- Meron Junction Bus 361 attack
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Meron Junction Bus 361 attack Part of the Second Intifada militancy campaign 
The attack siteLocation Meron junction, Israel Coordinates 32°59′18″N 35°26′37″E / 32.98833°N 35.44361°E Date August 4, 2002
8:45 amAttack type suicide bombing Death(s) 6 Israeli civilians and 3 soldiers (+ 1 bomber) Injured 38 (many soldiers) Perpetrator(s) Hamas claimed responsibility The Meron Junction Bus 361 attack was a suicide bombing which occurred on August 4, 2002 on an Egged bus in the Meron junction in northern Israel near Safed. 9 people were killed in the attack and 38 people were injured.
The Palestinian Islamist militant organization Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
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The attack
On 7:15 am of Thursday, 4 August 2002, Egged bus No. 361 left Haifa towards Safed and was full of soldiers on their way to military bases in north Israel. The suicide bomber boarded the bus near Karmiel.
At around 8:45 am, when the bus stoped at the Meron junction bus station, the suicide bomber, whom was at the back of the bus, detonated the explosive device hidden underneath his clothes. The blast which occurred while about 50 passengers were on the bus, caused heavy damage.
Six Israeli civilians and three soldiers were killed in the explosion and 38 other passengers were injured, nine of them critically.
Fatalities
- Sgt. Yifat Gavrieli, 19, of Mitzpe Adi[6]
- Sgt. Omri Goldin, 20, of Mitzpe Aviv[7]
- Adelina Kononen, 37, of the Philippines[8]
- Rebecca Roga, 40, of the Philippines[9]
External links
- August 4, 2002: 13 dead in a day of terror - published at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Israel bus attack causes carnage - published on BBC News on 4 August 2002
- Israel's week of bloodshed: bus bomb kills 9 as 4 other innocents are shot to death - published on the New York Post on August 5, 2002
References
Prominent terrorist attacks against Israeli targets in the history of the Arab–Israeli conflict – the 2000s 2000 Hezbollah cross-border raid (October 7) – Ramallah lynching (October 12)2001 Murder of Ofir Rahum (January 17) – Netanya bombing (March 4) – Murder of Shalhevet Pass (March 26) – Murder of Koby Mandell and Yosef Ishran (May 8) – 1st HaSharon Mall entrance suicide bombing (May 18) – Dolphinarium discotheque suicide bombing (June 1) – Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing (August 9) – Nahariya train station suicide bombing (September 9) – Assassination of the Israeli Minister of Tourism Rehavam Ze'evi (October 17) – Egged bus 823 bombing (November 29) – Ben Yehuda Street Bombings (December 1) – Haifa bus 16 suicide bombing (December 2) – Immanuel bus attack (December 12)2002 Bat Mitzvah massacre (January 18) – Tel Aviv outdoor mall bombing (January 25) – Jaffa Street bombing (January 27) – Karnei Shomron Mall suicide bombing (February 16) – Yeshivat Beit Yisrael massacre (March 2) – Café Moment bombing (March 9) – Matzuva attack (March 12) – Egged bus 823 bombing (March 20) – King George Street bombing (March 21) – Passover massacre (March 27) ‡ – Kiryat HaYovel supermarket bombing (March 29) – Matza restaurant suicide bombing (March 31) – Yagur Junction bombing (April 10) – Mahane Yehuda Market bombing (April 12) – Rishon LeZion bombing (May 7) – Netanya Market bombing (May 19) – Pi Glilot bombing (May 23) – Megiddo Junction bus bombing (June 5) – Herzliya shawarma restaurant bombing (June 11) – Patt Junction Bus Bombing (June 18) – French Hill Junction massacre (June 19) – Itamar attack (June 20) – Immanuel bus attack (July 16) – Neve Shaanan Street bombing (July 17) – Hebrew University massacre (July 31) – Meron Junction Bus 361 attack (August 4) – Allenby Street bus bombing (September 19) – Karkur junction suicide bombing (October 21) – Sonol gas station bombing (October 27) – Hebron ambush (November 15) – Kiryat Menachem bus bombing (November 21) – Mombasa attacks (November 28) – Beit She'an attack (November 28)2003 Tel-Aviv central bus station massacre (January 5) – Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing (March 5) – Mike's Place suicide bombing (April 30) – Jerusalem bombings (May 18) – Afula mall bombing (May 19) – Davidka Square bus bombing (June 11) – Murder of Oleg Shaichat (July 28) – Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing (August 19) – Tzrifin bus stop attack (September 9) – Café Hillel bombing (September 9) – Maxim restaurant suicide bombing (October 4) – Geha Interchange bus stop bombing (December 25)2004 Erez Crossing bombing (January 14) – Gaza Street bus bombing (January 29) – Liberty Bell Park bus bombing (February 22) – Ashdod Port bombings (March 14) – Murder of Tali Hatuel and her four daughters (May 2) – Tashkent Israeli embassy bombing (July 30) – Beersheba bus bombings (August 31) – Sinai bombings (October 7) – Carmel Market bombing (November 1)2005 Karni border crossing attack (January 13) – Stage Club bombing (February 25) – 2nd HaSharon Mall entrance suicide bombing (July 12) – Shfar'am attack (August 4) – Hadera Market bombing (October 26) – 3rd HaSharon Mall entrance suicide bombing (December 5)2006 Kedumim bombing (March 30) – Tel Aviv shawarma restaurant bombing (April 17) – Hamas cross-border raid (June 25) – Murder of Eliyahu Asheri (June 25) – Hezbollah cross-border raid (July 12)2007 Eilat bakery bombing (January 29) – Nahal Telem attack (December 28)2008 Dimona suicide bombing (February 4) – Mercaz HaRav massacre (March 6) – Jerusalem bulldozer attack (July 2) – Jerusalem BMW attack (September 22)2009 Bat Ayin ax attack (April 2) – Killing of Rabbi Meir Hai (December 24)‡ indicates the terrorist attack which caused the greatest amount of Israeli casualties during the 2000s
1990s
Full list of Palestinian suicide attacks • List of Israeli civilian casualties in the Second Intifada
Full list of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel • Full list of Lebanese rocket attacks on Israel • Rocket attack on Eilat
2010sCategories:- Palestinian suicide bomber attacks against buses
- Terrorist incidents in Israel in 2002
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