- Title: GAZA: ISRAELI ARMY DISCOVERS TUNNEL IN SOUTHERN GAZA.
- Date: 23rd May 2004
- Summary: (U6) RAFAH, GAZA (MAY 22, 2004) (CNN POOL) 1. VARIOUS: ISRAELI ARMOURED VEHICLES; ISRAELI SOLDIERS SHOWING TUNNEL THEY SAY IS USED FOR SMUGGLING WEAPONS FROM EGYPT; TUNNEL (4 SHOTS) 0.34 2. (SOUNDBITE) (English) COMMANDER PINKY ZUARETZ, SAYING "Every time that we find, it's worth it because the fact that the Palestinian guarding the other side of the border, the Egyptian side, they got a huge amount of ammunition and weapon that they try to bring, smuggling, to Rafah. They got a new kind of weapon like a Drella SA-7 (?) and anti-tank missiles like a Sager and they try very hardly to bring and it will change all the situation on the day that they have a weapon like this. So the fact that we find the tunnels and price of the ammunition and the weapon are very expensive is good for us." 1.26 3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) COMMANDER PINKY ZUARETZ, SAYING "As you see here, we got good intelligence about the tunnels and we find here this tunnel that lead from here to Egypt. As we see, the Palestinians tried to cover the tunnel with a concrete with alot of concrete and under it they fill it with all the sand that we take out yesterday night and then we find the tunnel." 1.50 4. CU/GV/MV/GV: SOLDIERS SITTING AROUND TUNNEL; SOLDIER GUARDING AS OTHERS MAKE WAY TO ARMOURED VEHICLE; SOLDIER GUARDING; ARMOURED VEHICLE DRIVING AWAY (4 SHOTS) 2.21 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 6th June 2004 13:00
- Keywords:
- Access Restrictions:This media cannot be downloaded as there may be copyright restrictions. Please contact us for more information
- Location: RAFAH, GAZA
- City:
- Country: Palestinian Territories
- Reuters ID: LVA13FRSXH5P1F9SOC8ZCWAH5X7Z
- Story Text:
- Copyright Holder: REUTERS - SOURCE TO BE VERIFIED
- Copyright Notice: (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2014. Open For Restrictions - http://about.reuters.com/fulllegal.asp
- Usage Terms/Restrictions: None