Funeral for Israeli solider killed in Jordanian border battle.

(26 Dec 2001)

1. Long shot coffin being carried to grave site
2. Family members crying
3. Various soldiers burying the coffin
4. People crying
5. Soldiers covering the coffin
6. Soldiers firing a salute into the air
7. Close-up sign on grave, pull out to mourners
8. Wide shot funeral

STORYLINE:

Hundreds of people attended the funeral on Wednesday of an Israeli soldier killed in a gun battle with armed attackers along the Israel-Jordan border.

The Israeli military says 23-year-old Michael Sitbon died on Tuesday after gunmen on the Jordanian side opened fire on an Israeli border patrol.

It says Israel called in reinforcements and Sitbon died in a second exchange of fire when two other Israeli soldiers were wounded.

Later, Israeli soldiers found the bodies of two armed attackers.

They weren't identified.

During the clashes, Israeli helicopters sprayed the thick undergrowth along the border with machine gun fire.

It was the biggest military operation along the Israeli-Jordanian frontier in decades.

Even before the two countries signed a peace treaty in 1994, the Jordanian military repelled would-be infiltrators trying to sneak into Israel.

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