Netzarim Junction bicycle bombing

Netzarim Junction bicycle bombing
Netzarim Junction bicycle bombing
	class=notpageimage\| The attack site
Native name	פיגוע ההתאבדות בצומת נצרים (1994)
Location	Netzarim Junction, Gaza Strip
Coordinates	31°27′55″N34°25′36″E / 31.46528°N 34.42667°E
Date	November 11, 1994;29 years ago; c. 13:40 pm (UTC+2)
Attack type	Suicide attack
Deaths	3 Israeli soldiers (+1 bomber)
Injured	6 Israeli soldiers and 6 Palestinian Arabs
Perpetrator	Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility
Assailant	Hisham Ismail Hamad
Participant	1

Last updated October 03, 2024

The Netzarim Junction bicycle bombing was a suicide bombing which occurred on November 11, 1994, at the Netzarim Junction, an Israeli Army checkpoint located in the Gaza Strip. In the attack, three Israeli soldiers were killed and six Israeli soldiers and six Palestinian Arab were wounded.

The attack

On Friday, November 11, 1994, a Palestinian Arab cyclist detonated explosives strapped to his body as he rode his bicycle into an Israeli Army checkpoint. Apart from the bomber, the blast killed three Israeli soldiers, all officers on reserve duty, and wounded twelve other people – six Israeli servicemen and six Palestinian Arabs, including members of a family that happened to be passing in a car.^[1]

The attack occurred close to the then Israeli settlement of Netzarim, at the main junction of Gaza Strip's north-south highway.^[2]

The perpetrators

A leaflet that was later distributed by Islamic Jihad identified the bomber as Hisham Ismail Hamad, 21, of Gaza City's Sheik Radwan neighborhood.^[2]

Aftermath

Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat condemned the attack, through an aide.^[2] Following the attack, the Palestinian police raided scores of houses and a mosque and arrested more than 100 Islamic militants in a crackdown ordered as a result of the killing of the three Israeli soldiers.^[1]

While apparently initiating a tougher policy against Muslim militants, leaders of the Palestinian self-rule authority denounced Netzarim and the other settlement in the Gaza Strip. "Netzarim has been a sore point," said Nabil Shaath, the Palestinian Authority's chief negotiator. Another official, Yasser Abed Rabbo, said, "The settlements represent a time bomb, and we think that in order to overcome many difficulties on the security level, this issue must be resolved, and resolved soon".^[1]

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References

1 2 3 Palestinians Arrest 100 Islamic Militants After Bicycle Bombing, New York Times 12 November 1994
1 2 3 Suicide Bomber Kills 3 Israeli Soldiers in Gaza, Los Angeles Times 12 November 1994

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[NYTimes-1] 1 2 3 Palestinians Arrest 100 Islamic Militants After Bicycle Bombing, New York Times 12 November 1994

[LATimes-2] 1 2 3 Suicide Bomber Kills 3 Israeli Soldiers in Gaza, Los Angeles Times 12 November 1994

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v t e Prominent Palestinian militancy attacks in the 1990s
Within Israel	Night of the Pitchforks (February 14, 1992) Murder of Helena Rapp (May 24, 1992) Kidnapping and murder of Nissim Toledano (December 13, 1992) Afula bus suicide bombing ² (April 6, 1994) Hadera central station suicide bombing (April 13, 1994) Kidnapping and murder of Nachshon Wachsman ² (October 14, 1994) Dizengoff Street bus bombing (October 19, 1994) Afula axe attack ² (November 30, 1994) Beit Lid massacre (January 22, 1995) Kfar Darom bus attack ³ (April 9, 1995) Ramat Gan bus bombing ² (July 24, 1995) Jerusalem bus 26 bombing (August 21, 1995) First Jerusalem bus 18 suicide bombing (February 25, 1996) Second Jerusalem bus 18 suicide bombing (March 3, 1996) Dizengoff Center suicide bombing (March 4, 1996) Murder of Yaron and Efrat Ungar (June 9, 1996) Café Apropo bombing (March 21, 1997) Mahane Yehuda Market bombings (July 30, 1997) Ben Yehuda Street Bombing (September 4, 1997)
West Bank	Mehola Junction bombing (April 16, 1993) Kidnapping and murder of Yaron Chen (August 5, 1993)
Gaza Strip	Netzarim Junction bicycle bombing (November 11, 1994)
¹ Attacks launched from Lebanon ² Attacks launched from the West Bank ³ Attacks launched from the Gaza strip 1980s 2000s

Netzarim Junction bicycle bombing
class=notpageimage\| The attack site
Native name	פיגוע ההתאבדות בצומת נצרים (1994)
Location	Netzarim Junction, Gaza Strip
Coordinates	31°27′55″N34°25′36″E / 31.46528°N 34.42667°E / 31.46528; 34.42667
Date	November 11, 1994;29 years ago (1994-11-11) c. 13:40 pm (UTC+2)
Attack type	Suicide attack
Deaths	3 Israeli soldiers (+1 bomber)
Injured	6 Israeli soldiers and 6 Palestinian Arabs
Perpetrator	Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility
Assailant	Hisham Ismail Hamad
Participant	1