(26 May 2001) SHOTLIST :
Nablus - 26 May 2001
1. Mourners walking through street with Palestinian flag
2. Gunmen firing in the air
3. Various of mourners
4. Body being carried through air
5. Mourners chanting and shouting
6. Gunmen shooting into the air
Gaza - 26 May 2001
7. Wide shot funeral for Hussein Abu Nasr - Hamas bomber who died on Friday
8. Procession with body being carried
9. Coffin being carried
10. Mourners carrying photos of Hussein Abu Nasr
11. People waving Palestinian and Hamas flags
12. Men shooting in the air
13. Various funeral procession to Mosque
STORYLINE:
Two funerals were held on Saturday - one for a Palestinian gunman who died when a ready-made bomb exploded during an arms deal in a Nablus refugee camp, the other for a Hamas bomber who died in Friday's truck
bombing in Gaza.
In Nablus on the West Bank, mourners buried Azzam Mizher, one of a number of gunmen from Balata involved in frequent confrontations with Israeli troops.
Mizher died in an explosion that also wounded four others when one of the men touched the ready-made bomb.
The Palestinian Authority accused Israel of involvement in the blast.
In recent months, Israel has killed several Palestinian militants in pinpointed attacks, including bombings.
But Israel denied involvement, saying the explosives apparently were meant for an attack on Israelis and went off prematurely.
The group stood near a red car parked in a street in Balata late on Friday, apparently conducting an arms deal, according to Palestinian security officials who said the group was handed a package containing a bomb by the arms dealer now in custody.
In another bombing Hamas suicide bomber Hussein Abu Nasr detonated his explosives near an Israeli army post in the Gaza Strip on Friday.
Hamas dedicated the suicide bombing to the Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah on the anniversary of Israel's troop withdrawal from south Lebanon.
Hezbollah has provided increasing assistance to Islamic militants in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the past eight months of Israeli-Palestinian fighting.
Israeli security officials say Hezbollah has trained Hamas mortar crews that have fired dozens of shells at Israeli targets.
Hamas video taped Friday's truck bombing in Gaza and released the footage - a practice copied from Hezbollah, which often filmed its attacks on Israeli troops.
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