(11 Feb 2006)
Jerusalem
1. Wide exterior of Haddassah Ein-Kerem hospital where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated
2. Close up of windows
3. Wide of hospital compound
Jerusalem
4. Wide shot exterior of coffee shop
5. People inside watching news on television
6. File pictures of Sharon on television
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Debby, Jerusalem resident:
"He was a very strong person and all in all a good leader for the country and I think he has tried to make a lot of positive changes in our country that were definitely very difficult for him and difficult for many people in the country. Change is always difficult and peace is never an easy road and I think that he really made a good start and I hope whoever is elected in our elections will be able to continue where he left off and not go backwards. We all want to go forward."
8. Coffee shop interior
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tzahi, Jerusalem resident:
"We are very sad. Hopefully we come (out) fine from this but I don't think it will be like that."
Gaza City, Gaza Strip
10. Wide shot of cars driving in Gaza street
11. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Vox Pop, Gaza resident
"Sharon committed lots of crimes and this is a punishment from God that he deserves. I hope he doesn't die soon, so he will suffer more pain."
12. People shopping
Gaza City, Gaza Strip
13. Gaza resident sitting at his street stall
14. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Vox Pop, Gaza resident:
"What Sharon committed against the Palestinian people is more than what Hitler committed against the Jewish people. But, we, as Muslims don't wish anybody's death this way."
Tel Aviv, Israel
14. Wide shot of Rabin Square
15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Giora (no last name given), Tel Aviv resident:
"I just heard about the operation of Ariel Sharon and we are very concerned about his health. Although I am not one of his supporters, I hope he becomes...he will be better. But it doesn't look very good."
16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Yoni Cohen, Tel Aviv resident:
"Since he has been in a coma, I don't think...I think we've got such a soft landing of the whole news and maybe it is better to be gone than to lay like a vegetable the rest of your life."
17. Family walking in Rabin Square
Ramallah, West Bank
14. Wide shot of musician playing in the street
15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Peter Qumri, Ramallah resident:
"He is a human being, he is already off the political stage right now and it is as God wills. We can do nothing except God wills, God takes."
16. Cars driving along Ramallah street
17. SOUNDBITE: (English) Abdel Rahman Ayyad, Ramallah resident:
"If Sharon (is) healthy or wakes up again it will make no difference about Palestinian people, believe me. That is my belief. It is the same. Nothing change."
18. Wide of Ramallah street
STORYLINE:
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon underwent emergency surgery on Saturday after an abdominal scan revealed severe damage to his digestive tract, hospital officials said.
The scan showed that blood was not reaching parts of his intestines and that his digestive tract had suffered severe damage, according to a hospital spokesperson.
Hospital officials said before the nearly four-hour surgery that his life was in danger.
It was not clear whether surgeons had been able to stabilise him. A Sharon aide said part of the prime minister's intestine had been removed.
There was mixed reaction from Israelis and Palestinians to the news, ranging from concern to criticism of his leadership.
One Israeli on the streets of Tel Aviv said people were "very concerned" about the Prime Minister's health.
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