2003 Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing

2003 suicide bombing in Jerusalem yes August 2017 Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing the Second Intifada militancy campaign Israel jerusalem The attack site הפיגוע בקו 2 he 31 47 40 N 35 13 15 E inline,title Jerusalem 2003 8 19 Suicide bombing 23 civilians and 1 unborn child (+1 bomber) 130+ civilians Hamas claimed responsibility On August 19, 2003, Palestinian militant Raed Abdel Hamid Misk, sent by the Hamas cell in Hebron, dressed as a Haredi Jew, boarded a crowded bus with Orthodox Jewish children returning from the Western Wall, and conducted a suicide bombing in the Shmuel HaNavi quarter in Jerusalem. Twenty-three civilians and 1 unborn child were killed, and over 130 were wounded. Many of the victims were children, some of them infants.2020-09-17 The Second Intifada: A look back at the Palestinian terror campaign https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/the-second-intifada-a-look-back-at-the-palestinian-terror-campaign-642647 2025-10-01 The Jerusalem Post en 0792-822X http://www.rememberthesechildren.org/remember2003.html Remember these children Remember these children April 4, 2013 December 26, 2013https://books.google.com/books?id=HkGcAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA193 Countering Terrorism: Biological Agents, Transportation Networks, and Energy Systems: Summary of a U.S.-Russian Workshop Russian Academy of Sciences National Academy of Sciences ((Policy and Global Affairs)) ((Development, Security, and Cooperation)) Office for Central Europe and Eurasia Committee on Counterterrorism Challenges for Russia and the United States 2009-03-26 National Academies Press 9780309127073 en Attack On August 19, 2003 (22 Av 5763), a Hamas suicide bomber sent out by the organization's Hebron cell disguised himself as a Haredi Jew and detonated himself on a No. 2 Egged bus traveling through Jerusalem's Shmuel HaNavi neighborhood. He blew himself up after entering the back door.BzouWqFtv0AC 45 yes Terror: How Israel Has Coped and What America Can Learn Leonard A. Cole Indiana University Press 2007 December 26, 2013 The double-length bus was crowded with Orthodox Jewish children returning from a visit to the Western Wall. In addition to the perpetrator, the huge explosion killed 7 children and 16 adults, among them Lilach Kardi who was eight months' pregnant, and injured more than 130 people.https://embassies.gov.il/MFA/FOREIGNPOLICY/Terrorism/Palestinian/Pages/Suicide%20bombing%20of%20No%202%20Egged%20bus%20in%20Jerusalem%20-%201.aspx Suicide bombing of No 2 Egged bus in Jerusalem-19-Aug-2003 Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs 17 August 2020 August 10, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230810230509/https://embassies.gov.il/MFA/FOREIGNPOLICY/Terrorism/Palestinian/Pages/Suicide%20bombing%20of%20No%202%20Egged%20bus%20in%20Jerusalem%20-%201.aspx dead The bomb was spiked with ball-bearings designed to increase injuries on the crowded bus. Hamas said the bomber was a 29-year-old mosque preacher from the city of Hebron. The people killed were: Avraham Bar-Or, 12, of Jerusalem Binyamin Bergman, 15, of Jerusalem Yaakov Binder, 50, of Jerusalem Feiga Dushinski, 50, of Jerusalem Miriam Eisenstein, 20, of Bnei Brak Lilach Kardi, 22, of Jerusalem Menachem Leibel, 24, of Jerusalem Elisheva Meshulami, 16, of Bnei Brak Tehilla Nathanson, 3, of Zichron Ya'acov Chava Nechama Rechnitzer, 19, of Bnei Brak Mordechai Reinitz, 49, and Issachar Reinitz, 9, of Netanya Maria Antonia Reslas, 39, of the Philippines Liba Schwartz, 54, of Jerusalem Hanoch Segal, 65, of Bnei Brak Goldie Taubenfeld, 43, and Shmuel Taubenfeld, 3 months, of New Square, New York Rabbi Eliezer Weisfish, 42, of Jerusalem Shmuel Wilner, 50, of Jerusalem Shmuel Zargari, 11 months, of Jerusalem. Fruma Rahel Weitz, 73, of Jerusalem, died of her wounds on August 23. Mordechai Laufer, 27, of Netanya, died of his wounds on September 5. Tova Lev, 37, of Bnei-Brak, died of her wounds on September 12. Because so many of the dead and injured were children,Ettinger Yair https://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/after-praying-for-a-seventh-child-nava-s-baby-died-in-her-arms-1.97835 https://web.archive.org/web/20121009131740/http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/after-praying-for-a-seventh-child-nava-s-baby-died-in-her-arms-1.97835 dead October 9, 2012 After praying for a seventh child Nava's baby died in her arms Haaretz.com August 21, 2003 December 26, 2013 the media dubbed it the "children's bus". According to an Associated Press report, Strollers were scattered near the stricken bus, medics carried away children with blood-smeared faces and a baby girl died in a hospital before doctors could find her parents. At least five children were among the 18 dead in Tuesday's suicide bombing by a Palestinian militant who blew himself up on a Jerusalem bus. Forty children were among more than 100 people injured. The attack was the 100th Palestinian suicide bombing against Israelis since the latest round of fighting began in September 2000. The youth of the victims stands out in that grim list, and the government said the choice of target was particularly cold-blooded.Israel shocked at child toll of Jerusalem bus bombing CNN, 20 August 2003 Perpetrators Both Hamas and Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack."The attack tonight was claimed by members of both Hamas and Islamic Jihad. The Israeli police said the bomber was from Hamas." James Bennet, BOMBING KILLS 18 AND HURTS SCORES ON JERUSALEM BUS, The New York Times, August 20, 2003."The militant Palestinian groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad both said they carried out the attack." Bus bomb carnage in Jerusalem, BBC News, August 20, 2003."...a bus bomb in Jerusalem earlier this week – for which both groups claimed responsibility – left 20 people dead." Roger Hardy, Analysis: End of roadmap?, BBC News, August 21, 2003. The Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas claimed responsibility for the operation and named 29-year old Hebron resident Raed Abdel Hamid Misk (kunya Abu al-Mu'min) as the perpetrator. According to the Brigades, Misk was born in Hebron on 24 January 1974 and educated at Al-Jazair School and the Sharia School for Boys. He was first arrested by Israel in 1989 and spent a year in Israeli jails.الذكرى الـ22 لعملية الاستشهادي القسامي رائد مسك غرب مدينة القدس https://hurrya.news/?p=73920 20 April 2026 Hurrya 2025-08-19 To execute the operation, Misk disguised himself as a Jew, and boarded the double-decker bus after it had left Al-Buraq Square. At 9pm, he detonated a bomb and killed 25 people. Aftermath The attack put an end to the so-called Hudna that had been announced in July 2003. Israeli forces arrested 17 Palestinians suspected of being Hamas activists, including several of the bomber's relatives,August 20, 2003 Israel blast suspends talks http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3165997.stm BBC while Hamas leader Ismail Abu Shanab and his two bodyguards were killed by an Israeli helicopter missile strike in Gaza.Ismail Abu Shanab http://www.webgaza.net/gaza_strip/gaza/people_profiles/Abu-Shanab_Ismail.htm Web Gaza January 16, 2017 August 15, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240815053305/http://webgaza.net/gaza_strip/gaza/people_profiles/Abu-Shanab_Ismail.htm dead In 2004 a memorial plaque to the victims was erected in the Beit Yisrael neighborhood of Jerusalem. The name of the only non-Jewish victim, Maria Antonia Reslas, was engraved separately from the names of the other victims, with the title "Mrs" rather than the title "sainted" (kadosh) used for the Jews, resulting in some controversy.A degrading memorial https://web.archive.org/web/20071001091359/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/objects/pages/PrintArticleEn.jhtml?itemNo=465063 October 1, 2007 Haaretz, August 16, 2004 Reactions United States president George W. Bush sent his condolences to the victims' families. The European Commission also denounced what it called the "devastating terrorist attack" and called on the Palestinian Authority to intervene to bring a halt to such acts:The European Commission strongly condemns last night's devastating terrorist attack in Jerusalem and expresses its sincere condolences to the families of the victims and to the Israeli Government. This is an attack on all the forces working for peace. The European Commission calls on the Palestinian Authority to do everything in its powers to prevent such unacceptable and unjustified act of violence, and urges the PA and the Israeli Government to pursue their dialogue and common efforts towards peace as set out in the Road Map.August 20, 2003 The European Commission strongly condemns Jerusalem terrorist attack http://www.europa-eu-un.org/articles/en/article_2656_en.htm European Union Europa-eu-un.org See also Dizengoff Center suicide bombing Israeli casualties of war Kiryat Menachem bus bombing Patt junction bus bombing Palestinian political violence References 30em External links Bus bombing in Jerusalem kills at least 18, injures more than 100 – published on NPR on August 19, 2003 18 killed, over 110 hurt in Jerusalem bus bomb – published on Haaretz on August 20, 2003 Bus bomb carnage in Jerusalem – published on BBC News on August 20, 2003 Bomber his bus carrying Israeli families 18 die, 100 wounded; children among victims https://web.archive.org/web/20130420211817/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/386414671.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT April 20, 2013 – published on the Boston Globe on August 20, 2003 Suicide bombing of No. 2 Egged bus in Jerusalem August 19, 2003 – published at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs Category:2003 mass murders Category:Hamas suicide bombings Category:Israeli casualties in the Second Intifada Category:Hamas suicide bombings of buses Category:Child murder in Jerusalem Category:2003 in Jerusalem Category:August 2003 in Asia Category:Nationalist terrorist incidents in the 2000s Category:Terrorist incidents in Jerusalem in the 2000s Category:21st-century mass murders in Jerusalem Category:August 2003 crimes in Asia Category:Suicide bombings in Jerusalem Category:Terrorist incidents in Asia in 2003 Category:2003 murders in Asia Category:2003 road incidents Category:2000s road incidents in Asia Category:Suicide bombings in 2003