GNS Hamas bombmakers, Israeli soldier killed in battle

Описание: (10 Aug 2003)

Nablus
1. Wide shot of tank moving near Al-Askar refugee camp
2. Mid shot tank
3. Fire engine arriving
4. Smoke rising from the building
5. Israeli troops moving around
6. Bulldozer at scene
7. Wide shot of destroyed building
8. Various of damage and bulldozers clearing debris
9. Helicopter overhead
10. Bulldozer at building
11. Troops by jeeps
12. Damaged building, collapsed
13. Troops by jeep
14. Smoke rising from building
15. Truck in road, troops walking (audio explosion)
16. Zoom in to smoke rising from building
17. Jeep and troops standing by
18. Smoke rising from building
19. Jeep driving away

Gaza
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Ismail Abu Shanab, Hamas Spokesman:
"This violation is considered a dangerous escalation of the situation and the Israelis should bear the responsibility for this attack and all of its consequences. Hamas will never accept these kind of violations and we are seriously discussing the situation and all parties which participated in the effort to reach the ceasefire to take responsibility to stop these attacks on our people and to stop Israeli violations and aggression."
21. Ismail Abu Shanab walks past

STORYLINE:

A gun fight and explosion in a suspected Palestinian bomb lab killed two Hamas bomb makers and an Israeli soldier Friday, according to Israeli officials.

Friday's gunbattle in the Askar refugee camp, next to the northern West Bank city of Nablus, was not expected to derail a cease-fire declared by the main Palestinian groups June 29, although a Hamas leader said the raid violated the truce.

The incident began before dawn on Friday, when soldiers surrounded a suspected Hamas hideout in Askar to arrest two alleged Hamas bomb makers, Khamis Abu Salem and Said Fadder, according to Colonel Arieh Knafo, who commanded the raid.

He said that, as the soldiers approached, they were shot at from inside the three-story apartment building, killing an Israeli soldier - 20-year-old Roi Oren.

Soldiers returned fire, killing one of the Hamas activists.

At one point, an explosion went off, bringing down most of the building.

The second Hamas fugitive was buried under the rubble, the colonel told The Associated Press.

Israeli troops later blew up the remainder of the building.

The lab had contained dozens of kilograms of explosives, the colonel said.

He denied initial reports that troops fired an anti-tank missile at the building, saying two tanks were on standby, but did not fire.

In the Gaza Strip, Hamas official Ismail Abu Shanab said Israel violated the cease-fire, but stopped short of saying Hamas - which has carried out scores of suicide bombing attacks against Israelis - would call off the truce.

"The Israelis should bear responsibility for this attack and all of its consequences," Abu Shanab said.

The battle came after a month of relative calm that followed the truce declaration.

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