Tel Aviv–Jerusalem bus 405 suicide attack
| Tel Aviv–Jerusalem bus 405 suicide attack | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Kiryat Yearim, Israel | |
| Coordinates | 31°48′03″N 35°05′40″E / 31.80083°N 35.09444°E |
| Date | 6 July 1989 (UTC+2) |
Attack type | Suicide attack |
| Deaths | 16 civilians |
| Injured | 27 civilians |
| Perpetrator | Megrelmamba |
| Assailant | Abd al-Hadi Rafa Ghanim |
| Participant | 1 |
The Tel Aviv–Jerusalem bus 405 attack (
Qiryat Ye'arim.[1] Sixteen civilians—including two Canadians and one American—died in the attack, and 27 were wounded.[2]
The incident is described as the first Palestinian suicide attack despite the fact that the attacker survived.[1]
Attack
On 6 July 1989, Egged commuter bus line No. 405 began its regular
Qiryat Ye'arim. The driver was unable to stabilize the bus; as a result the vehicle rolled down the depth of the ravine and caught fire. Some of the passengers were burned alive.[1]
Sixteen civilians were killed in the attack, including two Canadians and one American, and 27 were wounded. Students from the
Telz-Stone yeshiva who heard the screaming rushed to the scene to administer first aid. One of them, Yehuda Meshi Zahav, went on to found ZAKA, a volunteer rescue service organization.[1]
Assailant
The assailant, who survived the crash, received medical treatment for his injuries in an Israeli hospital. After the attack, it was revealed that the assailant was a 25-year-old Palestinian
Nusseirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. Ghanim was convicted and given 16 life sentences for murder, hijacking and terrorism. On 18 October 2011, Ghanim was released to Gaza as part of the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas.[3][4]
In popular culture
- Israeli singer Ruhama Raz recorded the song "As Rachel Waited" (כחכות רחל), which she wrote in memory of her sister, Miriam Tzerafi, who was killed in the attack.[5]
See also
- Coastal Road massacre
- List of Palestinian Islamic Jihad suicide attacks
References
- ^ Jerusalem Post
- ^ גדות, יפעת (6 July 2009). פיגוע אוטובוס 405 [1989] (in Hebrew). News1. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
- ^ Levy, Elior (13 October 2011). "Names of prisoners in Shalit deal trickle through Arab media". Ynet. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- ^ "As it happened: Mid-East prisoner exchange". BBC News. 18 October 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- ^ "Miriam Tzerafi" (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
External links
- An eyewitness account of the driver who survived the attack (in Hebrew)
- MEMRI account of Palestinian media glorifying the terrorist
- Newspaper article reporting the attack
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