Nablus, Jenin, Tulkarem, Qalqilya, Bethlehem, Gaza and now Ramallah, and injuring more
than 1000 people.

The Palestinian civilian population has no way of protecting itself from Sharon's aggressive attacks. Sharon - the war criminal of Sabra and Shatila - will continue his attacks on Palestinians unless international intervention forces him otherwise. We call urgently on the
international community to intervene and provide international protection for the Palestinian people.

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