Mehola Junction bombing

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Mehola Junction bombing
Location Mehola Junction, Israel
Date April 16, 1993
1:00 AM – (UTC+2)
Attack type Suicide attack
Deaths 2
Injured 21
Perpetrator(s) Hamas, Shahar al-Nabulsi

The Mehola Junction bombing (also known as the Beit El bombing, literally, the House of God bombing) was Hamas's first suicide attack against Israelis. It occurred on April 16, 1993.

Hamas bombmaker Yahya Ayyash rigged a Volkswagen Transporter using three large propane tanks and explosives collected from grenades and other ordinance. The bomb was connected to a detonator switch in the driver's controls.[1]

Hamas operative Saher Tamam al-Nabulsi drove the car to Mehola Junction, a rest area on the Jordan Valley Highway. Just after 1:00 AM, al-Nabulsi pulled the rigged car in between two buses and detonated it. The blast was directed upwards, instead of radially outward. The blast killed al-Nabulsi and a Palestinian who worked in the rest area. Twenty soldiers and a civilian were injured.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Katz (2002), p.74
  2. ^ Katz (2002), p.75
  • Katz, Samuel (2002). The Hunt for the Engineer. Lyons Press. ISBN 1585747491. 
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