Hizme and Ramallah, West Bank; East Jerusalem, 25 February 1997
Hizme:
1. MS Palestinians stoning Israeli army truck, pull out to truck reversing under attack
2. MS men throwing stones
3. Israeli soldiers running out from truck, grabbing Palestinian man and dragging him into truck
4. CU back of truck with soldiers
5. CU Palestinian with bloody face in truck
6. Various Palestinians stoning Israeli soldiers
7. WS group of Palestinians
8. SOUNDBITE: Gabi Ofir, West Bank Israeli Defence Force Chief (Hebrew)
9. MS Israeli soldiers
10. Pan Israeli army trucks
11. SOUNDBITE: Jibril Rajoub, Palestinian Chief of Preventive Security (English and Arabic)
East Jerusalem:
12. MS people in Al Makassed Hospital ward
13. MS wounded man on bed with bandaged leg, zoom in to leg and blood
14. MS injured man's face
15. CU injured man's leg with blood
16. MS pan men waiting in hospital corridor
17. SOUNDBITE: Palestinian eyewitness to shooting (Arabic)
18. Al Makassed Hospital sign
19. WS exterior hospital
Ramallah:
20. MS man with bandaged head in hospital, pull out to doctor bandaging his arm
21. CU bloody towel on bed, pull out to injured woman on bed
Hizme:
22. WS Palestinians at scene of shooting at night
23. MS group of men talking
24. MS soldiers on guard at scene
25. MS soldiers walking towards ambulance
Hebrew/Arabic/Eng/Nat
Israeli soldiers have killed one Palestinian and wounded three others after opening fire in a West Bank village, prompting clashes between Palestinians and Israeli troops brought into the area.
The shooting occurred during a confrontation between soldiers and villagers in the village of Hizme, just north of Jerusalem, in an area under joint Israeli and Palestinian control.
It heightened fears of a new wave of violence in the West Bank, which is already tense because of Israel's plan to begin construction of a new Jewish neighbourhood in east Jerusalem.
The killing of one Palestinian and the wounding of three others when Israeli soldiers opened fire in the West Bank village of Hizme Tuesday, prompted clashes between Palestinians and Israeli troops.
After the shootings, Palestinian residents began throwing stones at the large numbers of Israeli soldiers and police deployed in the area.
The Israelis responded with tear gas and tried several times to storm the village, drawing a hail of large rocks each time.
After about an hour the area was declared a closed military zone and the clashes died down. No further injuries were reported.
The shootings have heightened fears of a new wave of violence in the West Bank, which is already tense because of Israel's plan to begin construction of a new Jewish neighbourhood in east Jerusalem.
Palestinians warn the construction in Har Homa (Jabal abu Ghneim - it's Palestinian name) could derail the peace process.
Gabi Ofir, Israel's top commander in the area, indicated in a briefing that he had only a partial idea of what had happened.
SOUNDBITE: (Hebrew)
"We are in touch with the Palestinian Authority, and we are also aware of the special atmosphere that exists today because of Har Homa, and in fact we are ready in every place."
SUPER CAPTION: Gabi Ofir, West Bank Israeli Defence Force Chief
Witnesses said the gunmen were dressed in civilian clothes, suggesting they were undercover.
Jibril Rajoub, the top Palestinian security official in the West Bank, arrived on the scene shortly after the shooting.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"I think it was terrible a Palestinian was killed just because he is a Palestinian. What happened today is a shame for the Israelis."
SUPER CAPTION: Jibril Rajoub, Palestinian Chief of Preventive Security
One of the injured Palestinians brought to the Al Makassed Hospital in East Jerusalem thought the three young men who entered his village armed with handguns and speaking Hebrew were Jewish settlers.
He said they walked up to his house, grabbed his nephew and hit him with the butts of their guns.
When confronted by members of the household, he said, the men opened fire.
Soldiers posted at a nearby checkpoint refused to help, and an army jeep entered the village and left with the gunmen, he said.
Another witness told a similar story.
SOUNDBITE: (Arabic)
"After a car came from Jabah street, not from El Masoom, the people stopped the car and they took the car by force. When the soldiers came, instead of protecting the public they protected the settlers. They threatened to shoot us and they pushed us away."
SUPER CAPTION: Palestinian at scene of shooting
An Israeli army statement said the Israeli troops had been "attacked" by Palestinian residents and opened fire.
The two other Palestinians injured in the shooting were taken to a hospital in Ramallah.
Hizme is in the West Bank's so-called Zone B, which is part of the Palestinian autonomy but has joint Israeli-Palestinian security control.
In a reflection of the sensitive timing of the incident, Defence Minister Yitzhak Mordechai ordered his officers to make sure the Palestinians were kept fully informed about the investigation of the incident.
