2001 Azor attack

Coordinates: 32°01′16″N 34°48′21″E / 32.02111°N 34.80583°E / 32.02111; 34.80583
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2001 Azor attack
Part of The Second Intifada
The attack aftermath
2001 Azor attack is located in Central Israel
2001 Azor attack
The attack site
LocationAzor junction, israel
Coordinates32°01′16″N 34°48′21″E / 32.02111°N 34.80583°E / 32.02111; 34.80583
Date14 February 2001 (2001-02-14)
Attack type
Vehicle-ramming attack
Deaths8 (7 soldiers, 1 civilian)
Injured26
PerpetratorHamas claimed responsibility
AssailantKhalil Abu-Alba
Memorial at the place of the attack

On 14 February 2001, a vehicular attack took place near Azor, Israel. A Palestinian man from Gaza drove a bus into a group of Israeli soldiers who stood at a bus stop at Azor junction, killing 8 people—7 soldiers and one civilian, and injuring 26 further.[1] The Islamist militant organization Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.[2]

Attack[edit]

The attacker, 35-year old Khalil Abu Alba from Gaza, was a bus driver who used to drive Arab workers in the morning from his city toward Tel Aviv. He had been an Egged bus driver for five years before the attack.[3]

On 14 February, after dropping off as usual the Arab workers at Lod and Ramle, he drove toward Holon. When arriving Azor junction, he noticed a group of Israeli soldiers waiting at a bus stop. The attacker accelerated the bus, and sharply swerved to the right, hitting dozens of people. He killed 8 people, 7 soldiers and one civilian, and injured 26.[4]

After the attack he accelerated again the bus and drove quickly southwards, in direction of Gaza. The bus was stopped only after crashing into a truck, 30km away, after police officers had shot at the bus' wheels.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Bereaved families: State dancing in our blood". Ynetnews. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  2. ^ a b "ערפאת: "זו היתה תאונת דרכים"". ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  3. ^ "8 מאסרי עולם ו-21 שנות מאסר למבצע פיגוע באזור". ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  4. ^ "משפחתו של הנהג הדורס: הוא היה תחת השפעת תרופות - וואלה! חדשות". וואלה! (in Hebrew). 3 March 2001. Retrieved 25 October 2023.

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