The Geha Interchange bus stop bombing 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 December 25, 2003 on a bus stop at the
Geha Interchange on the outskirts of
Tel Aviv,
Israel. Four people died in the attack and sixteen were injured. The
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility for the attack.
The attack
On Thursday, around 6:30 pm on December 25, 2003, a Palestinian suicide bomber detonated an explosive device near a bus stop at the Geha Interchange. Three Israeli soldiers and a 19-year-old woman died in the attack and 16 others were wounded. Two died instantly and a third died on the way to the hospital. The fourth victim died in the hospital several hours later.
The perpetrators
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility for the attack and stated that the suicide bomber was 18-year-old Saed Hanani of
Beit Furik
Beit Furik ( ar, بيت فوريك) is a Palestinian town located nine kilometers southeast of Nablus, in the Nablus Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the to ...
, a village in the
West Bank.
The attack came shortly after Israeli helicopters killed an
Islamic Jihad commander and four other Palestinians in Gaza.
References
External links
Four Die In Suicide Bombing At Bus Stop Outside Tel Aviv- published on the
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel'' is a daily morning broadsheet printed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where it is the primary newspaper. It is also the largest newspaper in the state of Wisconsin, where it is widely distributed. It is currently o ...
on December 26, 2003
{{Palestinian militancy attacks in the 2000s
Suicide bombing in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
December 2003 events in Asia
Attacks on bus stations
Building bombings in Israel
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine attacks
Israeli casualties in the Second Intifada