A Palestinian suicide bombing was carried out on September 9, 2003 in Café Hillel in

German Colony, Jerusalem , settlement_type = Neighborhood of Jerusalem , image_skyline = Cremieux Street, German Colony, Jerusalem.jpg , imagesize = 300px , image_caption = Cremieux Street , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_ ...

. Seven people were killed in the attack and over 50 were injured. A few hours prior to the Café Hillel bombing, Palestinian militants carried out a suicide attack in a bus stop next to the military base Tzrifin.

The attack

On Tuesday evening, 9 September 2003 a Palestinian suicide bomber approached the " Café Hillel" coffee shop in the German Colony neighborhood of Jerusalem. Security guard Alon Mizrahi was attempting to prevent the bomber from entering when he blew himself up. At 11:20 pm the bomber detonated the explosive device he carried on his body. Among those killed in the attack were Dr. David Applebaum, head of the emergency room at

Shaare Zedek Medical Center The Shaare Zedek Medical Center ( he, מרכז רפואי שערי צדק, ''Merkaz Refu'i Sha'arei Tzedek'') (lit. "Gates of Justice") is a large teaching hospital in Jerusalem established in 1902, It affiliated with Hebrew University of Jerusal ...

in Jerusalem, and his daughter Nava, who was to have been married the day after the bombing.

Perpetrator

The attack was perpetrated by the Hamas member Ramez Abu Salim who originated from the village of

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, and had been a student at

Bir Zeit University Birzeit University (BZU; ar, جامعة بيرزيت) is a public university in the West Bank, in the State of Palestine, registered by the Palestinian Ministry of Social Affairs as charitable organization. It is accredited by the Ministry of H ...

Aftermath

In July 2004 Israeli military forces arrested members of a Palestinian militant squad who were involved in the execution and planning of many attacks, including the Café Hillel bombing. On 14 March 2010 Israeli military forces caught the

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militant leader Maher Udda, whom participated in the execution of both these suicide attacks as well as other terrorist attack.

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Suicide Bombings- Tzrifin and Jerusalem - September 9- 2003
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Two separate suicide bombings kill at least 15 in Israel
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2nd Deadly Bomb Blast Hits Israel
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Attacks wreck peace hopes
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The attack

Perpetrator

Aftermath

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