Jaffa Road bus bombings
Jaffa Road bus bombings | |
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Suicide bomber | |
Deaths | 17 Israeli civilians 9 Israeli soldiers (+1 attacker) |
Injured | 48 mostly civilians |
Perpetrators | Palestinian assailant, trained, armed, and supported by the Islamic Republic of Iran.[1] Hamas claimed responsibility. |
First bombing
On the morning of February 25, 1996, a suicide bomber blew himself up on a No.18 bus traveling down
In 2014 journalist Mike Kelly published The Bus on Jaffa Road; A Story of Middle East Terrorism and the Search for Justice. Kirkus Reviews praised it as, "a spiral of horror and reckoning".[4]
According to Kelly,
Attack planner
Hamas operative Hassan Salameh was captured by Israel in Hebron in May, 1996.[6] Israel, which has only once imposed a death penalty, sentenced Salameh to 46 consecutive life sentences for directing 3 mass-casualty attacks.[7] Salameh, a devout Muslim, has continued to maintain that he acted in a righteous manner in bombing civilian buses, saying, "I believe what I did is a legitimate right my religion and all of the world gave me..." in 1997,[8] and in an interview almost 2 decades later.[5] According to Mike Kelly, Salameh was trained in Iran.[5]
Second bombing
On the morning of March 3, 1996, a suicide bomber boarded another No. 18 bus, detonating an explosive belt that killed 16 civilians and three Israeli soldiers and wounded 7.
Jaffa Road bus bombing (March 3, 1996) | |
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Suicide bomber | |
Deaths | 16 Israeli civilians 3 Israeli soldiers (+1 attacker) |
Injured | 7 civilians |
Perpetrator | Hamas claimed responsibility |
Assailant | Mohammed Abdo[9] |
Participant | 1 |
Legal action
The families of United States victims Matthew Eisenfeld and Sarah Duker sued
Gallery
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Commemorative plaque for the victims of the first bus bombing
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Commemorative plaque for those who were killed in the second bombing
See also
- List of Hamas suicide attacks
- Palestinian political violence
References
- ^ Kelly, Michael (2014). Bus on Jaffa Road: A Story of Middle East Terrorism and the Search for Justice. Lyons Press. pp. 164–179.
- ^ Suicide and Other Bombing Attacks in Israel Since the Declaration of Principles (Sept 1993). Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- ^ Terrorists Recently Released by the Palestinian Authority – 12-Oct-2000. Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- ^ Kirkus (October 7, 2014). "The Bus on Jaffa Road; A Story of Middle East Terrorism and the Search for Justice". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
- ^ a b c Leichman, Abigail Klein (October 7, 2014). "A Search for Justice". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
- ^ Inquirer (May 19, 1996). "Israel Arrests A Hamas Leader Hassan Salameh Was Shot And Wounded In A Chase. He Is Believed To Have Planned Three Of This Year's Bombings". The Philadelphia Inquirer. INQUIRER WIRE SERVICES. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
- ^ TribuneNews (July 8, 1997). "Israel Gives Islamic Radical 46 Life Sentences In Bombings". Chicago Tribune. Tribune News Services.
- ^ LoLordo, Ann (March 31, 1997). "Hamas' deadly defender Accused terrorist is a pariah to Israel, hero to Palestinians". The Baltimore Sun. Sun Foreign Staff. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
- ^ Katz, 279
- ^ a b c d e f Horovitz, David (April 28, 2006). "Vicky and Leonard take on Iran". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved December 21, 2018.