December 2005 HaSharon Mall bombing | |
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Part of the Second Intifada militancy campaign | |
Location | Netanya, Israel |
Coordinates | 32°19′35″N34°51′44″E / 32.32639°N 34.86222°E |
Date | December 5, 2005 11:30 am (GMT+2) |
Attack type | Suicide bombing |
Deaths | 5 Israeli civilians (+1 bomber) |
Injured | 40+ Israeli civilians |
Perpetrator | Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility |
The December 2005 HaSharon Mall bombing was a terror attack carried out on December 5, 2005 in the HaSharon Mall in Netanya, Israel. Five people were killed in the attack.
The Palestinian Islamist militant organization Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack and over 40 were injured.
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The Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility and identified the attacker as Lotfi Abu Saada, from the village of Illar in northern West Bank. [1] In response, Israel killed two senior militants in a Gaza airstrike. [2]
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