Surda, Ramallah, Bethlehem and Bet El, West Bank 12th December 1996
Bet El, West Bank
1. LS of Funeral procession
2. Netanyahu arriving
3. Various of crowd at grave
4. People carrying bodies to grave site
5. SOUNDBITE: (Hebrew) Netanyahu
6. Bodies being buried
7. Various of funeral - people crying
Surda Village West Bank
8. LS of Surda
9. Various of Israeli soldiers patrolling village and checking ID cards
Ramallah, West Bank
10. Exterior of Israeli-Palestinian Liaison office
11. Estb. of Col. Yousef Kafarneh
12. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Kafarneh
13. LS of Palestinian Legislative Council
14. Wide of council members entering
15. Estab of Marawan Kanafani, Arafat spokesman
16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Marawan Kanafani
Bethlehem, West Bank
17. Exterior of Bethlehem University
18. Masked PFLP members marching
19. Various of PFLP march
20. Various of PFLP in university hall
English/Nat
Thousands of Israelis including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, have attended the funeral of two Israelis killed in a car attack on Wednesday near the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Fifteen people have now been arrested in connection with the attack carried out by the Palestinian militant faction, The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
And in the West bank City of Bethlehem, a rally was held at Bethlehem University to mark the 28th anniversary of the groups foundation.
Thousands of Israelis turned out for Thursday's funeral.
Among the participants at the funeral was Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and members of his government.
He watched as their bodies, wrapped with burial shawls, were brought to the grave site and lowered into the ground.
Eeta Tzur, 42, and her 12-year-old son Efraim were killed in a drive-by terrorist shooting in the West Bank on Wednesday.
Mrs. Tzur's husband, Yoel, and four of their other children were also hurt in the attack.
Settlers are demanding that Israeli troops enter the Palestinian city to find the killers.
Netanyahu is demanding the Palestinian authority bring the culprits to justice.
He said Israel will not stand for such attacks nor will terrorists manage to uproot the Jewish people from their homes.
SOUNDBITE: (Hebrew)
\"They attacked women and children on purpose, they attacked on purpose not only in order to kill an Israeli family, but with an aim to uproot us from this place. And so our first response to these murderers, to these monsters, our first response of the Israeli government and the Israeli people is that we are staying here. We are building here. We live here. you will not uproot us from here, you will not achieve your aim.\"
SUPER CAPTION: Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister
Meanwhile in response to the attack, security measures have been stepped up in the West Bank.
In the village of Surda just near where the killings took place a curfew has been imposed.
israeli soldiers check Palestinians ID cards and no car can pass through an army checkpoint without Israeli permission.
In Ramallah the head of the Palestinian-Israeli Liaison office Colonel Yousef Kafarneh has reacted to the killings.
He said that the Palestinian side had taken some steps to finding the culprits and detained few suspects.
15 activists of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine were arrested in Ramallah Thursday.
SOUNDBITE: (Arabic)
\"We did a security check in the all suspects according to our lists, and we arrested some for questioning, some from the PFLP and some from other factions\"
SUPER CAPTION: Col. Yousef Kafarneh, Head of the Palestinian-Israeli liaison office in Ramallah
The Palestinian Legislative Council has also reacted to the attack.
Although the council condemns the violence, Palestinians feel it is a backlash from the continued troubles in the area.
But the Palestinian Authority agrees that the shooting will hurt Palestinian interests.
SOUNDBITE:
Firstly we condemn such acts of violence that is against women and children, against civilians in general. But on the other hand it is the result of everything that has been taking place over the last couple of months.
SUPER CAPTION: Marawan Kanafani, Arafat spokesman
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine has now claimed responsibility for the attack.
They are a militant P-L-O group that opposes the Israeli-Palestinian peace agreements.
Wednesday marked the 28th anniversary of the founding of the group, which has carried out several similar shootings in the past two years.
And to mark the occasion they staged a march through Bethlehem.
Masked members of the PFLP marched in the University, holding red flags and banners calling for armed struggles against Israel.
The shooting comes at a time of deep distrust between Netanyahu's hard-line government and the Palestinian Authority.
Talks on an overdue Israeli troop pullback in the West Bank town of Hebron are deadlocked - Netanyahu says he is concerned about the safety of Jewish residents in the settlements.
This incident may serve only to hinder troop redeployment in the settlements.
