Israeli youth killed in WBank axe attack, reax

(2 Apr 2009) SHOTLIST Etzion Junction (near Bat Ayin) 1. Ambulance (AUDIO sirens) driving down road 2. Military vehicle Bat Ayin 3. Wide of military checkpoint 4. Close-up of sign 5. Zoom in on women hugging 6. Soldiers at checkpoint, distressed woman 7. Mid-shot of distressed woman sitting down 8. Close-up of upset women 9. Wide of soldiers and emergency workers 10. Woman rushing over and talking to police 11. Two men ducking under police cordon, put out to soldier surveying scene Bat Ayin 12. Set up of Shaul Goldstein, head of settlers council: 13. SOUNDBITE (English) Shaul Goldstein, Head of Settlers Council: "A killer was coming from the Palestinian area with a knife and stabbing two young children with an axe. It's like, you know, you are killing a butterfly, what is it? These are human beings. With those people we have to make peace? It's unbelievable. Hopefully the government will stop the process of releasing murderers from our jails." Bat Ayin 14. Emergency workers Jerusalem 15. Set-up of government spokesman, Mark Regev 16. SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Regev, Israeli Government Spokesman: "Today we have seen a senseless act of brutality against innocent children. The new Israeli government will have a 'zero tolerance' policy towards these sort of attacks and it is incumbent on the Palestinian leadership to demonstrate its commitment to peace and reconciliation by having also a 'zero tolerance' policy to terrorism and to act to root out these sort of attacks." Bat Ayin 17. Soldiers on patrol near incident 18. Wide of field 19. Resident with weapon outside the settlement 20. Soldiers on patrol 21. Helicopter conducting search for attacker 22. Soldier standing on hill 23. Wide of settlement STORYLINE An axe-wielding Palestinian militant attacked a West Bank settlement on Thursday, killing a 13-year-old Israeli boy and wounding another seven-year-old boy before fleeing the area. The attack posed an important test for Israel's new prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who has promised a firm hand against militants and expressed scepticism about prospects for peace. The attacker escaped the scene and Israeli troops, joined by bearded settlers armed with automatic rifles, were conducting a manhunt in the area. In the nearby Palestinian village of Safa, troops searched houses and rounded up residents in a schoolyard. The Israeli military said all roads around the settlement of Bat Ayin were closed. The settlement is notorious in Israel for being the base of the so-called "Bat Ayin Underground," whose members were arrested over a botched 2002 bombing on an Arab girls' school in Jerusalem. The wounded boy's father, a member of the underground, is currently serving a 15-year sentence for his involvement in that bombing attempt. Security guards fired at the attacker before he fled, said one Bat Ayin settler. Settler leader, Shaul Goldstein, questioned the future of peace negotiations in light of the attack. "With those people we have to make peace? It's unbelievable. Hopefully the government will stop the process of releasing murderers from our jails," he said. The attacker apparently entered Bat Ayin, located between Jerusalem and the southern West Bank city of Hebron, unhindered. The settlers have refused to build a security fence around their community - standard practice in most settlements - saying it would be a sign of weakness. The teenager was quickly buried at a funeral on Thursday afternoon, which was closed to the media at the family's request. Government spokesman Mark Regev said called the attack a "senseless act." Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...