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Suicide Bombings Leave 22 Dead
Aired January 06, 2003 - 09:02 ET
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BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: In the Middle East, where Israel today is responding to Sunday's suicide bombings in Tel Aviv that took the lives of 22, injuring more than 100. The two attacks during the evening rush hour came just a few seconds apart and within a block of each other. Kelly Wallace again on the scene in Tel Aviv reporting now for us -- Kelly, hello.
KELLY WALLACE, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Hello again, Bill. Well, people have been coming to this pedestrian mall throughout the day. Immigrant workers who live in the area, Israelis as well as diplomats to pay their respects. You can see behind me there is a makeshift memorial, a candlelight vigil, this in honor of the 22 people killed. Eleven were Israelis, four immigrant workers. The other bodies have not yet been identified.
This was the scene of one of the two very powerful suicide bombings. You could see this shop was pretty much destroyed. Up on top you have apartments where many people from the Philippines were living. I spoke with one man and he is packing up his belongings. He said he and his family would be leaving, especially because this is not the first suicide bombing to happen in this area, there were two others last year, one just outside his door. He said he's too afraid to live here.
Now, earlier in the day, Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon went to the hospital to visit many of the wounded. Earlier in the day, more than 50 people still in the hospital, still getting treatment for their wounds. Mr. Sharon and his advisers meeting overnight, deciding on a number of actions. No. 1 to tighten travel restriction on the Palestinians, deciding (AUDIO GAP) a Palestinian delegation travel to London at the end of this month to meet with British prime minister Tony Blair, and also to keep the -- keep going with the arrests and also targeted killings, what the Israelis call, for those responsible for terror -- Bill, back to you.
HEMMER: Kelly Wallace in Tel Aviv.
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Aired January 6, 2003 - 09:02 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: In the Middle East, where Israel today is responding to Sunday's suicide bombings in Tel Aviv that took the lives of 22, injuring more than 100. The two attacks during the evening rush hour came just a few seconds apart and within a block of each other. Kelly Wallace again on the scene in Tel Aviv reporting now for us -- Kelly, hello.
KELLY WALLACE, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Hello again, Bill. Well, people have been coming to this pedestrian mall throughout the day. Immigrant workers who live in the area, Israelis as well as diplomats to pay their respects. You can see behind me there is a makeshift memorial, a candlelight vigil, this in honor of the 22 people killed. Eleven were Israelis, four immigrant workers. The other bodies have not yet been identified.
This was the scene of one of the two very powerful suicide bombings. You could see this shop was pretty much destroyed. Up on top you have apartments where many people from the Philippines were living. I spoke with one man and he is packing up his belongings. He said he and his family would be leaving, especially because this is not the first suicide bombing to happen in this area, there were two others last year, one just outside his door. He said he's too afraid to live here.
Now, earlier in the day, Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon went to the hospital to visit many of the wounded. Earlier in the day, more than 50 people still in the hospital, still getting treatment for their wounds. Mr. Sharon and his advisers meeting overnight, deciding on a number of actions. No. 1 to tighten travel restriction on the Palestinians, deciding (AUDIO GAP) a Palestinian delegation travel to London at the end of this month to meet with British prime minister Tony Blair, and also to keep the -- keep going with the arrests and also targeted killings, what the Israelis call, for those responsible for terror -- Bill, back to you.
HEMMER: Kelly Wallace in Tel Aviv.
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