U.S. envoy surveys devastation in Jenin UN plans to send fact-finding team to West Bank camp

JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank--U.S. Assistant Secretary of StateWilliam Burns toured the ravaged sections of this camp Saturday andsaid the battle between the Palestinians and Israelis has resulted in"a terrible human tragedy."

"What happened in Jenin has caused enormous suffering forthousands of innocent Palestinian civilians. Food, shelter, medicineand unexploded ordnance remain serious problems for camp residents,"Burns said.

Burns visited the devastation as the United Nations prepares tosend a fact-finding team to the camp. Its mission is to determinewhat actually occurred in Jenin, the scene of the the fiercestfighting in the Israeli military's West Bank …