(29 Dec 2008)
THESE PICTURES WERE FILMED ON 28 DEC ON EGYPTIAN SIDE OF RAFAH BORDER
THE SPEEDING AMBULANCES ARE NOT CARRYING INJURED; THEY ARE EGYPTIAN AMBULANCES WHICH WERE WAITING AT BORDER TO TAKE INJURED THROUGH BUT HAMAS NOT ALLOWING INJURED THROUGH. THEY ARE SPEEDING AWAY FROM THE BORDER TO ESCAPE SHELLING CLOSE TO THE BORDER ON GAZA SIDE
1. Wide shot skyline, plumes of smoke in distance in Gaza, AUDIO: explosions
2. Long shot border gate into Gaza, traffic on road from border crossing, AUDIO: sirens, explosions
3. Pan of road from border, border gate, ambulances speeding along road, AUDIO: sirens
4. More of ambulances rushing along road from Gaza, border gate, AUDIO: sirens
5. Wide shot plumes of smoke on horizon, pan to road from border, more emergency vehicles with lights flashing
STORYLINE:
There was panic on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with Gaza on Sunday, as Israel's heavy bombardment of the Gaza Strip came close to its border with Egypt.
Pictures released on Monday showed ambulances driving away from the border and deeper into Egypt as plumes of smoke dotted the horizon and the sound of bombs boomed.
The ambulances had been waiting at the Rafah crossing to collect injured Gazans.
Israel widened its deadliest-ever air offensive against Gaza's Hamas rulers on Sunday, pounding purported smuggling tunnels under the border with Egypt, and a central prison.
Israel sent more tanks and artillery towards its border with Gaza and approved a reserves call-up for a possible ground invasion.
Also on Sunday, crowds of Gazans had breached the border wall with Egypt, in an apparent attempt to escape the chaos.
Egyptian forces, some firing in the air, tried to push them back into Gaza and an official said one border guard was killed.
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