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NAME: ME AIRSTRIKE8 20081228Ix TAPE: EF08/1299 IN_TIME: 11:06:46:03 DURATION: 00:06:14:05 SOURCES: AP TELEVISION DATELINE: Various, 28 Dec 2008 RESTRICTIONS: SHOTLIST Gaza City 1 Wide of Seraya compound in immediate aftermath of Israeli attack, plumes of smoke rising 2 Street scene with plumes of smoke from compound rising in background 3 Top shot of devastated compound 4 Wide top shot showing smoke rising 5 Various ground shots in immediate aftermath of attack on compound with people leaving scene, including people believed to be prisoners detained at Seraya compound 6 Wide of pile of rubble and debris 7 Entrance to compound, open gate, debris 8 Various of people injured in airstrikes arriving at hospital and being taken in Gaza City 9 Set up shot of Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum 10 Close-up of cameraman 11 SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Fawzi Barhoum, Hamas spokesman I call upon all the Palestinian factions and their military wings, mainly the Al-Qassam brigades (the Hamas military wing), to remain on high alert and to take charge and take on the responsibility of defending the Palestinian people, and to target the Zionists deeply with fierce and severe attacks 12 Reporter questioning Barhoum Jebaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza strip 13 Wide shot crowd assembled in street after car was hit in an airstrike, killing one Palestinian 14 Various of dismembered car, smoking parts, men gathered 15 Mid shot men and boys gathered around destroyed car 16 Boy drags piece of exploded car to add to main pieces of destroyed car 17 Crowd at scene Rafah, southern Gaza Strip 18 Wide pan of damaged building with people sifting through rubble 19 Various of damaged buildings and rubble, onlookers, small fires still burning in the rubble East Jerusalem 20 Wide street scene with tyres burning 21 Israeli police on roof 22 Various of Palestinian youths throwing stones 23 Israeli police, pull out to Palestinian youth throwing stones Gaza City +++NIGHT SHOTS++ 24 People at scene of Israeli airstrike, flashing lights in background of emergency vehicle 25 Various of rubble of house, men walking on rubble 26 Exterior hospital, people gathered outside 27 Woman on trolley is wheeled along corridor by paramedics, man follows behind carrying child 28 Doctors treating injured person Ramallah, West Bank ++NIGHT SHOTS++ 29 Top shot of people gathered for candlelit vigil 30 Mid shot man with candle carrying poster reading: (English) Save Gaza 31 People carrying poster reading: (English/Arabic) Silence equates to complicity (in) occupation's crimes 32 Various of young people lighting candles STORYLINE: Israeli warplanes, pressing one of Israel's deadliest assaults ever on Palestinian militants, dropped bombs and missiles on a top security installation and dozens of other targets across Hamas-ruled Gaza on Sunday The strikes continued after nightfall with a hit on a house in Gaza City The injured, including at least one woman and a child, were taken to hospital for treatment Also on Sunday night, Palestinians in the West Bank city of Ramallah held a candlelit vigil to show their solidarity with Gazans, and to protest at the intensive Israeli bombardment there Israel's Cabinet authorised a call up of at least 6,500 reserve soldiers, suggesting plans to expand an offensive against Gaza rocket squads that has already killed more than 280 Palestinians, most of them Hamas police Israel launched some 250 airstrikes over the first 24 hours of the campaign, which began on Saturday Witnesses said Israeli warplanes dropped three bombs on Sunday on the Seraya compound in downtown Gaza, including a prison building there Health officials said four people were killed and 25 wounded in the attack A column of black smoke towered from the building, and some inmates of the compound's prison fled after the missiles struck Hamas police recaptured some of them The compound is a major symbol of the Hamas group's authority Minutes after the strike, Hamas police defiantly planted the movement's green flag in the rubble But, even as Israel bombed Gaza, defiant Hamas leaders threatened revenge Speaking in Gaza City on Sunday, Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum called on the Hamas military wing and all Palestinian factions to remain on high alert and to take charge and take on the responsibility of defending the Palestinian people, and to target the Zionists deeply with fierce and severe attacks Meanwhile, residents in southern Gaza were sifting through the rubble of earlier strikes One airstrike hit the local municipality building, causing major damage, but no injuries were reported Earlier, Israeli aircraft targeted a tanker truck in the town, touching off a blaze that raged out of control and spread to about a dozen nearby houses One of the main medicine warehouses supplying local pharmacies in southern Gaza was attacked in another sortie Local residents said the tanker and the warehouse contained supplies that had been smuggled into Gaza through underground tunnels with Egypt, suggesting Israel was widening its offensive to go after businesses that are a source of income for Hamas The initial waves of attacks on Saturday focused on key Hamas security installations and rocket-launching pads The Palestine Liberation Organisation, dominated by Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement, called a one-day commercial strike through the West Bank and urged Palestinians to take to the streets in peaceful protests In east Jerusalem, which is mainly populated by Arabs, youths burned tyres in the streets and threw stones at Israeli police officers to protest the Gaza attacks The bombing campaign has inflamed public opinion across the Arab world, which has responded with protests and condemnations Crowds of thousands swept into the streets of cities around the Middle East to protest at Israel's air assault Meanwhile, militants in Gaza, unbowed, kept up the pressure on Israel, firing dozens of rockets and mortars at Israeli border communities on Sunday Two rockets struck close to the largest city in southern Israel, Ashdod, some 38 kilometres (23 miles) from Gaza, reaching deeper into Israel than ever before The targeting of Ashdod confirmed Israel's concern that militants are capable of putting major cities within rocket range No serious injuries were reported in any of the attacks on Sunday