Binyamina train station suicide bombing

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Binyamina train station suicide bombing
Part of the Second Intifada militancy campaign
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Native nameהפיגוע בתחנת הרכבת בבנימינה
Location Binyamina, Israel
Coordinates 32°30′50″N34°56′59″E / 32.51389°N 34.94972°E / 32.51389; 34.94972
Date16 July 2001 (2001-07-16)
c. 7:35 pm (UTC+2)
Attack type
 Suicide bombing
Weapon20 kilograms (44 lb) suicide vest
Deaths2 IDF soldiers (+1 bomber)
Injured11 civilians
PerpetratorThe 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.

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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.

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References

  1. 1 2 "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
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