| Israel is readying a robust and detailed counter to the U.N. complaints at the killing in Jenin last month of Iain Hook, a Briton working for the U.N. Relief and Works Agency, during a gunfight between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians. Israel will present a report to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, largely written by the counter-intelligence group Shin Bet, that documents the routine use of UNRWA facilities by terrorists. Shin Beth cites interrogations of named Palestinians. One, Muhammad Ali Hassan, arrested in February, says he took target practice and stored ammo at an UNRWA school near Nablus. Nidal Nazal, an UNRWA ambulance driver arrested in July, claims his ambulance was used to transport ammunition. Other detainees say UNRWA vehicles were "routinely" used by terrorists for transport, including as getaway vehicles. The Shin Bet report claims the Tanzim group regularly gathered at UNRWA clubs in the Jabalya and El Aroub refugee camps. |