Yagur Junction bombing

Yagur Junction bombing
Part of the Second Intifada militancy campaign
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Location	Yagur Junction, Israel
Coordinates	32°45′12″N 35°04′16″E
Date	April 10, 2002 (2002-04-10) 7:15 AM (UTC+2)
Attack type	Suicide bombing
Weapon	Suicide vest
Deaths	6 Israeli soldiers and 2 civilians (+1 bomber)
Injured	19
Perpetrators	Hamas

The Yagur Junction bombing was a Palestinian suicide bombing which occurred on April 10, 2002, on an Egged commuter bus line number 960 which was passing through Yagur Junction in northern Israel. 8 people were killed in the attack and 19 people were injured. The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas took responsibility for the bombing.

Bombing

At 7:30am, a suicide bomber blew himself up on Egged commuter bus line number 960 as it was passing through Yagur Junction in northern Israel, east of Haifa. Eight people were killed and 14 were injured in the bombing. A number of motorists were injured when their cars were hurled from the highway as a result of the blast.

Reaction

The bombing was the fourth in the 13 days since Israel launched Operation Defensive Shield. Later on 10 April, Hamas senior leader Ismail Abu Shanab claimed responsibility on behalf of Hamas for the bombing, saying the bombing "is a clear message that our people will not surrender and will not give up."

In a meeting after the bombing, the Israeli security cabinet decided that Operation Defensive Shield would continue and called off any further withdrawals from towns in the West Bank.

External links

• MIDEAST TURMOIL: HAIFA; New Suicide Raid Casts Doubt on Israeli Strategy - posted on the New York Times on April 11, 2002
• Israeli Bus Bomber Kills 8 - posted on the WSB-TV on April 10, 2002