6 April 1994; 30 years ago (1994-04-06) 12:15 pm (GMT+2)
Attack type
Suicide attack
Deaths
8 Israeli civilians (+ 1 bomber)
Injured
55
Perpetrators
Hamas, PIJ claimed responsibility
Motive
Revenge for the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre
The Afula bus suicide bombing was carried out on 6 April 1994, at a bus stop next to an Egged bus in the center of Afula, Israel. Eight Israeli civilians were killed in the attack and 55 were injured. Hamas and PIJ claimed responsibility for the attack.[1]
This was the first suicide bombing attack to be carried out by Palestinian militants against Israeli civilians in Israel,[i][2] and was carried out in retaliation for the killing by a settler of 29 Muslims while they were at prayer in the Ibrahimi mosque in Hebron on 25 February.[3]
^Hoffman, David (7 April 1994). "8 Killed, 40 Injured in Car Bomb Blast at Israeli Bus Stop". washingtonpost.com. Archived from the original on 27 November 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
^Stork, Joe; Human Rights Watch (2002). Erased in a moment: suicide bombing attacks against Israeli civilians (Illustrated ed.). Human Rights Watch. p. 66. ISBN 978-1-56432-280-7. suicide bombing baruch goldstein 1994.
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