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Thursday, 18 October, 2001, 12:49 GMT 13:49 UK

In pictures: Israel mourns minister

Hundreds of Israelis, some in tears, have been filing past Rehavam Zeevi's coffin in front of the Knesset, the country's parliament, as the country mourned its first elected official slain by Palestinian militants.

The coffin, draped in an Israeli flag, was brought to the plaza in front of the Knesset building early on Thursday and is being buried at the Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem, where assassinated Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is buried.

Rehavam Zeevi's coffin

Israeli mourners

An Israeli woman salutes Zeevi's coffin

An Israeli mourner raises a fist to the sky

Grave diggers prepare a grave for Zeevi

Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres (right) and Defence Minister Binyamin Ben Eliezer

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