2002 Hadera attack
| 2002 Hadera attack | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Second Intifada militancy campaign | |
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| Native name | הפיגוע באולם ארמון דוד |
| Location | Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Hadera, Israel |
| Date | January 17, 2002 c. 9:45 pm (UTC+2) |
Attack type | Mass shooting, massacre, murder-suicide, suicide bombing |
| Weapons | M16 rifle & grenades |
| Deaths | 6 civilians (+1 assailant) |
| Injured | 33 civilians |
| Perpetrator | al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility |
| Assailant | Abdul Salaam Sadek Hassouneh |
On Thursday, January 17, 2002, a Palestinian gunman, 24-year-old Abdul Salaam Sadek Hassouneh, killed six people and wounded 33 at a bat mitzvah celebration in Hadera, Israel.[1][2]
Attack
The attack took place at 9:45 pm (GMT+2) as guests were departing.[3] The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades assumed responsibility for the attack, claiming it was vengeance for the killing of its leader Raed Karmi. An Israeli police spokesman said the man, apparently on a suicide mission, had thrown several grenades into the Armon David wedding hall, where the Bat Mitzvah celebration had taken place, and detonated explosives on himself. The attacker was shot by police. A belt filled with explosives was found on the attacker.[1]
Perpetrator
The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades said the attacker, 24-year-old Abdel Salam Hassouna, was from a village near Nablus and launched the attack to avenge the death of Raed Karmi.[1]
After the attack a video made earlier by the attacker was released, in which he is seen declaring: "I am doing this to avenge all the Palestinian martyrs."[4]
Official reactions
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- Involved parties
- File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel
- File:Flag of Palestine.svg Palestinian territories
- The Palestinian Authority condemned the attack but blamed Israel for provoking it.[3]
- International
United States: the US government condemned the Hadera attack "in the strongest possible terms," calling it a "horrific act of terrorism."[3] The widow of the one American killed in the attack, Aharon Ellis, brought a lawsuit against the Palestinian Authority that received a $173 million default judgment in 2006, and in 2009 was settled out of court.[5]
See also
- List of massacres in Israel
- Palestinian political violence
- Passover massacre
- List of terrorist incidents, 2002
References
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External links
- Seven killed in attack in Israel - published on BBC News on January 18, 2002
- Seven Suicide terrorist kills 6 at Bat Mitzvah in Israel Archived 2012-11-07 at the Wayback Machine - published on the New York Post on January 18, 2002
- Attacks in Asia in 2002
- Suicide bombings in 2002
- Spree shootings in Israel
- Israeli casualties in the Second Intifada
- Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades attacks
- Mass shootings in Israel
- Suicide bombing in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Deaths by firearm in Israel
- Hadera
- January 2002 crimes in Asia
- January 2002 in Asia
- 2002 mass shootings in Asia
- Terrorist incidents in Israel in 2002
- Suicide bombings in Israel
- Grenade attacks in Israel
- 21st-century mass murders in Israel