- Title: WEST BANK/JERUSALEM: Palestinian kills Israeli settler in West Bank
- Date: 3rd April 2004
- Summary: (W4) JERUSALEM (APRIL 3, 2004) (REUTERS ) SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) AVI PAZNER, ISRAELI GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN, SAYING: "Well it's another Sabbath massacre when an Israeli civilian was killed by a Palestinian terrorist who infiltrated his village, shot his daughter, and then killed the father. It's another example of terrorism directed against innocent civilians" (W4) NABLUS, WEST BANK (APRIL 3, 2004) (REUTERS ) VARIOUS OF ISRAELI ARMY VEHICLES IN AREA AFTER RAID SLV PALESTINIAN YOUTHS TAKING COVER BETWEEN CARS, THROWING STONES AT ISRAELI ARMY VARIOUS OF ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIER (APC) IN STREETS SLV MAN CARRING EMPTY OIL DRUM AND THROWING IT IN THE PATH OF THE ISRAEL APC VARIOUS OF APC WITH ISRAELI ARMY LETTING OFF TEAR GAS (W4) JERUSALEM (APRIL 3, 2004) (REUTERS ) SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) AVI PAZNER, ISRAELI GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN, SAYING: "We have had many warning of impending terrorist attacks, that is why tonight we took action against the terrorists hotbed in Nablus, we are able to arrest 20 terrorists who were preparing attacks against Israel." (W4) RAMALLAH, WEST BANK (APRIL 3, 2004) (REUTERS ) VARIOUS OF PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT YASSER ARAFAT WITH LATIN PATRIARCH MICHEL SABBAH SCU CAMERA OPERATOR SCU (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT YASSER ARAFAT SAYING: "As you know, this (Israeli) aggression against holy places has been going on since the beginning of the Israeli crimes, for years. Be it against Christian or Islamic holy places. The last happened yesterday at Al-Aqsa Mosque where they committed an ugly crime against worshippers during Friday prayers. After that, they pursued their criminal operations in Nablus and Tulkarm. In the Gaza Strip and everywhere. These (operations) are part and a parcel of this criminal thinking against the Palestinian people and its holy Christian and Muslim sites" CLOSE OF CAMERAMAN SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT YASSER ARAFAT SAYING: "For me, I don't care for it. I care about for my people, for our children, for our women, for our students, for our holy sacred Christian and Muslim holy places." VARIOUS OF ARAFAT WAVING FAREWELL TO PATRIARCH MICHEL SABBAH
- Embargoed: 18th April 2004 13:00
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- Location: AVNEI HAFETZ, NEAR TULKARM IN WEST BANK / JERUSALEM/ NABLUS, WEST BANK
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- Country: Palestinian Territories
- Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
- Reuters ID: LVA9DK3AZDGFCB2KALZGGM19YO0H
- Story Text: Palestinian kills Israeli in West Bank settlement.
++EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: RESENDING WITH FULL SCRIPT++++ A Palestinian gunman infiltrated a Jewish settlement in the West Bank under cover of darkness on Saturday (April 3), killing a settler and wounding his daughter before soldiers shot him dead, an army spokesman said.
Israel immediately condemned the attack, for which the Palestinian militant group Hamas claimed responsibility.
"Well it's another Sabbath massacre when an Israeli civilian was killed by a Palestinian terrorist who infiltrated his village, shot his daughter, and then killed the father. It's another example of terrorism directed against innocent civilians," said the Israeli Government spokesman, Avi Pazner.
After the attack Israeli soldiers launched house-to-house searches for militant suspects in Tulkarm on Saturday morning, and in nearby Nablus, witnesses said.
The Israeli army said soldiers arrested 23 Palestinians in Nablus but had no immediate comment on the raid in Tulkarm.
In a series of newspaper interviews on Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon threatened Palestinian President Yasser Arafat with assassination -- drawing criticism from Israel's main ally, the United States.
Israel's government declared in September that Arafat -- holed up in his battered headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah for more than two years -- should be "removed".
But the elderly president, regarded by Palestinians as a symbol of their struggle for statehood, has scoffed at such threats, saying he would welcome "martyrdom".
Speaking in English at his battered headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah a day after Sharon made his threat in an interview with Israeli newspapers, Arafat said: "I don't care for it. I am caring for my people, for our children, for our women, for our students."
Sharon's threat to assassinate Arafat drew criticism from Israel's main ally, the United States. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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