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Hamas has become known for their special branch of
jihad called "Allotment of the Power of Religion"
These dedicated suicide bombers believe that death in
the name of God is the greatest sacrifice that a
Muslim can offer. Targets of these attacks have
included Israelis and moderate Palestinians including
the members of the PLO.
The
organization's first mass attack was a car bomb that
blew up at a bus stop in Afula in April 1994,
murdering 8 and wounding 51.
22 people killed and 56 wounded in a
suicide bombing attack on the No. 5 bus on
Dizengoff St. in Tel Aviv, Oct. 1994
26 killed by suicide bomber on a #18
bus near the Jerusalem Central Bus Station, Feb. 1996
16 killed in the Mahane Yehuda open
market in Jerusalem in a double suicide attack, July
1997
March 4, 2001 - A suicide bomber
detonated a case laden with explosives on
the main street of Netanya. Three Israelis were killed
and 53 injured
June 1, 2001 - Dolphinarium in Tel
Aviv, 21 killed - mostly new-immigrant teenagers from
the former Soviet Union. A suicide bomber detonated
himself at the entrance to the
"Dolphinarium" club in Tel Aviv.
Aug. 9, 2001 - Sbarro's Pizzeria in
Jerusalem, 15 killed, including the parents and three
children of the Schijveschuurder family
Sept. 9, 2001 - A suicide bomber
detonated an explosive device strapped to
his body at the Nahariya train station. An Israeli
civilian and two soldiers
were killed and 46 were wounded.
Dec. 2, 2001 - Haifa bus explosion.
Suicide bomber detonated an explosive device concealed
under a coat on a bus near Yad L'banim in Haifa.
Fifteen civilians were
killed and 35 wounded.
45 murdered within the space of five
days in March 2002: a suicide Hamas terrorist blew
himself up in a Haifa restaurant, killing 15, and
another one did the same in the Park Hotel in in
Netanya during a Passover Seder, murdering some 30 and
wounding 144.
May 7, 2002 - Rishon Letzion hall,
16 killed. Suicide bomber detonated an explosive belt
and an additional
explosive device in a bag, at a club in.
June 18, 2002 - #32 bus from Gilo,
Jerusalem, 19 killed. A suicide bomber detonated an
explosives-laden bag on a bus traveling along
Dov-Yosef Street in Jerusalem.
March 5, 2003 - #37 bus in Haifa, 15
dead
May 18, 2003 - A suicide bomber
detonated an explosive device strapped to
his body at the entrance to a mall in Netanya. Five
Israeli civilians were
killed, and 86 were wounded.
June 11, 2003 - #14 bus, Jerusalem,
17 murdered
23 dead and 115 wounded when a Hamas
suicide bomber blew himself up on a No. 2 bus line
coming from the Western Wall in Jerusalem, August 2003
Jan. 29, 2004 - A suicide bomber
detonated a bag laden with explosives on a
No. 19 bus line on Aza Street in Jerusalem. Ten
Israelis and one foreigner
were killed and 44 were injured.
Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin was
killed in an Israeli missile attack in March 2004, and
less than a month later, the same fate befell his
successor, Abdel Aziz Rantisi. There has been
hundreds of terrorists attacks plotted by members of
Hamas. It is impossible to list them all here.. At
least 557 people have been killed in the attacks. |
