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Suicide Attack in Central Israeli Town
Aired April 24, 2003 - 05:03 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: OK, as promised we want to get the latest now on that suicide attack in the central Israeli town of Kfar Saba.
CNN's Jerrold Kessel is monitoring the story live from Jerusalem -- Jerrold, what can you tell us?
JERROLD KESSEL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Carol, just 24 hours ago, less than 24 hours ago, we were talking about the possibility of this bitter Israeli-Palestinian conflict moving possibly back from confrontation to accommodation, to negotiations, at least, with the formation of the new Palestinian cabinet under Abu Mazen.
Now, the same question. The same question is being asked, but against a different backdrop, a bitter backdrop, another suicide bombing.
An 18-year-old Palestinian went in, tried to go into the train station at that town of Kfar Saba, some 20 miles northeast of Tel Aviv, very close to Israel's border with the West Bank. Two security guards approached him. Now, because of the spate of bombings in Israeli cities over the last two years, all public places are routinely protected by security guards at the entrance. The two security guards went up to the bomber, he let off his explosives and one of the security guards was killed, along with the bomber. The other is in serious condition. But they saved the lives of many more people because of the 10 or dozen or so other people who were wounded in the, when the blast went off, most are in, most were treated for light injuries.
It was also the tail end of a holiday week here in Israel and that perhaps explains the fact that this railroad station was not as crowded as it might routinely have been on, at the busy rush hour. This happened at 7:15 in the morning.
And now this comes in the context of that decision on the Palestinian side to, of Yasser Arafat and Abu Mazen to set aside their differences, form a new cabinet and open up the way for the presentation of that long awaited road map to Middle East peace, internationally backed, U.S. backed road map for peace.
But it certainly underlines the problems that Abu Mazen will have in coping with Palestinian militants -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Certainly so.
Jerrold Kessel reporting live from Jerusalem this morning. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
Aired April 24, 2003 - 05:03 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: OK, as promised we want to get the latest now on that suicide attack in the central Israeli town of Kfar Saba.
CNN's Jerrold Kessel is monitoring the story live from Jerusalem -- Jerrold, what can you tell us?
JERROLD KESSEL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Carol, just 24 hours ago, less than 24 hours ago, we were talking about the possibility of this bitter Israeli-Palestinian conflict moving possibly back from confrontation to accommodation, to negotiations, at least, with the formation of the new Palestinian cabinet under Abu Mazen.
Now, the same question. The same question is being asked, but against a different backdrop, a bitter backdrop, another suicide bombing.
An 18-year-old Palestinian went in, tried to go into the train station at that town of Kfar Saba, some 20 miles northeast of Tel Aviv, very close to Israel's border with the West Bank. Two security guards approached him. Now, because of the spate of bombings in Israeli cities over the last two years, all public places are routinely protected by security guards at the entrance. The two security guards went up to the bomber, he let off his explosives and one of the security guards was killed, along with the bomber. The other is in serious condition. But they saved the lives of many more people because of the 10 or dozen or so other people who were wounded in the, when the blast went off, most are in, most were treated for light injuries.
It was also the tail end of a holiday week here in Israel and that perhaps explains the fact that this railroad station was not as crowded as it might routinely have been on, at the busy rush hour. This happened at 7:15 in the morning.
And now this comes in the context of that decision on the Palestinian side to, of Yasser Arafat and Abu Mazen to set aside their differences, form a new cabinet and open up the way for the presentation of that long awaited road map to Middle East peace, internationally backed, U.S. backed road map for peace.
But it certainly underlines the problems that Abu Mazen will have in coping with Palestinian militants -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Certainly so.
Jerrold Kessel reporting live from Jerusalem this morning. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
