LEBANON/USA: PALESTINAIN REFUGEES CELEBRATE NEWS OF JERUSALEM SUICIDE BOMBING.

Record ID: 275192

  • Title: LEBANON/USA: PALESTINAIN REFUGEES CELEBRATE NEWS OF JERUSALEM SUICIDE BOMBING.
  • Date: 10th August 2001
  • Summary: AIN ALHILWEH CAMP, LEBANON (AUGUST 9, 2001) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. MV/SV: PALESTINIAN GUNMEN FIRING IN THE AIR (2 SHOTS) 0.13 2. MV/GV: PALESTINIAN CHILDREN REJOICING AND WAVING 'V' SIGNS (2 SHOTS) 0.32 3. MCU/MV/GV: WOMEN CHANTING AND SINGING PRO-PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT YASSER ARAFAT SONGS/ MEN DANCING IN THE STREET/ CAR HORNS BLOWING (10
  • Embargoed: 25th August 2001 13:00
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  • Location: AIN ALHILWEH CAMP, SOUTH LEBANON / WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES
  • City:
  • Country: USA
  • Reuters ID: LVA92P0F2GAUEG6PJ5L64E369YB3
  • Story Text: Thousands of Palestinian refugees at Ain al-Hilweh camp
    in south Lebanon have celebrated following the news about the
    suicide bombing in Jerusalem which killed at least 18 Israelis
    and wounded about 90 others.



    Gunmen at Ain al-Hilweh camp fired rifles in the air,
    as women and children applauded after the news about the
    bombing in a crowded Jerusalem pizzeria on Thursday (August
    9). Cars blocked the streets and people waved Palestinian
    flags and hooted car horns.

    Ain al-Hilweh is the largest of 12 Palestinian refugee
    camps in Lebanon with an estimated population of 60,000.

    At least 360,000 Palestinian refugees have lived in
    Lebanon since being forced from their homes during various
    Arab-Israeli conflicts.

    The suicide bombing was the worst blast in Jerusalem since
    the Palestinian revolt began more than 10 months ago.

    Bodies were left strewn over the pavement. One woman,
    blood spattering her face and arms, watched the ambulance
    workers in shock as she dabbed herself with a cloth.

    Using tweezers, ultra-Orthodox body collectors picked
    human flesh off two baby carriages sitting on the pavement
    outside the pizza restaurant, which was shattered by the
    explosion.

    Both Islamic Jihad and Hamas claimed responsibility for
    the attack.

    It was the deadliest attack since a suicide bomber killed
    21 people at a Tel Aviv disco on June 1 and both sides
    accepted a U.S.-brokered ceasefire, which has failed to end
    the fighting.

    (sr/uh/jrc/lh)



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