Ramat Gan bus 20 bombing
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The Ramat Gan bus 20 bombing was a 1995 Hamas suicide attack on a crowded commuter bus in Ramat Gan, Israel
near the Diamond Exchange. Six Israelis were killed and 33 were wounded. The bomb contained 33 pounds of TNT packed into a metal pipe.
office in East Jerusalem
claiming responsibility for the attack. The caller boasted that a youth from Hamas from the Yahya Ayyash
group from the West Bank carried out the attack"
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
near the Diamond Exchange. Six Israelis were killed and 33 were wounded. The bomb contained 33 pounds of TNT packed into a metal pipe.
Fatalities
Mordechai Tuvya, 38; Nehama Leibowitz, 61; Zehava Oren, 60; Rahel Tamari, 65; Moshe Shkedi, 75; and Zvia Hacohen, 62.The perpetrators
Just after 9:00 A.M., a call came in to the Associated PressAssociated Press
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office in East Jerusalem
East Jerusalem
East Jerusalem or Eastern Jerusalem refer to the parts of Jerusalem captured and annexed by Jordan in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and then captured and annexed by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War...
claiming responsibility for the attack. The caller boasted that a youth from Hamas from the 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...
group from the West Bank carried out the attack"