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Mourning Families and Friends have Begun Burying the Dead from Triple Bombing in Jerusalem.

Aired December 02, 2001 - 17:04   ET

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DONNA KELLEY, CNN ANCHOR: In Israel, mourning families and friends have begun burying the dead from yesterday's triple bombing in Jerusalem. For many, their sadness is mixed with growing rage and demands for vengeance. CNN's Chris Burns with our report.

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CHRIS BURNS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Teenagers mourn their fallen friends at ground zero, this time from a triple bombing that struck the heart of Jerusalem, killing mostly young people on a night out.

It struck many Israelis in the heart.

This older woman screams that she's lost three family members in the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Far-right Israelis gather here chanting for hard-line Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to resign. One protester carries a sign reading: "No Arabs, no terror."

Another takes to a balcony with a dark twist to a well known song. A more subtle act of defiance scrawled with "we shall not surrender."

Teenage witnesses return to remember...

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I see my friends on the floor with teeth flow over with blood, glass...

BURNS: Workers pick up the pieces of buildings, windows and flesh. Following Judaic law, the tiny remains are gathered for burial. Comrades lay to rest a soldier killed in the attack, the wailing sometimes drown the chanted prayer for the dead. The Soldier's sister asks, who will take care of father and mother. We had so many plans together, before she is overcome with grief. The guns bid her brother farewell.

In a hospital, Haia (ph) Miller visits her son, 18-year-old Nathaniel. He tells his rabbi how two friends were seriously wounded by nails and bolts packed inside the suicide bomber.

Bolts rained on Nathaniel, but only one entered his hip. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I just look at that and I think, one here and four here and one there. And here he is. That's all I can say. I just -- I feel like I gave birth to him again. That's how I feel really.

BURNS (on camera): Here at Jerusalem's ground zero, thoughts turn to where the next bombing could be. Hospital officials say they are bracing for more attacks and more victims, as Israelis try to carry on, despite the fear.

Chris Burns, CNN, Jerusalem.

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