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Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing
Part of the Second Intifada militancy campaign
The attack aftermath
Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing is located in Haifa region of Israel
Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing
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The attack location
Native nameהפיגוע בקו 37
LocationHaifa, Israel
Coordinates32°47′50″N 34°59′03″E / 32.79722°N 34.98417°E / 32.79722; 34.98417
Date5 March 2003; 21 years ago (2003-03-05)
TargetBus
Attack type
Suicide attack
WeaponSuicide vest
Deaths17 (+ 1 bomber)
Injured53
PerpetratorHamas
Participant1

The Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing was a suicide bombing carried out on 5 March 2003 on an Egged bus in Haifa, Israel. 17 passengers were killed in the attack and 53 were injured.[1] Many of the victims were children, teenagers and students from Haifa University.[2]

The Palestinian Islamist terror organization Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack. The suicide bomber was 20-year-old Mahmoud Umdan Salim Qawasmeh, a student at the Palestine Polytechnic University. An Israeli Arab resident of Haifa who helped plan the attack was also tried and sentenced to life imprisonment for his involvement.[3]

  1. ^ Suicide bombing of Egged bus No. 37 in Haifa, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 21 January 2004.
  2. ^ "Archives: Jerusalem Post". Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  3. ^ "מאסר עולם לערבי ישראלי שסייע לפיגוע בחיפה - וואלה! חדשות". Archived from the original on 3 May 2005. Retrieved 7 January 2020.

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