Ramat Gan bus bombing
{{Short description|1995 suicide attack}}
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{{Infobox terrorist attack
| title = Ramat Gan bus 20 bombing
| image = Ramat Gan bus bombing. Dan Hadani Archive I.jpg
| caption = The attack aftermath
| map = {{location map|Israel center ta|caption=The attack site}}
| location = Abba Hillel Street, Ramat Gan, Israel
| target =
| date = {{start date and age|1995|7|24}}
| native_name = הפיגוע בקו 20 ברמת גן
| native_name_lang = he
| coordinates = {{coord|32|05|03|N|34|48|12|E|display=inline,title}}
| time = {{circa}} 8:40 am
| time-begin =
| time-end =
| timezone = GMT+2
| type = Suicide attack
| weapon = {{convert|15|kg|lb}} explosive device
| fatalities = 6 Israeli civilians (+1 bomber)
| injuries = 33 Israeli civilians
| perps =
| perpetrator = Hamas claimed responsibility
}}
The Ramat Gan bus bombing was a Hamas suicide attack on a crowded No. 20 commuter bus in Ramat Gan, Israel on July 24, 1995, near the Israel Diamond Exchange. Six Israelis were killed and 33 were wounded. The bomb contained 15 kilograms (33 lb) of TNT packed with nails into a metal pipe.[https://books.google.com/books?id=UIBzCC0c2McC&q=1995+ramat+gan+bus+bombing+hamasTerrorism%2C&pg=PA845 1992-1995: A chronology of events, Edward F. Mickolus and Susan L. Simmons, p.845]
The perpetrator
Just after 9:00 am, a call came in to the Associated Press office in East Jerusalem claiming responsibility for the attack. The caller boasted that a youth from Hamas from the Yahya Ayyash group from the West Bank carried out the attack" {{cite book |author=Katz, Samuel |title=The Hunt for the Engineer |publisher=Lyons Press |date=2002 |isbn=1585747491}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/21154/edition_id/24/format/html/displaystory.html Bus attack may speed up peace talks with Palestinians]
- [http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Foreign%20Relations/Israels%20Foreign%20Relations%20since%201947/1995-1996/Remarks%20by%20Prime%20Minister%20Rabin%20on%20Israel%20Radio%20an Remarks by Prime Minister Rabin on Israel Radio and Television on Ramat Gan attack, 24 July 1995.]
{{Terrorist attacks against Israelis in the 1990s}}
{{Palestinian militancy attacks in the 1990s}}
Category:Suicide bombings in 1995
Category:Hamas suicide bombings of buses
Category:Terrorist incidents in Israel in 1995
Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 1995
Category:20th-century mass murder in Israel