Global InformationShaar HaNegev school bus attack information
| Hamas school bus attack | |
|---|---|
 The attack aftermath | |
  class=notpageimage| The attack site | |
| Native name | המתקפה על אוטובוס התלמידים בשער הנגב |
| Location | Negev, Israel |
| Coordinates | 31°28′12″N 34°31′40″E / 31.47000°N 34.52778°E |
| Date | 7 April 2011 |
| Target | Schoolbus |
Attack type | Laser guided missile attack |
| Weapons | 9M133 Kornet anti-tank missile |
| Deaths | 1 child |
| Injured | 1 civilian |
| Perpetrator | Al-Qassam Brigades |
The Shaar HaNegev school bus attack was a missile attack on 7 April 2011, in which Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip fired a Kornet laser-guided anti-tank missile over the border at an Israeli school bus, killing a schoolboy.[1]
Hamas claimed the bus was traveling on a road used by Israeli military vehicles and it did not know that schoolchildren were on board.[2] Israel said the yellow color of the bus made it easily identifiable and accused Hamas of "crossing a line."[2]
The missile hit the bus after all but one of the children had been dropped off.[3] The only remaining passenger, a 16-year-old boy, Daniel Viflic,[4] was critically injured with shrapnel wounds to the head and died from his injuries on 17 April.[5] The driver was lightly injured.[6][7][8][9] Another mortar barrage was timed to coincide with the arrival of the paramedics, which delayed the evacuation.[citation needed]
The attack was condemned by the international community.
- ^ School bus attack may spark Gaza war, The Australian, 9 April 2011
- ^ a b "Hamas says didn't mean to target Israeli school bus". Reuters. 9 April 2011
- ^ "Teen critically injured in attack on Negev bus", Ynet Israel News, 7 April 2011
- ^ "Daniel Viflic, 16, injured in Hamas bus attack, dies", Jerusalem Post
- ^ "Teen wounded in Hamas strike on school bus dies", Haaretz
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ "Israeli boy Daniel Viflic dies after rocket hits bus", BBC News 18 April 2011
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