Café Hillel bombing

Coordinates: 31°46′53″N 35°13′15″E / 31.78139°N 35.22083°E / 31.78139; 35.22083
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Café Hillel bombing
Part of the Second Intifada militancy campaign
Memorial plaque for bombing victims
Café Hillel bombing is located in Jerusalem
Café Hillel bombing
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The attack site
Native nameהפיגוע בקפה הלל
LocationWest Jerusalem
Coordinates31°46′53″N 35°13′15″E / 31.78139°N 35.22083°E / 31.78139; 35.22083
Date9 September 2003; 20 years ago (2003-09-09)
23:15 (UTC+2)
Attack type
Suicide bombing
Weapon3–4 kilograms (6.6–8.8 lb) suicide vest
Deaths7 Israeli civilians (+1 bomber)
Injured50+ Israeli civilians

The Café Hillel bombing occurred on 9 September 2003, when a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself in Café Hillel in German Colony, Jerusalem. Seven people were killed in the attack and over 50 were injured.[1][2]

A few hours prior to the bombing, Palestinian militants carried out a suicide attack in a bus stop next to the military base Tzrifin.

The attack

On Tuesday evening, 9 September 2003, At 11:20 pm, a Palestinian suicide bomber approached the "Café Hillel" coffee shop in the German Colony neighborhood of Jerusalem.[2][3] Security guard Alon Mizrahi was attempting to prevent the bomber from entering when he blew himself up.[2] Dr. David Applebaum, an emergency room doctor who had treated numerous suicide attack victims himself, was killed along with his 20-year-old daughter Nava Applebaum, who was to be married the next day.[4]

Assailant

The assailant was Hamas member Ramez Abu Salim who originated from the village of Rantis, and had been a student at Bir Zeit University.[2][better source needed]

Aftermath

On 14 March 2010, Israeli military forces caught the Hamas militant leader Maher Udda, who participated in the execution of both these suicide attacks as well as other terrorist attack.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Cole, Leonard A. (2007). Terror: how Israel has coped and what America can learn. Indiana University Press. pp. 10–17. ISBN 978-0253000019.
  2. ^ a b c d "Suicide Bombings - Tzrifin and Jerusalem - September 9- 2003". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 9 September 2003.
  3. ^ Shragai, Nadav; Kordova, Shoshana (10 September 2003). "Bombing kills hospital ER chief and daughter". Haaaretz.
  4. ^ Kordova, Shoshana (12 September 2003). "Almost too tragic to be true". Haaretz. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Hamas man behind deadly attacks nabbed". Ynet News. 14 March 2010.

External links

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