Café Hillel bombing | |
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Part of the Second Intifada militancy campaign | |
Native name | הפיגוע בקפה הלל |
Location | West Jerusalem |
Coordinates | 31°46′53″N 35°13′15″E / 31.78139°N 35.22083°E |
Date | 9 September 2003 23:15 (UTC+2) |
Attack type | Suicide bombing |
Weapon | 3–4 kilograms (6.6–8.8 lb) suicide vest |
Deaths | 7 Israeli civilians (+1 bomber) |
Injured | 50+ Israeli civilians |
The Café Hillel bombing occurred on 9 September 2003, when a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself in Café Hillel in German Colony, Jerusalem. Seven people were killed in the attack and over 50 were injured. [1] [2]
A few hours prior to the bombing, Palestinian militants carried out a suicide attack in a bus stop next to the military base Tzrifin.
On Tuesday evening, 9 September 2003, At 11:20 pm, a Palestinian suicide bomber approached the " Café Hillel" coffee shop in the German Colony neighborhood of Jerusalem. [2] [3] Security guard Alon Mizrahi was attempting to prevent the bomber from entering when he blew himself up. [2] Dr. David Applebaum, an emergency room doctor who had treated numerous suicide attack victims himself, was killed along with his 20-year-old daughter Nava Applebaum, who was to be married the next day. [4]
The assailant was Hamas member Ramez Abu Salim who originated from the village of Rantis, and had been a student at Bir Zeit University. [2][ better source needed]
On 14 March 2010, Israeli military forces caught the Hamas militant leader Maher Udda, who participated in the execution of both these suicide attacks as well as other terrorist attack. [5]
Café Hillel bombing | |
---|---|
Part of the Second Intifada militancy campaign | |
Native name | הפיגוע בקפה הלל |
Location | West Jerusalem |
Coordinates | 31°46′53″N 35°13′15″E / 31.78139°N 35.22083°E |
Date | 9 September 2003 23:15 (UTC+2) |
Attack type | Suicide bombing |
Weapon | 3–4 kilograms (6.6–8.8 lb) suicide vest |
Deaths | 7 Israeli civilians (+1 bomber) |
Injured | 50+ Israeli civilians |
The Café Hillel bombing occurred on 9 September 2003, when a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself in Café Hillel in German Colony, Jerusalem. Seven people were killed in the attack and over 50 were injured. [1] [2]
A few hours prior to the bombing, Palestinian militants carried out a suicide attack in a bus stop next to the military base Tzrifin.
On Tuesday evening, 9 September 2003, At 11:20 pm, a Palestinian suicide bomber approached the " Café Hillel" coffee shop in the German Colony neighborhood of Jerusalem. [2] [3] Security guard Alon Mizrahi was attempting to prevent the bomber from entering when he blew himself up. [2] Dr. David Applebaum, an emergency room doctor who had treated numerous suicide attack victims himself, was killed along with his 20-year-old daughter Nava Applebaum, who was to be married the next day. [4]
The assailant was Hamas member Ramez Abu Salim who originated from the village of Rantis, and had been a student at Bir Zeit University. [2][ better source needed]
On 14 March 2010, Israeli military forces caught the Hamas militant leader Maher Udda, who participated in the execution of both these suicide attacks as well as other terrorist attack. [5]