Israel seeks to clarify U.N. team's role

UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations responded to Israeli demands and added two military officers to a U.N. fact-finding mission Thursday, as the Jewish state sought further clarifications about the team that will look into an Israeli assault on the Jenin refugee camp.

The Palestinians accuse the Israeli army of a massacre of civilians in the Jenin camp. Israel says its army fought intense gunbattles with Palestinian gunmen.

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed a three-member panel of fact-finders after Israel gave a green light.