Jerusalem bus 19 suicide bombing

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Jerusalem bus 19 suicide bombing
Location	Jerusalem
Date	January 29, 2004 Shortly before 9:00 AM –
Attack type	suicide bombing
Deaths	11
Injured	50+
Perpetrator(s)	Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, Hamas

On January 29, 2004 a suicide bombing on Egged bus number 19 killed 11 civilians and wounded over 50 people, 13 of them seriously. The explosion took place shortly before 9:00 AM at the corner of Gaza and Arlozorov streets in Jerusalem, Israel. The bus started its route at Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital, and was supposed to end it at Mount Scopus.

The bomber was in the back of the bus when he detonated the explosives, said Jerusalem Police Chief Mickey Levy. The blast tore the bus apart, blowing the back half of the roof into the air and breaking every window.

Both the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades and Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack, naming the bomber as Ali Yusuf Jaara, a 24-year-old Palestinian policeman from Bethlehem.^[1]

[edit] Names of the victims

The following people were killed in the attack on bus 19^[1]:

Avraham (Albert) Balhasan, 28, of Jerusalem
Rose Boneh, 39, of Jerusalem
Hava Hannah (Anya) Bonder, 38, of Jerusalem
Anat Darom, 23, of Netanya
Viorel Octavian Florescu, 42, of Jerusalem
Natalia Gamril, 53, of Jerusalem
Yechezkel Isser Goldberg, 41, of Betar Illit
Baruch (Roman) Hondiashvili, 38, of Jerusalem
Dana Itach, 24, of Jerusalem
Mehbere Kifile, 35, of Ethiopia
Eli Zfira, 48, of Jerusalem

[edit] Display of the bus

The wreck of the bus was on display in the Hauge for the International Court of Justice hearing about the Israeli West Bank barrier. The bus was later on display at various US universities.^[2]

Bus 19 is currently located permanently at Camp Shoresh in Adamstown, MD. A memorial garden incorporating the wreckage is planned.