Suicide bomber blows up in Gaza crossing killing four Israelis

Описание: (14 Jan 2004)

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Erez checkpoint, Israeli side, 14 January 2004
1. Israeli jeep at scene
2. Tracking shot leading up to scene of blast
3. Various wreckage round scene of blast
4. Zoom in on soldier's helmet
5. Pan over wreckage
6. Mid shot scene
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Colonel Pinchas Zuaretz, Commander of Israeli forces in the southern Gaza Strip:
"We are doing our best to help facilitate the Palestinians' life in the Gaza strip, to enable them to work in Israel and in the industrial areas surrounding the Gaza strip. And an incident like this will not help us to be more cooperative with the Palestinians."
8. Mid shot Zuaretz with Israeli soldiers
9. Various soldiers stopping Palestinians from walking through checkpoint while they are checked for bombs

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Jerusalem, 14 January 2004
10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Avi Pazner, spokesman for Israeli Government:
"In the last 24 hours we have seen a wave of Palestinian terrorist attacks. The attack of this morning is particularly shocking, because as a gesture of good will, Israel allows Palestinian workers to come into Israel. And the Palestinian terrorist organisation took this opportunity to kill as many people as possible. "
11. End shot Avi Pazner

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12. Wide shot suicide bomber Reem Raiyshi
13. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Reem Raiyshi, Suicide bomber:
"I always wished to be the first woman to carry out a martyr attack, where parts of my body can fly all over. That is the only wish I can ask God for."
14. Wide shot Raiyshi

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Gaza, 14 January 2004
15. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Sheik Ahmed Yassin, Spiritual leader of Hamas:
"I just want to affirm that today's attack is an indication that resistance will continue against the occupation as long as the occupation remains on our soil."
16. Set-up Yassin

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Ashkelon,Israel, 14 January 2004
17. Exterior of Barzilai hospital
18. Wounded man being wheeled down corridor
19. Mid shot ward
20. Zoom in on injured woman
21. Mid shot injured bus driver
22. SOUNDBITE: (Hebrew) Voxpop, Injured bus driver:
"I was sitting in the bus, people were starting to come in and I heard an explosion and I saw pieces of flesh scattered all over the place."
23. Israeli police

STORYLINE:

A female Palestinian suicide bomber blew herself up on Wednesday at the main crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip, killing at least four Israelis and wounding seven other people.

The woman- whom witnesses and Israeli media said was a woman - detonated her bomb in the area where thousands of Palestinian labourers and foreigners pass between Israel and the coastal strip.

Hamas and the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, linked to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, issued a joint claim of responsibility.

They identified the bomber as Reem Raiyshim, a Gaza woman with two small children, described as a Hamas militant.

She appeared to be the first female suicide bomber from the militant Islamic fundamentalist group.

Soldiers often target Palestinian men as potential attackers.

Hamas' spiritual leader, Sheik Ahmed Yassin, said resistance would continue as long as Israel continued to occupy the Palestinian territories.

Hamas' use of a woman bomber could signal its willingness to compromise its religious principles in order to more easily carry out attacks.

The explosion occurred shortly before 10 am local time (0700 GMT).

The bomber told soldiers at the crossing point that she would set off a metal detector because she had an implant from surgery to repair a broken leg.







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