Israeli tanks enter Beit Jala

Описание: (30 Mar 2002)

1. Wide of early morning outside Israeli army base near Mount Gilo
2. Various of soldiers at entrance to base
3. Various of Israeli tanks outside Beit Jala
4. Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) being unloaded off truck
5. Various soldiers preparing APC
6. Various APC entering Beit Jala
7. APC parked in Beit Jala street
8. Various Israeli soldiers in tanks
9. Zoom in from Israeli flag to APC
10. Israeli APC in street with Palestinian woman in foreground
11. Various of Israeli forces in street

STORYLINE:

An Israeli armoured column entered the West Bank town of Beit Jala early on Saturday, but did not immediately move towards neighbouring Bethlehem.

Christians in the biblical town of Bethlehem are observing the Easter weekend.

Armoured personnel carriers (APCs) and tanks were involved in the operation.

The move by Israel is the latest in a series of incursions into Palestinian territory, including an assault on Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's headquarters in Ramallah on Friday.

Earlier this month, the Israeli military carried out an extensive operation in the West Bank and Gaza
Strip, sending 20,000 soldiers into towns, villages and refugee camps in a hunt for Palestinian militants.

That operation was the biggest since Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon.

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