Haifa bus 16 suicide bombing

Haifa bus 16 suicide bombing
Part of the Second Intifada militancy campaign
The attack site
Location	Israel
Date	December 2, 2001
Attack type	suicide bombing
Deaths	15 Israeli civilians (+ 1 bomber)
Injured	40 Israeli civilians
Perpetrator(s)	Hamas claimed responsibility

The Haifa bus 16 suicide bombing was a suicide bombing which occurred on December 2, 2001 on an Egged bus in Haifa. 15 people were killed in the attack and 40 people were injured.

The Palestinian Islamist militant organization Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.

1 The attack
- 1.1 Fatalities
2 The perpetrators
3 References
4 External links

The attack

During the afternoon of Sunday, December 2, 2001, the perpetrator calmly boards Haifa bus No. 16, which was on route from Neve Shaanan to the Giborim bridge. The perpetrator paid the bus fare and a few seconds later detonated the explosive device concealed underneath his clothes. The attack which occurred in a busy intersection in the Tel Amal neighborhood in Haifa killed 15 people and injured 40 more, 17 of them critically.

Fatalities

Rasem Safulin, 78, of Haifa^[1]
Leah Strick, 73, of Haifa^[1]
Cicilia Kozamin, 76, of Haifa^[1]
Faina Zabiogailu, 64, of Haifa^[1]
Mara Fishman, 53, of Haifa^[1]
Ronen Kahalon, 30, of Haifa^[1]
Riki Hadad, 30, of Yokne'am^[1]
Samion Kalik, 64, of Haifa^[1]

Mikha'el Zaraisky, 71, of Haifa^[1]
Yitzhak Ringle, 41, of Haifa^[1]
Ina Frenkel, 60, of Haifa^[1]
Tatiana Borovik, 23, of Haifa^[1]
Yelena Lumkin, 62, of Haifa^[1]
Mark Khotimliansky, 75, of Haifa^[1]
Rosaria Reyes, 42, Filipino citizen^[1]

The perpetrators

Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack. A leaflet published by the Hamas announced that the suicide bomber was Maher Habashi, a 21-year-old Palestinian plumber from Nablus.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o http://old.btselem.org/statistics/english/casualties.asp?sD=29&sM=09&sY=2000&eD=26&eM=12&eY=2008&filterby=event&oferet_stat=before

External links

15 SLAUGHTERED IN 3RD SUICIDE ATTACK Israel left reeling by bus bombing - published on 3 December 2001 on Daily News

Prominent terrorist attacks against Israeli targets in the history of the Arab–Israeli conflict – the 2000s

2000	Ramallah lynching (October 12)

2001	Murder of Ofir Rahum (January 17) – Netanya bombing (March 4) – Murder of Shalhevet Pass (March 26) – Murder of Koby Mandell and Yosef Ishran (May 8) – 1st HaSharon Mall entrance suicide bombing (May 18) – Dolphinarium discotheque suicide bombing (June 1) – Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing (August 9) – Nahariya train station suicide bombing (September 9) – Assassination of the Israeli Minister of Tourism Rehavam Ze'evi (October 17) – Egged bus 823 bombing (November 29) – Ben Yehuda Street Bombings (December 1) – Haifa bus 16 suicide bombing (December 2) – Immanuel bus attack (December 12)

2002	Bat Mitzvah massacre (January 18) – Tel Aviv outdoor mall bombing (January 25) – Jaffa Street bombing (January 27) – Karnei Shomron Mall suicide bombing (February 16) – Yeshivat Beit Yisrael massacre (March 2) – Café Moment bombing (March 9) – Matzuva attack (March 12) – Egged bus 823 bombing (March 20) – King George Street bombing (March 21) – Passover massacre (March 27) ‡ – Kiryat HaYovel supermarket bombing (March 29) – Matza restaurant suicide bombing (March 31) – Yagur Junction bombing (April 10) – Mahane Yehuda Market bombing (April 12) – Rishon LeZion bombing (May 7) – Netanya Market bombing (May 19) – Pi Glilot bombing (May 23) – Megiddo Junction bus bombing (June 5) – Herzliya shawarma restaurant bombing (June 11) – Patt Junction Bus Bombing (June 18) – French Hill Junction massacre (June 19) – Itamar attack (June 20) – Immanuel bus attack (July 16) – Neve Shaanan Street bombing (July 17) – Hebrew University massacre (July 31) – Meron Junction Bus 361 attack (August 4) – Allenby Street bus bombing (September 19) – Karkur junction suicide bombing (October 21) – Sonol gas station bombing (October 27) – Kiryat Menachem bus bombing (November 21) – Mombasa attacks (November 28) – Beit She'an attack (November 28)

2003	Tel-Aviv central bus station massacre (January 5) – Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing (March 5) – Mike's Place suicide bombing (April 30) – Jerusalem bombings (May 18) – Afula mall bombing (May 19) – Davidka Square bus bombing (June 11) – Murder of Oleg Shaichat (July 28) – Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing (August 19) – Tzrifin bus stop attack (September 9) – Café Hillel bombing (September 9) – Maxim restaurant suicide bombing (October 4) – Geha Interchange bus stop bombing (December 25)

2004	Erez Crossing bombing (January 14) – Gaza Street bus bombing (January 29) – Liberty Bell Park bus bombing (February 22) – Ashdod Port bombings (March 14) – Murder of Tali Hatuel and her four daughters (May 2) – Tashkent Israeli embassy bombing (July 30) – Beersheba bus bombings (August 31) – Sinai bombings (October 7) – Carmel Market bombing (November 1) – IDF outpost bombing attack (December 12)

2005	Karni border crossing attack (January 13) – Stage Club bombing (February 25) – 2nd HaSharon Mall entrance suicide bombing (July 12) – Shfar'am attack (August 4) – Hadera Market bombing (October 26) – 3rd HaSharon Mall entrance suicide bombing (December 5)

2006	Kedumim bombing (March 30) – Tel Aviv shawarma restaurant bombing (April 17) – Hamas cross-border raid (June 25) – Murder of Eliyahu Asheri (June 25)

2007	Eilat bakery bombing (January 29) – Nahal Telem attack (December 28)

2008	Dimona suicide bombing (February 4) – Mercaz HaRav massacre (March 6) – Jerusalem bulldozer attack (July 2) – Jerusalem BMW attack (September 22)

2009	Bat Ayin ax attack (April 2) – Killing of Rabbi Meir Hai (December 24)

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