Jerusalem bus 26 bombing
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The Ramat Eshkol bus bombing was a Hamas
suicide attack
on a city bus in the Ramat Eshkol
neighborhood of Jerusalem, Israel
on August 21, 1995.
The Palestinian Islamist militant organization Hamas
claimed responsibility for the attack.
, a Palestinian female suicide bomber detonated herself at 7:45 am as a commuter bus passed through Ramat Eshkol
. Six people (including the bomber) were killed and more than one hundred were wounded. Most of the victims were policemen on their way to work at the national police
headquarters and summer students en route to the Mount Scopus
campus of Hebrew University. One of the victims was an American teacher from Connecticut
who was visiting Israel to gather material for her classes on Israeli history.
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 city bus in the Ramat Eshkol
Ramat Eshkol
Ramat Eshkol is a neighborhood in north-eastern Jerusalem. It was built on land captured from Jordan in the Six-Day War and was the first neighborhood built in East Jerusalem after the Six-Day War in 1967...
neighborhood of Jerusalem, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
on August 21, 1995.
The Palestinian Islamist militant organization Hamas
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...
claimed responsibility for the attack.
The attack
Using a bomb designed by Yahya AyyashYahya 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...
, a Palestinian female suicide bomber detonated herself at 7:45 am as a commuter bus passed through Ramat Eshkol
Ramat Eshkol
Ramat Eshkol is a neighborhood in north-eastern Jerusalem. It was built on land captured from Jordan in the Six-Day War and was the first neighborhood built in East Jerusalem after the Six-Day War in 1967...
. Six people (including the bomber) were killed and more than one hundred were wounded. Most of the victims were policemen on their way to work at the national police
Israel Police
The Israel Police is the civilian police force of Israel. As with most other police forces in the world, its duties include crime fighting, traffic control, maintaining public safety, and counter-terrorism...
headquarters and summer students en route to the Mount Scopus
Mount Scopus
Mount Scopus , جبل المشهد , جبل الصوانة) is a mountain in northeast Jerusalem. In the wake of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Mount Scopus became a UN protected Jewish exclave within Jordanian-occupied territory until the Six-Day War in 1967...
campus of Hebrew University. One of the victims was an American teacher from Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
who was visiting Israel to gather material for her classes on Israeli history.
Fatalities
The following people died in the attack:- Rivka Cohen, 26, of Jerusalem
- Hannah Naeh, 56, of Jerusalem
- Joan Davenney, 46, of Connecticut
- Police Chief Superintendent Noam Eisenman, 35, of Jerusalem
- Yona Peter Malina, 38 - severely wounded during the attack. He died of huis injuries on May 30, 2005.