- Title: GAZA: TWO MORTAR BOMBS FIRED AT THE JEWISH SETTLEMENT OF NEVE DKALIM IN GAZA
- Date: 10th May 2003
- Summary: (W8)NEVE DKALIM SETTLEMENT, GAZA (MAY 10, 2003) (REUTERS) 1. WS/ZOOM IN/NIGHT VIEW: SMOKE RISING IN NEVE DKALIM SETTLEMENT; SMOKE IN SKY FROM MORTAR BOMB. 0.13 2. VARIOUS/NIGHT VIEW: ISRAELI MILITARY JEEPS AND ARMOURED VEHICLES ARRIVING ON SCENE. (3 SHOTS) 0.45 3. MLV/NIGHT VIEW: PEOPLE LOOKING AT DAMAGE. 0.52 4. MLV/NIGHT VIEW: SOL
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- Location: NEVE DKALIM SETTLEMENT, GAZA
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- Country: Palestinian Territories
- Reuters ID: LVA80F84M1HPUPBK7N4BLFX9LNM9
- Story Text: Two mortar bombs were fired at a Jewish settlement in
Gaza causing damage and lightly wounding two people, as U.S.
Secretary of State Colin Powell declared a "need to end
violence now" in his first speech of his Middle East tour on
Saturday.
Two mortar bombs were fired at the Jewish settlement of
Neve Dkalim in the Gaza Strip on Saturday (May 10, 2003) during U.S.
Secretary of State Colin Powell's first speech since his
arrival Saturday in the region.
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell began his Middle East
tour on Saturday by telling Israel and the Palestinians it was
time to start putting into motion a U.S.-backed "road map" for
peace.
"There is a need to end violence now. There is a need to
end terror now. There is a need to take some steps that will
make life a little better for the Palestinian people," Powell
said.
"There is enough agreement on the road map that we can get
started," Powell told a news conference ahead of meetings with
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian Prime
Minister Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday (May 11).
But there was no indication after talks with Israeli
Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom that Powell won agreement to
implement confidence-building measures charted by the plan
presented after a reformist Palestinian prime minister took
office on April 30.
Slightly easing travel restrictions on Palestinians, whose
cities remain surrounded by Israeli roadblocks, Israel said it
was lifting the temporary entry ban it imposed on Palestinian
labourers during a holiday period that ended three days ago.
Powell's first visit to Israel and the Palestinian
territories in 13 months represented the most concerted Middle
East peace initiative since the U.S.-brokered Camp David
negotiations on Palestinian statehood unravelled in 2000.
Drafted by Washington, Russia, the European Union and
United Nations, the road map's formula for implementation is
reciprocity.
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