11. Gunfire sounded throughout the day, and among numerous indignities Palestinians accused Israeli forces of capturing a television station and using it to broadcast pornography. 12. In interviews, they accused Israeli forces of shooting civilians, removing bodies and bulldozing houses with people inside. 13. In its attack on the KLA, the heavily armed government forces have been accused of burning farms and leveling towns suspected of being sympathetic to the rebels. 14. In Gaza City, leaders of the militant Hamas movement praised the two as martyrs and accused Israeli forces of deliberately killing them. 15. In Gaza City, Hamas leaders praised the two as martyrs and accused Israeli forces of deliberately killing them. 16. On Russia, McCain favors suspending international loans until Russia ends the fighting in Chechnya, where Russian forces are accused of having committed atrocities. 17. Pakistan denied that, accusing Indian forces of targeting civilians, killing two and wounding four others. 18. Palestinian officials accused Israeli forces of trying to storm the Church of the Nativity, built over the traditional birthplace of Jesus. 19. Palestinian radio reports accused Israeli forces of shelling residential neighborhoods near Jenin, in the northern West Bank. 20. Rebel factions are still heavily armed, and over the weekend they accused government forces of preparing for renewed battle. |