Irish peace activist Ms Caoimhe Butterly is in the devastated Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank.
Ms Butterly (23) left the presidential compound, the mukata, in Ramallah several days ago and made her way to Jenin through the Israeli armoured blockade in the company of other internationals.
On a uncertain mobile phone, Caoimhe told The Irish Times: "The media come and photograph the ruins and leave without listening to survivors' stories or looking into what they are facing now."
She continued: "There are very few aid teams and little food and water getting through. The UN can't get supplies into the camp because trucks cannot reach. Food distribution centres were destroyed so the UN can't manage an orderly hand-out. Yesterday there was fighting during a distribution. Water is dangerously contaminated by sewage and corpses. UNRWA is distributing chlorine tablets."
She and other internationals carried crates of bottled water into the camp yesterday.
"We internationals are gathering the testimonies of camp residents to document their ordeal, with the aim of providing evidence that war crimes were committed in Jenin."
