Matza restaurant suicide bombing

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{{Short description|2002 Palestinian militant attack in Haifa, Israel}}

{{Infobox terrorist attack

| title = Matza restaurant suicide bombing

| partof = the Second Intifada militancy campaign

| image =

| caption =

| map = {{location map|Israel north haifa|lat_deg=32|lat_min=47|lat_sec=19|lon_deg=35|lon_min=0|lon_sec=9|caption=The attack site}}

| location = Haifa, Israel

| native_name = הפיגוע במסעדת מצה

| native_name_lang = heb

| coordinates = {{coord|32|47|19|N|35|0|9|E|display=inline,title}}

| target =

| date = {{start date and age|2002|3|31}}

| time = {{circa}} 3:00 pm

| time-begin =

| time-end =

| timezone = UTC+2

| type = Suicide bomber

| fatalities = 16 civilians (+1 bomber)

| injuries = 40+ civilians

| perps =

| perpetrator = Hamas claimed responsibility

| assailant = Shadi Tobassi

}}

The Matza restaurant suicide bombing occurred on March 31, 2002, when a Palestinian Hamas suicide bomber detonated his bomb inside the Matza restaurant in Haifa, Israel, near the Grand Canyon shopping mall, killing 16 Israeli civilians including children and injuring over 40 people.{{cite news | last = Bennet | first = James | title = MIDEAST TURMOIL: THE VIOLENCE; Bomber Strikes Jews and Arabs At Rare Refuge | work = New York Times | date = 2002-04-01 | url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F03E0DD153AF932A35757C0A9649C8B63 | access-date = 2008-07-13}}{{cite web |url=http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1077927.html |title=Israeli man succumbs to wounds sustained in 2002 Hamas suicide bombing - Haaretz - Israel News |access-date=2009-04-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415134709/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1077927.html |archive-date=2009-04-15 }}