MIDDLE EAST: PALESTINIAN PM QURIE CONDEMNS ISRAELI MISSILE STRIKE THAT KILLED 12-YEAR-OLD BOY.

Record ID: 342275

  • Title: MIDDLE EAST: PALESTINIAN PM QURIE CONDEMNS ISRAELI MISSILE STRIKE THAT KILLED 12-YEAR-OLD BOY.
  • Date: 7th February 2004
  • Summary: (U3) GAZA (FEBRUARY 7, 2004) (REUTERS) 1. GV: PEOPLE RUNNING TOWARDS AREA OF MISSILE STRIKE 0.01 2. VARIOUS: VIEW OF CAR DAMAGED BY MISSILE STRIKE; SMOKE RISING FROM DAMAGED CAR HOOD (5 SHOTS) 0.42 3. MV: MAN WITH HOSE SPRAYING CAR 0.48 4. GV: AMBULANCE ARRIVING AT HOSPITAL 0.53 5. MV: PEOPLE MILLING AROUND HOSPITAL LOUNGE 1.00 6. GV/MV: INJURED BOY (NOT THE BOY WHO DIED) LYING ON HOSPITAL BED; DOCTORS TENDING TO INJURED BOY (2 SHOTS) 1.08 7. GV: DOCTORS TENDING TO INJURED MEN (5 SHOTS) 1.36 8. GV: BODY OF 12-YEAR-OLD BOY KILLED IN MISSILE STRIKE WRAPPED IN WHITE SHEET ON HOSPITAL BED 1.43 (W4) RAMALLAH, WEST BANK (FEBRUARY 7, 2004) (REUTERS) 9. MV: PALESTINIAN MINISTER OF LABOUR GHASSAN KATIB SPEAKING TO REPORTERS 1.48 10. (SOUNDBITE) (English) PALESTINIAN MINISTER OF LABOUR GHASSAN KATIB SAYING: "I think that this attack of the Israeli occupation forces is another example of the insistence of Israel to continue the confrontational relation between Israel and the Palestinians." 2.16 11. LV/GV: PALESTINIAN PRIME MINISTER AHMED QURIE SPEAKING TO REPORTERS (2 SHOTS) 2.35 12. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) PALESTINIAN PRIME MINISTER AHMED QURIE SAYING: "This cowardly aggression is condemned and rejected. It's an attempt to escalate the situation and to install sedition among the Palestinians." 2.50 13. GV/MV: AHMED QURIE WITH CABINET AT WEEKLY MEETING (6 SHOTS) 3.21 (W4) JERUSALEM (FEBRUARY 7, 2004) (REUTERS) 14. GV: HUNDREDS OF PALESTINIAN DEMONSTRATING AGAINST THE WALL WHICH ISRAEL IS BUILDING IN ARAB EAST JERUSALEM; PICTURES OF PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT YASSER ARAFAT ON WALL; PALESTINIAN AT DEMONSTRATION; PALESTINIAN BOY HOLDING BANNER AGAINST WALL (5 SHOTS) 4.12 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 22nd February 2004 12:00
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  • Location: GAZA/RAMALLAH, WEST BANK/JERUSALEM
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  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Reuters ID: LVA61E6OUBSNK9QCJ8Y6KZKIJ8IG
  • Story Text: Palestinian PM Qurie has condemned an Israeli
    missile strike in Gaza which killed a 12-year-old boy and
    injured three members of Islamic Jihad.



    An Israeli helicopter slammed a missile into a car
    in the Gaza Strip on Saturday (February 7), killing a
    12-year-old boy and wounding three Islamic militants
    travelling inside the vehicle.

    The missile smashed into the front bonnet of the white
    car, turning it into a mound of twisted metal. At least
    seven passers-by were hit by shrapnel shards from the attack
    The three Islamic Jihad militants in the car were
    seriously wounded, including the apparent target of the
    strike, Aziz al-Shami, one of the top leaders of Islamic
    Jihad's armed wing.

    Al-Shami was a bodyguard and relative of Islamic Jihad
    leader Abdallah al-Shami. Israel's attempt to kill him
    would likely further anger Islamic Jihad, which has carried
    out scores of suicide bombings over the past decade.

    In the West Bank town of Ramallah, Palestinian Prime
    Minister Ahmed Qurie met with Cabinet members to discuss
    the attack.

    Qurie called the strike "an attempt to escalate the
    situation". "This cowardly aggression is condemned and
    rejected," he told reporters.

    Israel has killed scores of Palestinian militants in
    helicopter missile attacks on their cars since a
    Palestinian uprising began in September 2000. The
    strikes have been widely condemned by the international
    community.

    Meanwhile, hundreds of Palestinian gathered in east
    Jerusalem to protest the wall that Israel is building
    around Arab east Jerusalem.

    The protesters waved Palestinian flags and held pictures of
    Palestinian President Yasser Arafat.

    Israel is continuing to build the separation barrier in
    the West Bank despite Palestinian condemnation and American
    pressure.


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