Tel Aviv 1. Pan from street to exterior of 'Hayarkon 48' hostel 2. Various exteriors of hostel 3. Interior showing reception desk 4. Staff working at desk 5. Israeli flag on wall 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Roy (NO SURNAME GIVEN), Receptionist, 'Hayarkon 48' hostel: "The two guys that blew themselves up in Mike's place, they were here, they stayed here in our hostel. I saw them and they were very nice guys. It's funny to say 'nice guys' but they were, they had good English. They were nice, they asked where they could go in Israel and all that. They came to travel here, they were students from England. They came here because of the 'Lonely Planet' (travel guide book) recommended this place, so everybody comes here, so they also came here." 7. Tracking shot up staircase 8. Close-up of door for room No.4, pulls out to show corridor File 9. Various of emergency services and injured people outside 'Mike's Place' after suicide bomb attack STORYLINE: Israeli security forces have interrogated several foreign journalists in connection with a suicide bombing attack by a Briton in Tel Aviv on April 30, according to an Israeli security source. The bomber blew himself up in front of Mike's Place, a popular Tel Aviv bar near the US Embassy, killing two musicians, a waiter and himself. Later it was discovered that a second bomber, also a British citizen, planned to detonate a bomb at the same place, but his explosives failed to go off. A gagging order banning publication of details of the investigation was lifted at midnight on Tuesday (2100 GMT Monday), police and security sources said. A senior official in the Israeli Shin Bet security agency, which has been handling the inquiry, said several foreign journalists were questioned because they happened to be near the scene of the blast, or other places where the bombers were seen. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said one of the reporters might have given the bombers a ride in a press vehicle, but none of the journalists are suspected of knowing about the bombing plot in advance or assisting in it. Israel Radio reported that an Italian journalist drove the two to Nablus in the West Bank, and then, with other reporters, to Gaza. The report said the journalists did not tell authorities about their encounter with the bombers until their interrogation. The Israeli police had no comment. Earlier, Israeli investigators said that the two Britons - Asif Hanif, who carried out the bombing, and Omar Khan Sharif, who escaped but was later found dead - visited pro-Palestinian foreign activists in the Gaza Strip. International Solidarity Movement members confirmed the visit but insisted that the two were not connected to the group. Sharif's body was found washed up on the Tel Aviv shore on May 13. An autopsy determined that he had drowned, but officials said the circumstances of his death were still unclear. The Britons were the first foreign nationals to carry out a suicide bombing in Israel, and the first to infiltrate from Gaza. Investigators said they used their British passports to sail through checkpoints designed to stop Palestinian militants. According to a receptionist at the 'Hayarkon 48' hostel in Tel Aviv, Hanif and Sharif stayed at the hostel. Roy, who would not give his surname, described the two Britons as "very nice guys" who asked about travelling in Israel. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/1c41d20e6151607cbeb34805e7a0d55e Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

• published: 21 Jul 2015
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