WRAP Aftermath of infiltration, hospital scenes, Gaza closure

(25 Jun 2006) AP Television Rafah (from Palestinian side during attack) 1. Wide of Israeli watch tower at Sufa crossing over looking scene of attack 2. Wide of watch tower (UPSOUND) gunfire 3. Wide of street (UPSOUND) gunfire 4. Children running (UPSOUND) gunfire 5. Israeli Apache helicopter in air AP Television Sufa Crossing, (from South Israel border during attack) 6. Various of army vehicles at scene 7. Various of Israeli soldiers carrying injured soldier to army ambulance 8. Soldiers walking to tank to take cover (UPSOUND) gunfire 9. Tank moving along behind soldiers CHANNEL 2 - No Access Israel Beer Sheva - 25 June 2006 10. Helicopter flying over Soroka Hospital 11. Soldiers disembarking from helicopter and medical staff rushing over 12. Various of soldiers and medical staff carrying injured soldiers on stretcher 13. Various of medical staff wheeling injured soldiers into hospital 14. Injured soldiers being wheeled through corridors of hospital and into room AP Television Rafah Crossing, on borderline between Israel and Gaza 15. Wide of Rafah crossing, car drives past 16. Various of closed gates at crossing 17. Various of people waiting, taxis Erez Crossing, on borderline between Israel and Gaza 18. Wide of crossing 19. Closed barrier 20. Palestinian policemen standing at crossing, pan to people waiting Karni Crossing, on borderline between Israel and Gaza 21. Wide of crossing 22. Various of Palestinian trucks and drivers waiting at crossing 23. Palestinian policemen at crossing 24. Wide of police and trucks STORYLINE: Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip infiltrated Israel early on Sunday, attacking a military post and killing two Israeli soldiers before three gunmen were shot dead, the Israeli army, militants and witnesses said. One Israeli soldier was also missing, the army said. Earlier on Sunday, Palestinian militants said they had the body of an Israeli soldier. The strike, the first of its kind since Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip last August, came days after Israel warned that militants were planning an attack on the area, an alert that caused the Gaza-Egypt border to be shut down for several days last week. Gaza crossings were closed on Sunday morning, following the attack near the Sufa crossing, in the southern Gaza Strip. Israel closed all the crossings between Gaza and Israel, Rafah crossing in the south, Karni crossing in the east and Erez in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. The small Popular Resistance Committees claimed responsibility for the attack, saying militants from the ruling Hamas group and from a previously unknown group, the Islam Army, participated in the attack. At least five other Israeli soldiers were wounded in the attack, including three from a bomb detonated shortly after the initial strike, the army said. Gunfire was also heard and Israeli soldiers were seen running to the tanks for cover. The injured soldiers were being treated at Soroka Hospital in Beer Sheba by medical staff there. Residents in the nearby communal farm said the Palestinian militants had infiltrated the military post through a tunnel dug under the border fence. Hours later, Israeli ground troops entered the Gaza Strip, their tanks blowing up smoke and dust as they made their way about 1 kilometre (one-half of a mile) into the Palestinian-controlled territory, an Associated Press reporter in the area said. Palestinians were ordered to evacuate the area, while helicopter gunships fired their machine-guns at open fields. The army confirmed a small force had entered Gaza to search the tunnel area. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives ​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/003fd0a5a403ca8e83895fd090f210b3