WEST BANK: AL AQSA MARTYRS BRIGADE LEADER MAHMOUD ABU KHALIFEH KILLED IN ISRAELI AIRCRAFT MISSILE ATTACK IN JENIN

Record ID: 566133

  • Title: WEST BANK: AL AQSA MARTYRS BRIGADE LEADER MAHMOUD ABU KHALIFEH KILLED IN ISRAELI AIRCRAFT MISSILE ATTACK IN JENIN
  • Date: 13th September 2004
  • Summary: (U6) JENIN, WEST BANK (SEPTEMBER 13, 2004) (REUTERS - NO ACCESS INTERNET) 1. CROWDS GATHERED AROUND STEAMING CAR WRECKAGE 0.06 2. LV: STREETS FILLED WITH CROWDS 0.17 3. PALESTINIAN PICKING UP PIECES OF BODIES FROM STREET 0.35 4. SV/WS: BLOOD-STAINED CAR PARKED IN STREET (2 SHOTS) 0.48 5. MORE OF CROWDS GATHERED IN AREA (2 SHOTS) 1.03 6. WOMAN CRYING, BEING SUPPORTED AS SHE WALKS THROUGH CROWDS 1.16 7. CLOSEUP OF WOMAN CRYING 1.29 8. CROWD OF MEN GATHERED AT MORGUE 1.41 9. WOMEN BEING LED TO HOSPITAL 1.55 10. MAN WITH BLOOD STAINED SHIRT WALKING IN AREA 1.59 11. YOUTH CRYING AS HE WALKS THROUGH AREA 2.06 (U6) RAMALLAH, WEST BANK (SEPTEMBER 13, 2004) (REUTERS) 12. PALESTINIAN EMPLOYMENT MINISTER GHASSAN KHATIB WALKING DOWN STAIRS 2.12 13. (SOUNDBITE)(English) PALESTINIAN EMPLOYMENT MINISTER GHASSAN KHATIB SAYING: "We hold Israel, this Israeli government, responsible not only for the casualties today in Jenin, but also for the possible reactions and possible deterioration that will come as a result of the continuous Israeli killing of Palestinians. Israel has to learn that the only way out of this vicious circle of violence is resorting to peace negotiations on the basis of the international legality instead of resorting to violence and killing because violence can only bring violence." 2.48 (U6) JENIN, WEST BANK (RECENT - AUGUST 30, 2004) (REUTERS) 14. MAN ISRAELI MEDIA HAS IDENTIFIED AS MAHMOUD ABU KHALIFEH, WALKING AT BACK RIGHT OF SCREEN WEARING GREEN HAT AND GLASSES, WALKING THROUGH STREETS BEHIND THE LEADER OF THE JENIN AL-AQSA BRIGADES 2.58 Initials ++EDITORS NOTE: CONTAINS SOME GRAPHIC MATERIAL++ Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 28th September 2004 13:00
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  • Location: JENIN AND RAMALLAH, WEST BANK
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  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Reuters ID: LVA9Y8PXIF8UB7JN511MV64I8HQU
  • Story Text: Israeli missile strikes Palestinian car in Jenin.


    An Israeli aircraft fired a missile at a West Bank
    car on Monday (September 13) killing a leader of a militant
    group linked to Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's Fatah
    faction and two comrades, witnesses said.

    They added that three men were in the car when it was
    attacked in the centre of the northern West Bank city of
    Jenin, and all were killed while several passersby were
    wounded.

    Initially witnesses said there were four people in the
    car but one, who was among the wounded, turned out to be a
    passerby.

    Palestinians said the dead men were members of al-Aqsa
    Martyrs Brigades, a Fatah-linked armed group involved in a
    four-year-old uprising in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

    One of the dead men was the deputy Brigades leader in
    Jenin, Mahmoud Abu Khalifeh, witnesses and medics said.

    Militants gathered outside Jenin hospital shortly after
    the attack, and fired guns into the air in protest,
    witnesses said.

    The witnesses said the missile was launched by an
    Israeli aircraft, possibly a drone. The army declined
    comment.

    Israel frequently kills militants in targeted aerial
    attacks in the Palestinian territories.

    The move was swiftly condemned by the Palestinian
    Authority.

    Palestinian Employment Minister Ghassan Khatib said
    Israel would be held responsible not only for the day's
    casualties but any possible reactions.

    "Israel has to learn that the only way out of this
    vicious circle of violence is resorting to peace
    negotiations on the basis of the international legality
    instead of resorting to violence and killing because
    violence can only bring violence," Khatib said.

    Israeli spokespeople refused to comment on the strike.




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