2002 Immanuel bus attack

{{Infobox terrorist attack

|title=Immanuel bus attack

|partof=the Second Intifada militancy campaign

|map={{location map|Israel shomron|caption=|float=center}}

|map_caption=The attack site

|location=Immanuel, West Bank

|target=

|date=July 16, 2002
15:00 pm

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|time-end=

|timezone=

|type=Ambush, Mass murder, spree killing, Bombing, Shooting attack

|weapons= AK-47 rifles, hand grenades, a roadside bomb

|fatalities=9 Israeli civilians{{cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=APAB&d_place=APAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F86D3E3A4F35EBF&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=NewsLibrary.com - newspaper archive, clipping service - newspapers and other news sources|access-date=16 December 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2002/7/Terrorist%20attack%20on%20bus%20at%20Emmanuel%20-%20July%2016-%20200|title=Terrorist Attack on Bus at Emmanuel|date=2002-07-16|publisher=Israeli Foreign Ministry|access-date=2008-10-25}}{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZgUhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6nUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6154,3436457|title=The Day - Google News Archive Search|access-date=16 December 2014}}

|injuries=20 Israeli civilians

|perps=DFLP and Fatah

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The Immanuel bus attack was an ambush attack by Palestinian militants against Israeli civilians on 16 July 2002. It was carried out by three Palestinians disguised as Israeli soldiers. The attack came less than a year after the 2001 Immanuel bus attack.

The attackers first detonated a roadside bomb next to an armored civilian Dan No. 189 bus. Immediately afterwards, the assailants opened fire and threw hand grenades at the passengers. Nine Israelis were killed in the attack and 20 people suffered various degrees of injuries.

The attack was claimed by the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) and coordinated with Fatah.{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aVcG7EkuPgAC&dq=%22dflp%22+terror&pg=PA145|page=145|first1=Stephen|last1=Sloan|first2=Sean K.|last2=Anderson|year=2009|title=Historical Dictionary of Terrorism|publisher=Scarecrow|isbn=9780810863118}}

The attack

On Tuesday afternoon, 16 July 2002, three armed Palestinians militants disguised as Israeli soldiers planted a roadside bomb beside the road leading to the Jewish settlement of Immanuel, about 200 meters before the entrance to the town. After placing the bomb, the assailants ambushed a bus on its way from Bnei Brak.{{cite web |url=http://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/meast/07/16/hanna.mideast.otsc/index.html |title=CNN.com - Mike Hanna: Attack comes amid high security - July 16, 2002 |first=Mike |last=Hanna |work=cnn.com |year=2011 |access-date=16 October 2011 |archive-date=11 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080211200446/http://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/meast/07/16/hanna.mideast.otsc/index.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url= http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2002/7/Terrorist%20attack%20on%20bus%20at%20Emmanuel%20-%20July%2016-%20200 |title=Terrorist attack on bus at Emmanuel - July 16- 200 |work=mfa.gov.il |year=2011 |access-date=16 October 2011}}

At about 15:00 an armored Dan bus line 189, en route to Immanuel from Bnei Brak, approached the site as the roadside bomb exploded. As a result of the explosion, the bus was immobilized. The assailants fired small arms at the bus and threw hand grenades at the passengers through its roof and windows.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pDNSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JTYNAAAAIBAJ&pg=7262,4260253|title=The Victoria Advocate - Google News Archive Search|access-date=16 December 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ytNRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RXADAAAAIBAJ&pg=1828,4143692|title=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search|access-date=16 December 2014}}

Nine people were killed in the attack and 20 people suffered various degrees of injuries.{{cite web |url= http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/the-intifada-that-was-1.316608 |title=The intifada that was - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News |work=haaretz.com |year=2011 |quote=Immanu |access-date=16 October 2011}}

References

External links

[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AOtIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=roIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3575,1346688 Israel arrest 16 in wake of attacks] - published on The Vindicator on July 19, 2002
[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2002/7/Terrorist%20attack%20on%20bus%20at%20Emmanuel%20-%20July%2016-%20200 Terrorist attack on bus at Emmanuel - July 16, 2002] - published on the Israeli Foreign Ministry website
[http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/eighth-immanuel-victim-was-too-young-to-have-a-name-1.39409 Eighth Immanuel victim was too young to have a name] - published on the Haaretz on July 18, 2002
[http://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/meast/07/17/mideast/index.html Israel searches for bus attackers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080225151637/http://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/meast/07/17/mideast/index.html |date=2008-02-25 }} - published on CNN on July 17, 2002