Binyamina train station suicide bombing

2001 Palestinian attack in Binyamina, Israel
32°30′50″N 34°56′59″E / 32.51389°N 34.94972°E / 32.51389; 34.94972Date16 July 2001 (2001-07-16)
c. 7:35 pm (UTC+2)
Attack type
Suicide bombingWeapon20 kilograms (44 lb) suicide vestDeaths2 IDF soldiers (+1 bomber)Injured11 civiliansPerpetratorThe Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.[1]

The Binyamina train station suicide bombing occurred on 16 July 2001 by a Palestinian suicide bomber near the Binyamina railway station in the town of Binyamina-Giv'at Ada, Israel. Two people were killed and 11 were injured.

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad group claimed responsibility for the attack.[1]

The attack

The suicide bomber was 20-year-old Nidal Shaduf, from a village near Jenin. After infiltrating Israel, he entered Binyamina. It has been theorized that he intended to blow himself up inside the crowded railway station, but found he could not enter due to a heavy police presence and stringent security measures. As a result, he detonated at a soldiers' bus stop near the train station, waiting until it began filling with people before detonating.

The suicide bomber detonated at 7:35 pm. Two Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers were killed, and eleven people were injured, two of them seriously.[2]

Aftermath

Israeli security forces immediately froze all train traffic between Tel Aviv and Haifa. Israeli Police set up a dragnet to capture the vehicle which had been seen dropping the bomber off, using patrol cars, special forces, and helicopters, but without success. Several Palestinians staying illegally in Israel were caught in the area and taken into custody.

The IDF responded by attacking, primarily with tank fire, Palestinian Authority security installations and Force 17 positions.[3] Israeli helicopters also struck a house in Bethlehem belonging to Fatah militants, killing four.[4]

Both the United States and Palestinian Authority condemned the attack.

References

  1. ^ a b "Suicide Bomber Kills 2 Israeli Soldiers; 3rd Is Badly Wounded - New York Times". The New York Times. 17 July 2001. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  2. ^ Rubin, Barry; Rubin, Judith Colp (28 January 2015). Chronologies of Modern Terrorism. Routledge. ISBN 9781317474654.
  3. ^ Israeli missile attack threatens fresh violence, The Guardian, 18 July 2001
  4. ^ Israeli air raid kills four 'militants', BBC, 17 July 2001

External links

  • Two soldiers killed, six people injured in suicide bombing near Binyamina - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News
  • Two Soldiers Killed in Binyamina Suicide Bombing Attack - - News - Israel National News
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