WRAP Israeli helicopter attacks Gaza building

Описание: (2 May 2004)

Gaza City
1. Various of smoke rising from top corner of building after first missile strike
2. Explosion in same area as second missile hits
3. Damage to building

Gaza City
4. Ambulance driving past
5. Tilt down building
6. Crowd and ambulance outside
7. Palestinian security forces moving to building

Gaza City
8. Tilt down from exposed rafters to damage inside building
9. Water leaking from pipe
10. Palestinian security man picking up papers
11. Damage to radio office
12. Damaged computers
13. Glass on floor of office
14. Various of wounded man arriving at hospital

Ramallah, West Bank
15. Set up shot of Nabil Abu Rdeneh, aide to Palestinian President Yasser Arafat
16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Nabil Abu Rdeneh, aide to Palestinian President Yasser Arafat:
"This is a radio station and the civilians are all around the area. Targetting a civilian target is a dangerous step and we consider this as a crime against humanity."

Jerusalem
17. Set up shot of Ehud Olmert, Israeli Vice Prime Minister
18. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ehud Olmert, Israeli Vice Prime Minister:
"Regardless of any political plan about the territory (ie Israeli Prime Minister Sharon's Gaza withdrawal plan), we are going to carry on the fight against terror endlessly until we destroy the infrastructure of terror, so we are going to move on two different routes; one is the political process, which we hope will be implemented soon; and one is the war against terror which has to continue because they (the Palestinians) are continuing the terrorist actions and there is no way we can compromise with it."
19. Journalists

STORYLINE:

Israeli helicopters fired four missiles on Sunday at a high-rise building housing a Hamas radio station, lightly injuring seven Palestinians.

The airstrike took place just hours after Palestinian gunmen ambushed and killed a pregnant Jewish settler and her four young daughters as they were traveling out of Gaza.

The missiles, which hit the top corner of the 14-story building near the radio stations' offices, caved in part of the roof and cut off electricity to the building.

The roof's tiles were blown off and smoke rose through the exposed rafters.

The building, filled with apartments and businesses, in the upscale Rimal neighbourhood is also home to the two main Palestinian newspapers, Al Ayyam and Al Quds.

Israeli military sources said the army had attacked a Hamas radio station that had been broadcasting what they called "incitement".

Seven people were hurt by shrapnel and glass shards.

The first and second missile were fired about 50 seconds apart, giving people time to flee. People ran in panic through the streets after the attack.

The violence came as members of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Likud Party voted in a referendum on his plan to unilaterally pull out of Gaza. Opponents of the plan say a withdrawal is a reward for terror, but supporters say the coastal strip is a quagmire Israel must leave.

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