JERUSALEM/WEST BANK: ISRAEL SAYS IT WILL CONTINUE AIR STRIKES AGAINST PALESTINIAN MILITANTS.

Record ID: 342232

  • Title: JERUSALEM/WEST BANK: ISRAEL SAYS IT WILL CONTINUE AIR STRIKES AGAINST PALESTINIAN MILITANTS.
  • Date: 21st October 2003
  • Summary: (U3) JERUSALEM (OCTOBER 21, 2003) (REUTERS) 1. GV: DORE GOLD, ADVISOR TO ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER ARIEL SHARON, IN KING DAVID HOTEL 0.05 2. (SOUNDBITE) (English) DORE GOLD, ADVISOR TO ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER ARIEL SHARON, SAYING "Last night Israel was dealing with a Palestinian vehicle which Israel knew with 100 percent certainty was seeking to infiltrate Israel proper at Kibbutz Nahal Oz and conduct a massive terrorist attack. Israel is left with no choice but to thwart such attacks in order to protect its civilians and keep its population safe." 0.30 3. GV/PAN/MV: ISRAELI POLICE IN SHOPPING AREA (2 SHOTS) 0.49 5. GV/MCU: ISRAELIS LOOKING AT NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, CLOSE OF HEADLINES (3 SHOTS) 1.11 (U3) GILO CHECKPOINT, WEST BANK (OCTOBER 21, 2003) (REUTERS) 7. GV/MV: VARIOUS OF ISRAELI TROOPS AND BORDER POLICE AT CHECKPOINT, ONLOOKERS (4 SHOTS) 1.33 8. GV: PALESTINIANS BEING HELD UP BY POLICE 1.46 9. LV: TROOPS CHECKING VEHICLES AT CHECKPOINT 1.51 (U3) RAMALLAH, WEST BANK (OCTOBER 21, 2003) (REUTERS) 10. MCU: CAMERAMAN FILMING 1.57 11. (SOUNDBITE) (English) PALESTINIAN MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO SAEB EREKAT SAYING "We condemn with the strongest possible terms the bloody massacre that was committed in Gaza. Eleven people were killed and more than one hundred people wounded. This is the most disproportionate use of force in history. We are a people with no army, no navy and no airforce and to see the Israeli F-16s and Apaches targeting with their missiles the most densely populated area in the world the Gaza Strip is something of a crime. We urge the American administration, we urge President Bush to stop describing these crimes and bloody massacres as self defence." 2.38 12. MVGV: JOURNALIST; WIDE VIEW OF EREKAT SPEAKING TO PRESS (2 SHOTS) 2.45 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 5th November 2003 12:00
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  • Location: JERUSALEM / RAMALLAH AND GILO CHECKPOINT, WEST BANK
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  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Reuters ID: LVAD2S3YQR5K1KWJNOXTO8U7XTW5
  • Story Text: Amid heightnened security Israel says it will
    continue strikes against militants.



    After a day of air strikes on Gaza that left 10
    Palestinians dead and some 100 wounded, Israel said on
    Tuesday (October 21) it would persist in its war against
    Palestinian militants.

    "Last night Israel was dealing with a Palestinian
    vehicle which Israel knew with 100 percent certainty was
    seeking to infiltrate Israel proper at Kibbutz Nahal Oz and
    conduct a massive terrorist attack. Israel is left with no
    choice but to thwart such attacks in order to protect its
    civilians and keep its population safe," said Dore Gold,
    advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

    Meanwhile, Israelis expecting the worst, heightened
    security in city streets and public places, fearful that
    Palestinian militants would keep their promise to avenge
    the air raids by sending suicide bombers to kill Israelis.

    In Ramallah in the West Bank, Palestinian Minister Saeb
    Erekat condemned the latest raids on Gaza.

    "We condemn with the strongest possible terms the
    bloody massacre that was committed in Gaza. Eleven people
    were killed and more than one hundred people wounded. This
    is the most disproportionate use of force in history. We
    are a people with no army, no navy and no airforce and to
    see the Israeli F-16s and Apaches targeting with their
    missiles the most densely populated area in the world
    the Gaza Strip is something of a crime," said Erekat.
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