The Tzrifin attack was a
suicide bombing
A suicide attack is any violent attack, usually entailing the attacker detonating an explosive, where the attacker has accepted their own death as a direct result of the attacking method used. Suicide attacks have occurred throughout histor ...
, which occurred on 9 September 2003 in a
bus stop
A bus stop is a place where buses stop for passengers to get on and off the bus. The construction of bus stops tends to reflect the level of usage, where stops at busy locations may have shelters, seating, and possibly electronic passenger ...
in central Israel next to the military base
Tzrifin. 9 IDF soldiers were killed in the attack and more than 15 soldiers were injured.
The suicide bomber was a member of the Palestinian organization
Hamas
Hamas (, ; , ; an acronym of , "Islamic Resistance Movement") is a Palestinian Sunni- Islamic fundamentalist, militant, and nationalist organization. It has a social service wing, Dawah, and a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qas ...
and was a resident of the Palestinian village
Rantis
Rantis ( ar, رنتيس) is a Palestinian town in the West Bank, located in the northwestern Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, 33 kilometers northwest of Ramallah. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of 2 ...
in the
West Bank
The West Bank ( ar, الضفة الغربية, translit=aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah; he, הגדה המערבית, translit=HaGadah HaMaʽaravit, also referred to by some Israelis as ) is a landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...
.
The attack
During the evening hours of Tuesday, 9 September 2003, a Palestinian militant who was holding a bag full of explosives, approached a
bus stop
A bus stop is a place where buses stop for passengers to get on and off the bus. The construction of bus stops tends to reflect the level of usage, where stops at busy locations may have shelters, seating, and possibly electronic passenger ...
near the Israeli military base Tzrifin, located on the eastern side of
Rishon LeZion
Rishon LeZion ( he, רִאשׁוֹן לְצִיּוֹן , ''lit.'' First to Zion, Arabic: راشون لتسيون) is a city in Israel, located along the central Israeli coastal plain south of Tel Aviv. It is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan ...
. The bus station was full of Israeli soldiers who were on their way home.
Around 17:50 pm the bomber detonated the explosive device. The force of the explosion killed 9 soldiers and injured more than 15. All the fatalities in the attack were soldiers.
Five hours after the attack,
another terrorist attack was carried out at Café Hillel in Jerusalem in which 7 people were killed over 30 people were injured.
See also
*
Café Hillel bombing
References
External links
Suicide Bombings- Tzrifin and Jerusalem - September 9- 2003- published at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- published on
USA Today
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on 9 September 2003
Suicide attack at Israeli army base- published on
BBC News
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on 9 September 2003
MidEast: Suicide Blast Kills Eight- published on
Sky News
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on 9 September 2003
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Suicide bombing in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
September 2003 events in Asia
Hamas attacks
Attacks on bus stations
Building bombings in Israel