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Four Israelis Dead in Suicide Bombing
Aired January 14, 2004 - 06:30 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Two terrorist groups unite to kill. A female suicide bomber is sent into Israel. Four are dead.
We take you live to Jerusalem and John Vause.
Hello -- John.
JOHN VAUSE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hello, Carol.
We have a few more details about how this suicide blast actually happened. It happened at the Erez crossing, a busy crossing from the Gaza Strip into Israel. It's where thousands of Palestinian workers cross every day to labor in Israel.
As they lined up at this crossing, witnesses say the suicide bomber was a woman. She was limping. As she went through a metal detector, the metal detector went off. The Israeli soldiers took her to one side. She said she had metal in her leg from a previous injury.
When they took her to a part of the prefabricated building there, she detonated the explosives, killing three Israeli soldiers and one Israeli civilian. Ten other people were wounded, according to Israeli military sources -- four of those wounded were, in fact, Palestinians.
The Erez crossing is now closed, and thousands of Palestinian workers, who work in an industrial area not far from Erez, are now being bused back to Gaza.
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AVI PAZNER, ISRAELI GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN: In the last 24 hours, we have seen a wave of Palestinian terrorist attacks. The attack of this morning is particularly shocking, because, as a gesture of goodwill, Israel allows Palestinian workers to come into Israel. And the Palestinian terrorist organization took this opportunity in order to kill as many people as possible. Apparently, this is the Palestinian answer to our gesture of goodwill.
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VAUSE: Now, the groups, Hamas and Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, both of which has claimed responsibility for this suicide bombing, Hamas says that this attack is in response to the deaths of Palestinians in Nablus, Jenin and Raffa (ph), as well as Israel's separation barrier -- Carol.
COSTELLO: John Vause reporting live from Jerusalem this morning.
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Aired January 14, 2004 - 06:30 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Two terrorist groups unite to kill. A female suicide bomber is sent into Israel. Four are dead.
We take you live to Jerusalem and John Vause.
Hello -- John.
JOHN VAUSE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hello, Carol.
We have a few more details about how this suicide blast actually happened. It happened at the Erez crossing, a busy crossing from the Gaza Strip into Israel. It's where thousands of Palestinian workers cross every day to labor in Israel.
As they lined up at this crossing, witnesses say the suicide bomber was a woman. She was limping. As she went through a metal detector, the metal detector went off. The Israeli soldiers took her to one side. She said she had metal in her leg from a previous injury.
When they took her to a part of the prefabricated building there, she detonated the explosives, killing three Israeli soldiers and one Israeli civilian. Ten other people were wounded, according to Israeli military sources -- four of those wounded were, in fact, Palestinians.
The Erez crossing is now closed, and thousands of Palestinian workers, who work in an industrial area not far from Erez, are now being bused back to Gaza.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
AVI PAZNER, ISRAELI GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN: In the last 24 hours, we have seen a wave of Palestinian terrorist attacks. The attack of this morning is particularly shocking, because, as a gesture of goodwill, Israel allows Palestinian workers to come into Israel. And the Palestinian terrorist organization took this opportunity in order to kill as many people as possible. Apparently, this is the Palestinian answer to our gesture of goodwill.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
VAUSE: Now, the groups, Hamas and Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, both of which has claimed responsibility for this suicide bombing, Hamas says that this attack is in response to the deaths of Palestinians in Nablus, Jenin and Raffa (ph), as well as Israel's separation barrier -- Carol.
COSTELLO: John Vause 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.
