(21 May 2004)
Tel Sultan neighbourhood - 21 May 2004
1. Greenhouses
2. Israeli tanks
3. Greenhouses
4. Various shots of Israeli bulldozers demolishing greenhouses
5. UN ambulances
6. Ambulances driving off
Brazil neighbourhood - 21 May 2004
7. People walking through rubble
8. Woman shouting and lifting destroyed belongings from ground
9. Man digging through rubble
10. Man walking over rubble with small child
11. Man lifting bag from rubble and throwing it
12. Destroyed vehicle on top of rubble
13. Woman standing by rubble
14. Woman searching through rubble
15. Fire engine arriving
16. Family photos hanging on destroyed wall and pull out to man standing on rubble
17. Woman carrying belongings out from rubble
18. Leaflet distributed by Israeli Defence Forces
19. Small boy carrying toy
20. Various of boy playing with toys amid rubble
21. Various of people carrying belongings from destroyed houses
22. Israeli tank with UPSOUND Shooting
22. UPSOUND Gunfire over shot of smoke in rubble
23. Woman and child
24. Bicycle lying on rubble
25. Man walking past destroyed houses
26. Small boy waving white cloth and crawling
27. Woman standing by rubble
28. Woman carrying bag with belongings over rubble, pan to wide UPSOUND Shooting
29. Man carrying old man on his back over rubble
STORYLINE:
Israeli troops pulled back from two neighbourhoods in Rafah, a sprawling Palestinian refugee camp on Friday, leaving behind dozens of demolished and damaged homes, torn up roads and flattened cars.
Israel said its four-day military offensive, in search of arms-smuggling tunnels and militants, will continue.
The army said no tunnels have been found so far and only one Palestinian was arrested after soldiers questioned hundreds.
Security officials believed most of the fugitives fled before the operation.
Municipal officials said at least 43 homes were demolished and dozens more damaged in the camp since the offensive began on Tuesday.
Forty Palestinians were killed since then, including gunmen and eight demonstrators hit by a tank shell.
The army said it deliberately demolished seven homes, including one belonging to an Islamic Jihad militant.
Other damage to homes and roads was caused by heavy military vehicles and Palestinian militant roadside bombs, the army said.
In the Brazil neighbourhood, 25 houses were razed and streets were torn up, local officials said.
Israeli troops left behind leaflets in Arabic, urging residents not to give shelter to armed men "who are using your homes and are hiding inside like rats."
Reporters were still unable on Friday to get into the hardest-hit neighbourhood, Tel Sultan, where residents lost water and electricity for part of the Israeli offensive.
However UN officials said several water trucks were able to reach the area Friday, negotiating torn-up roads to bring fresh supplies to some of the 25 thousand residents.
The United States, European Union and United Nations have harshly criticised the operation, calling for a halt to home demolitions.
During more than three years of Palestinian-Israeli violence, Israeli forces have made dozens of forays into the Rafah camp to destroy
weapons-smuggling tunnels.
The Israeli military said 90 have been found and destroyed.
More than 11-thousand Rafah residents have been made homeless by Israeli demolitions since 2000.
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