Global InformationReem Riyashi information
Reem Riyashi | |
|---|---|
| Born | Reem Saleh Riyashi 1981 |
| Died | 14 January 2004 (aged 22–23) Erez Crossing, Southern District, Israel |
| Cause of death | Suicide bombing |
| Children | 2 |
Reem Saleh Riyashi (Arabic: ريم صالح الرياشي Rīm Ṣāliḥ ar-Riyāshī; 1981 – 14 January 2004) was a Palestinian suicide bomber from Gaza City who killed herself and four Israelis at the Erez crossing[1] on 14 January 2004.[2] Hamas and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claimed that the attack by Riyashi was a joint operation mounted as a response to weeks of Israeli incursions into West Bank cities that had left about 25 Palestinians dead.[2]
Unlike most bombers, Riyashi came from a wealthy family. She was the eighth Palestinian female suicide bomber, but only the second to have left behind children.[2] Riyashi was the first female suicide bomber sent by Hamas whose spiritual leader at the time, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin had initially objected to the involvement of women in such actions, altering this position shortly before his assassination by Israel in March 2004.[3] She was the wife of a local Hamas commander and, according to Israeli security sources, she was involved in an extramarital affair with another Hamas commander from Gaza. Her suicide was planned by the two and it meant to cleanse her name and honor.[4]
- ^ Maria Alvanou. "Hijab of Blood: The role of Islam in Female Palestinian Terrorism". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 2 September 2007.
- ^ a b c Chris McGreal (15 January 2004). "Human-bomb mother kills four Israeli at Gaza checkpoint". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 September 2007.
- ^ Naaman, Dorit (2007). "Brides of Palestine/Angels of Death: Media, Gender, and Performance in the Case of the Palestinian Female Suicide Bombers". Signs. 32 (4). University of Chicago Press: 933–55. doi:10.1086/512624. ISSN 1545-6943. JSTOR 10.1086/512624. S2CID 146697419.
- ^ Bar-Zohar, Michael (2017). The Mossad Twin. Rishon Le'tsion: Yedioth Ahronot Books. pp. 9–13. ISBN 978-965-564-195-0.