ASSASSINATION AFTERMATH : Schedule for Rabin Funeral

A timetable for events surrounding Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s funeral today:

* 2 p.m. (4 a.m. PST): The plaza at Israel’s parliament, where Rabin’s body lay in state for public viewing, will be closed to the public. Funeral procession begins for Mount Herzl.

* Approx. 3 p.m. (5 a.m. PST): After the procession arrives at Mount Herzl, the gates will be closed. A public memorial will be followed by a private graveside ceremony for family and friends.

* 5 p.m. (7 a.m. PST): Israeli parliament will convene in special session to hear speeches from visiting officials.

TV Coverage

Network coverage plans for the funeral of Yitzhak Rabin:

* ABC: Live coverage begins at 3:30 a.m. PST with Peter Jennings and Charlie Gibson in Jerusalem, continuing as warranted.

* CBS: Live coverage begins at 4 a.m. PST with a special edition of “CBS This Morning,” with Dan Rather in Jerusalem, continuing at least through any remarks made by President Clinton.

* CNN: Live coverage beginning at 2 a.m. PST.

* NBC: No details immediately available.

Israeli leaders Targeted in Past

Yitzhak Rabin was not the first Israeli prime minister targeted by a Jewish assassin. In 1949, a year after the establishment of Israel, a 23-year-old Jewish man entered Parliament--then housed in a Tel Aviv cinema--and pointed a submachinegun at then-prime minister David Ben-Gurion and his cabinet. Ushers overpowered and captured him. In 1957, Israeli right-winger Moshe Dweik threw a hand grenade at the cabinet benches in the Parliament building in Jerusalem. Prime minister Ben-Gurion, his foreign minister Golda Meir and transport minister Moshe Carmel were slightly injured, but interior minister Moshe Shapira sustained serious wounds.