Hadera central station suicide bombing
Encyclopedia
The Hadera bus station suicide bombing was a 1994 Hamas
suicide attack
on a passenger bus departing from the central bus station in Hadera
for Tel Aviv
, Israel. Six civilians were killed and 30 injured. The attack came exactly one week after another Hamas attack, the Afula Bus suicide bombing
. The attack took place on the Israeli Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism Remembrance Day
.
Hamas bombmaker Yahya Ayyash
built a bomb using two kilograms of home-made acetone peroxide
explosive. Twenty-one-year-old Amar Salah Diab Amarna, a native of Yabed, was selected for the mission.
On the morning of April 13, 1994, Amarna boarded the 9:30 AM bus to Tel Aviv. At 9:40 AM, as the bus was pulling out of the station, Amarna placed the bag containing the bomb on the floor of the bus, "where shrapnel could rip through vital arteries in the groin
area," and detonated it.
As Israeli rescue workers converged on the scene of the explosion, a second pipe bomb
exploded. Hamas later claimed responsibility for the attack.
Hamas
Hamas is the Palestinian Sunni Islamic or Islamist political party that governs the Gaza Strip. Hamas also has a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades...
suicide attack
Suicide attack
A suicide attack is a type of attack in which the attacker expects or intends to die in the process.- Historical :...
on a passenger bus departing from the central bus station in Hadera
Hadera
Hadera is a city located in the Haifa District of Israel approximately from the major cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa. The city is located along of the Israeli Mediterranean Coastal Plain...
for Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...
, Israel. Six civilians were killed and 30 injured. The attack came exactly one week after another Hamas attack, the Afula Bus suicide bombing
Afula Bus suicide bombing
The Afula Bus suicide bombing was the suicide bombing attack that was carried out on April 6, 1994 at a bus next to a Egged bus in the center of Afula, Israel. Eight Israeli civilians were killed in the attack and 55 additional people were injured...
. The attack took place on the Israeli Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism Remembrance Day
Yom Hazikaron
Yom Hazikaron is Israel's official Memorial Day. In 2011, Israel honored the memory of soldiers killed in the line of duty and the civilian casualties too.-Observance:...
.
Hamas bombmaker Yahya Ayyash
Yahya Ayyash
Yahya Abd-al-Latif Ayyash was the chief bombmaker of Hamas and the leader of the West Bank battalion of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades...
built a bomb using two kilograms of home-made acetone peroxide
Acetone peroxide
Acetone peroxide is an organic peroxide and a primary high explosive. It takes the form of a white crystalline powder with a distinctive bleach-like odor....
explosive. Twenty-one-year-old Amar Salah Diab Amarna, a native of Yabed, was selected for the mission.
On the morning of April 13, 1994, Amarna boarded the 9:30 AM bus to Tel Aviv. At 9:40 AM, as the bus was pulling out of the station, Amarna placed the bag containing the bomb on the floor of the bus, "where shrapnel could rip through vital arteries in the groin
Groin
In human anatomy, the groin areas are the two creases at the junction of the torso with the legs, on either side of the pubic area. This is also known as the medial compartment of the thigh. A pulled groin muscle usually refers to a painful injury sustained by straining the hip adductor muscles...
area," and detonated it.
As Israeli rescue workers converged on the scene of the explosion, a second pipe bomb
Pipe bomb
A pipe bomb is an improvised explosive device, a tightly sealed section of pipe filled with an explosive material. The containment provided by the pipe means that simple low explosives can be used to produce a relatively large explosion, and the fragmentation of the pipe itself creates potentially...
exploded. Hamas later claimed responsibility for the attack.