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The pictures show a phony funeral that the Palestinians organized in order to multiply the number of casualties in Jenin. The pictures were taken on 28/04/02. The funeral procession was held between the area destroyed in Jenin and the cemetery.
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Jenin
Today, 2.5.02, the IDF is exposing for the first time footage filmed from above, and in it, an on-film testimony of the Palestinian's preparations for UN committee's visit to Jenin. In this segment, you see a staged funeral that the Palestinians organized in order to increase the number of the Palestinians killed in Jenin. This footage was filmed three days ago, on April 28, 2002 at around 19:00 and it is very clear and easy to see that the body has apparently "resurrected" and that the whole funeral is actually one big charade.
Main Points of Briefing
given by Colonel Miri Eizen
Bethlehem
During the past 24 hours there were few fire exchanges around the area of the Church of Nativity. In is important to point out that fire exchanges were not aimed towards the church itself, but only to the area close to it. Until toady, 80 people have left the church alive, among them people of the clergy, children, civilians, a small number of wanted suspects and five bodies of wanted suspects. We do not have an accurate number of how many people are still inside the church, but our estimate is that there are several dozens. In addition, last night at midnight, a fire broke out in the northern tower in the area of the church. We believe that the ones responsible for setting the fire were the Palestinians. In recent weeks the Palestinians have twice set fire to the same tower, because the tower serves as very high viewpoint that is easy to photograph from a far away distance, but we are still checking the possibility of the fire was started by one of our own light-bombs.
In any event, we do not wish to harm the church in any way.