WRAP Lebanese fleeing Marjayoun arrive in Bekaa, adds STILLS of convoy hit by drone

Описание: (12 Aug 2006)
++ PLEASE NOTE: Throughout the day, civilians had been fleeing Marjayoun in long convoys. AP Television filmed one convoy passing through the town of Hasbaya, 15km northeast of Marjayoun. This convoy matches the AP news wire description of the convoy that was hit by an Israeli drone. However, since AP Television did not accompany the convoy, we cannot fully assert the convoy filmed in Hasbaya is the actual convoy that was hit on the west side of the Bekaa Valley++
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Hasbaya, north of Marjayoun - 11 Aug 2006
7. Long distance shot of convoy on hill
8. Wide shot of the convoy
9. Convoy of cars driving on streets of Hasbaya, driver waving
4. Wide shot of Lebanese military trucks waiting on road
5. Two ambulances and paramedics with Lebanese soldiers
6. Cars in convoy move off
7. Two Lebanese military jeeps with soldiers on top moving through streets of Hasbaya
8. Convoy moving through streets of Hasbaya
9. Wide shot of convoy on hill
++ PLEASE NOTE: These stills were taken by AP photographer Lutfallah Daher who travelled with the convoy that was hit ++
AP PHOTOS - No Access Canada/ Internet
10. STILL: A convoy of vehicles gets ready to leave Marjayoun
11. STILL: A Lebanese policeman walks past UN peacekeepers in an armoured vehicle as they gather, waiting to be evacuated from Marjayoun
12. STILL: A long convoy of Lebanese civilians, soldiers and policemen, who were detained by Israeli forces, arrive in the southern village of Ibl el-Saqi, near Marjayoun
13. STILL: An injured Lebanese police officer talks to his family on a mobile phone in the Mais Hospital in the town of Zahle in the eastern Bekaa Valley, after the Israeli missile attack on the convoy
14. STILL: Injured Lebanese man Afif Jamil, 66, is seen in the operation room at the Bekaa Hospital in the town of Zahle in the eastern Bekaa Valley, following the Israeli missile attack on the convoy
15. STILL: Injured Lebanese man Mickael Elhaj, 76, is treated by a paramedic in the Mais Hospital at the town of Zahle in the eastern Bekaa Valley, following the Israeli missile attack on the convoy
STORYLINE:
An Israeli drone fired missiles on Friday night into a convoy of refugees fleeing attacks in the southern Lebanese town of Marjayoun, killing at least six people and wounding 36 others, an Associated Press photographer travelling with the convoy said.
The Israeli army said it had not granted clearance for the convoy to proceed, and stated it could not guarantee the safety of convoys that have not coordinated and received permission to travel.
Lutfallah Daher, the AP photographer, was with the convoy when it was hit near the Bekaa Valley town of Chtaura, about 50 kilometres (30 miles) north of the Litani River, below which Israel had warned it would attack any vehicle on the roads, assuming it was carrying Hezbollah weapons or fighters.
Daher said one other person was reported in critical condition, undergoing surgery.
The Israeli army said the convoy was hit after the military spotted suspicious activity on a route that is often used by Hezbollah to transport weapons to the south.
The military said that the convoy had asked for permission to travel, which was refused because it was deemed too dangerous.
Israeli tanks and infantry took control of the town early Thursday.
Daher said UN peacekeepers reported the convoy consisted of 515 civilian vehicles and those carrying a detachment of 350 Lebanese soldiers and police when it left the area around Marjayoun.
He said very few of the vehicles had left the convoy when it was hit.

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