(14 Oct 2001)
Qalqilya, West Bank
1. Close-up of body of Abed-Rahman Hamad
2. Wide shot funeral
3. Body of Abed-Rahman Hamad wrapped in a Hamas flag
4. People chanting
5. Masked people shooting in the air
6. Body carried through the streets
7. People chanting
Ramallah, West bank
8. Wide shot Yasser Abed Rabbo, Palestinian Minister of Information, entering news conference
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Yasser Abed Rabbo, Palestinian Minister of Information "This assassination is a provocation and it shows that the Israelis do not respect the ceasefire."
10. Cutaway
11. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Yasser Abed Rabbo, Palestinian Minister of Information "The Israelis must implement what was agreed upon in the Mitchell and Tenet understandings and not do it gradually, step by step."
Jerusalem
12. Set up shot Gideon Saar, Israeli government secretary
13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Gideon Saar, Israeli government secretary "Some measures will be taken regarding checkpoints, free movements of Palestinians between cities in the West bank. Some measures will be taken on the issue of fishermen in the Gaza Strip. We will look in the future if we can lift closures if there will be an agreement that will provide us the conditions to do so."
14. Cutaway
STORYLINE:
Thousands of mourners have attended the funeral of Abed-Rahman Hamad, a 33-year-old Palestinian militant who was shot dead in the West Bank city of Qalqilya.
Hamad, a regional leader of the radical Islamic group Hamas, was shot on the roof of his house on Sunday morning.
The Palestinians have blamed the Israelis for the killing, but Israel hasn't said whether its security forces were behind the shooting.
But shortly after the killing, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon released a statement saying Hamad was responsible for directing the June 1 suicide attack at a Tel Aviv disco which killed 22 people.
The statement also said that Hamad was responsible for other deadly attacks in Israel.
More than 50-thousand people attended his funeral, chanting anti-Israeli slogans and calling for revenge.
Masked Hamas activists carried Hamad's body through the streets of Qalqilya, firing into the air and waving Hamas flags.
Palestinian Minister of Information, Yasser Abed Rabbo, accused Israel of killing Hamad and said the act was a provocation which proved Israel didn't respect the ceasefire.
Meanwhile, in Jerusalem, the Israeli government decided to ease restrictions on Palestinians in the West Bank.
Israeli government secretary Gideon Saar said measures would be taken at checkpoints to facilitate the free movement of Palestinians.
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