1988 Palestinian terrorist attack in Jericho, West Bank
Jericho bus firebombing
Charred bus remains
Native name
הפיגוע בקו 961
Location
Near Jericho, on Highway 90, West Bank
Date
October 30, 1988; 35 years ago (1988-10-30) c. 19:45 pm (UTC+2)
Attack type
Ambush, firebombing
Weapons
3 molotov cocktails
Deaths
5 Israelis (including 3 children)
Injured
5 Israelis
Perpetrators
Palestinian youths
No. of participants
3
The Jericho bus firebombing was a Palestinian terrorist attack that occurred during the First Intifada outside the West Bank town of Jericho. In the attack, a bus was targeted by militants wielding molotov cocktails, and destroyed. It resulted in the deaths of 5 Israelis, and the wounding of 5 others.
Two assailants were arrested immediately, and imprisoned by Israel. They were released after 25 years as part of the renewal of peace negotiations with the Palestinian National Authority.
and 22 Related for: Jericho bus firebombing information
The Jerichobusfirebombing was a Palestinian terrorist attack that occurred during the First Intifada outside the West Bank town of Jericho. In the attack...
victims Rachel, Netanel, Rephael and Ephraim Weiss, victims of the Jerichobusfirebombing Abraham Zelmanowitz, American victim of the September 11 attacks...
The Bus 300 affair (Hebrew: פרשת קו 300 Translit.: Parashat Kav 300 Translated: Line 300 affair), also known as Kav 300 affair, was a 1984 incident in...
1987 Night of the Gliders (November 25) 1988 Mothers' Bus attack (March 7) Jerichobusfirebombing (October 30) 1989 Killing of Avi Sasportas and Ilan Saadon...
to limit the powers Rahimuddin had accumulated. October 30 – Jerichobusfirebombing: Five Israelis are killed and five wounded in a Palestinian attack...
1987 Night of the Gliders (November 25) 1988 Mothers' Bus attack (March 7) Jerichobusfirebombing (October 30) 1989 Killing of Avi Sasportas and Ilan Saadon...
acceptance of responsibility, its regret, and its condolences". 1990 Cairo bus attack 2004 Sinai bombings 2005 Sharm el-Sheikh attacks Policeman Shoots...
1987 Night of the Gliders (November 25) 1988 Mothers' Bus attack (March 7) Jerichobusfirebombing (October 30) 1989 Killing of Avi Sasportas and Ilan Saadon...
after 3 Rachels: Rachel Drouk; Rachel Weiss, who was killed in the Jerichobusfirebombing; and the matriarch Rachel. According to one of its founders, Shabtay...
Zilberman's daughter Rachel Weiss and her three sons were killed in the Jerichobusfirebombing. In 1991, Zilberman moved to the Jewish Quarter, to be in close...
1987 Night of the Gliders (November 25) 1988 Mothers' Bus attack (March 7) Jerichobusfirebombing (October 30) 1989 Killing of Avi Sasportas and Ilan Saadon...
its first reconnaissance satellite, into space. 30 October – Jerichobusfirebombing: Five Israelis are killed and five wounded in a Palestinian attack...
1987 Night of the Gliders (November 25) 1988 Mothers' Bus attack (March 7) Jerichobusfirebombing (October 30) 1989 Killing of Avi Sasportas and Ilan Saadon...
1987 Night of the Gliders (November 25) 1988 Mothers' Bus attack (March 7) Jerichobusfirebombing (October 30) 1989 Killing of Avi Sasportas and Ilan Saadon...
from the Koran." On April 6, a suicide bomber blew up his car at a crowded bus stop in Afula, killing eight Israelis and injuring 34. An additional five...
escalated into clashes with the Israeli police involving rock-throwing, firebombing, and live-fire. Policemen used tear-gas and opened fire with rubber-coated...
and assaulting them with makeshift weapons. The IDF also reported that a firebomb was thrown at soldiers. Meanwhile, the Israeli commandos responded with...
Jibril Othman al-Takruri (1 life sentence) – Carried out a firebomb attack on a bus in Jericho, in which a mother and her three children, and a soldier...
Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-3079-4737-6. Honey, M. K. (2007). Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King's Last Campaign. New York:...
particular, Bevin hoped to restrict Israel's southern border to the Gaza–Jericho–Beersheba road. The British ambassador in Cairo, Sir Ronald Campbell, advocated...
Ben-Aroya; Jalal Bana (4 August 2001). "Remand extended for woman in attempted bus station bombing". Haaretz. Retrieved 19 May 2012. "41 Palestinian prisoners...
as one of the suspects involved in a 24 June 2012 grenade attack on the Jericho bar in Mombasa. The attack took place during a Euro 2012 football match...
Global Information