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Pardes Hanna bus bombing
Pardes Hanna bus bombing Both the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Fatah’s Al-Aqsa
Brigades have claimed responsibility for the at-
Part of Second Intifada tack.[1][3][4]
Sources suspect that the bomber, identified as Samer
Abu Suleiman from the West Bank village of Silat al-Khar-
tiya by sources in the Islamic Jihad group, slipped into Is-
rael near Umm al Fahm from the Jenin area.[1][2]
In Jenin, about 3000 Palestinians marched and cel-
ebrated after the attack, according to witnesses. They
chanted "Sharon, prepare the body bags" referring to
then Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.[1][2]
Fatalities
• Samuel Miloshevsky, 45, of Herzliya[5]
The attack site • Yehiav Elshad, 28, of Tel Aviv[5]
• Inbal Weiss, 22, of Zichron Ya’akov[5]
Location Israel
Coordinates 32°27′31.44″N 34°59′10.25″E /
32.4587333°N 34.9861806°E / 32.4587333;
References
34.9861806 [1] ^ "Islamic Jihad, Fatah take responsibility for bus
bombing - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News".
Date November 29, 2001
haaretz.com. 2011 [last update].
Attack type suicide bombing http://www.haaretz.com/news/islamic-jihad-
Death(s) 3 civilians (+ 1 bomber) fatah-take-responsibility-for-bus-bombing-1.75877.
Retrieved 18 October 2011.
Injured 7 [2] ^ "Toledo Blade - Google News Archive Search".
Perpetrator(s) Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility news.google.com. 2011 [last update].
http://news.google.com/
The Pardes Hanna bus bombing was a suicide bombing on newspapers?id=75JKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zwMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6563,485
November 29, 2001 on an Egged bus in northern Israel. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
The bus, en route from Nazereth to Tel Aviv, was trav- [3] "Arafat’s Dance Of Death - TIME". time.com. 2011
eling through the town of Pardes Hanna-Karkur. Three [last update]. http://www.time.com/time/
passengers were killed in the attack and 9 were injured. magazine/article/0,9171,188534,00.html. Retrieved
Both Fatah and Palestinian Islamist militant organi- 18 October 2011. "same"
zation Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack. [4] "CNN.com - Attacks since start of Al Aqsa intifada -
June 21, 2002". cnn.com. 2011 [last update].
http://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/meast/06/
The attack 20/terror.attacks.chronology/. Retrieved 18
On the evening of Thursday, November 29, 2001, a Pales- October 2011.
tinian militant exploded himself on the back part of an [5] ^ http://old.btselem.org/statistics/english/
Egged bus on its way from Nazareth to Tel Aviv. The Casualties_Data.asp?Category=6®ion=ISRAEL&sD=29&sM=09&s
explosion occurred near Pardes Hanna, after passing an
Israel Defense Force training base. Three people were
killed and 9 were wounded, one of them critically.[1][2]
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