WRAP Reax to killing of Sheik Yassin

(22 Mar 2004) SHOTLIST
Gaza City
1. Various of demonstrators marching marching along street in reaction to Sheikh Ahmed Yassin assasination
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Abdel Aziz Rantisi, senior Hamas leader
"Now we are saying to the murderers (Israel), to the terrorists, the war is opened. There will be no one (not only one) revenge, no one revenge. It's an opened war. I know they will succeed in assassinating the (Palestinian) political leaders, the military leaders, but they will not keep security, only outside our home (Palestine)."

Ramallah, West Bank
3. Various of guard at Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's compound in Ramallah lowering Palestinian flag to half-mast

Ramallah, West Bank
4. Various of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat leading prayers for Yassin in Palestinian cabinet along with Ahmed Qureia, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister

Abu Dis, West Bank
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ahmed Qureia, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister
"It's a cowardly, criminal act against a prominent Palestinian leader who devoted all his life to the favour of the independence of his people. Therefore, we strongly condemn this act and we warn everybody about the reaction that may happen which I believe that by this way they (the Israelis) open the road of action and reaction and escalating the situation."

Ramallah, West Bank
6. Protester's outside Ramallah compound waving flags
7. Protesters shouting and banging on wall of compound

Jerusalem
8. Set up shot of Major Ruthi Yaron, Israeli Defence Forces
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Major Ruthi Yaron, Israeli Defence Forces:
"This is a man (Yassin) who is actively engaged in terrorism and his killing and us taking him out of the way is actually a life saving action for the rest of the Israelis who were actually his target."

Jerusalem
10. Israeli Foreign and Defence Committee meeting
11. Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz
12. Meeting
13. SOUNDBITE: (Hebrew) Shaul Mofaz Israeli Defence Minister:
"Ahmed Yassin was a leader of terror, he was the Palestinian Bin Laden. He has the blood on his hands of hundreds of Israelis, men women and children. He sent murderers to large attacks in Israel. The Israeli operation this morning is a part of a wider Israeli policy of fighting Hamas."
16. US Ambassador to Israel Dan Kurtzer leaving meeting with Mofaz
17. SOUNDBITE: (English) Shaul Yahalom, National Religious Party Member of Knesset:
"It is a moral deed to take a murderer, a man that is a leader of terror and kill him. This is what we have to do with any leader of terror, all around the world, especially in the Middle East. I hope that afterwards we do the same thing to Yasser Arafat."
18. Set up shot of Ran Cohen, Meretz Party Member of Knesset
19. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ran Cohen, Meretz Party Member of Knesset
"Sheik Yassin was a terrorist, a leader of terrorism but he was a religious man and I think that now it (the killing) will be repaid by many people in Israel will be killed and I think it was not reasonable for the government to decide to do it. I think we have to fight against the terrorists but especially against the suicide bombers not religious leaders."

Hebron
20. Palestinian youths throwing stones
21. Israeli soldiers firing tear gas

Bethlehem
22. Palestinian youths hiding behind rubbish skip
23. Palestinian youths throwing stones, they scatter as a shot is heard
24. Various of Israeli soldier firing at Palestinians

Jerusalem
25. Palestinians throwing stones in A-Tur, a neighbourhood of Jerusalem
27. Undercover policeman moving away from camera, soldiers carrying youth away

Nablus

Tel Aviv

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