- Murder of Yaron Chen
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Murder of Yaron Chen Location Rama intersection near Ramallah, West Bank Date August 5, 1993 Attack type Kidnapping, Shooting attack Death(s) 1 Israeli soldier (Yaron Chen) Perpetrator Hamas claimed responsibility The Murder of Yaron Chen was a kidnapping and murder attack which occurred on August 5, 1993, in which Hamas militants abducted and murdered Israeli soldier Yaron Chen.
The attack
On Thursday, 5 August 1993, the 20-year-old private Yaron Chen, whom was on his way home from a military base, was hitchhiking at the Rama intersection near Arab east Jerusalem. Chen was picked up by a white Fiat van with an Israeli license plate.[1] another soldier reported seeing Chen struggling with three Palestinians who drove a white Fiat car.[2] Chen was shot to death shortly afterwards while struggling with his abductors.[3][4] Hamas publicized its abduction and murder of Chen.[5] Chen's body was found before dawn in the burnt-out charred white Fiat van which was located in a village of Beitunia in the West Bank.[1]
Release of Assailant
Main article: Gilad Shalit prisoner swap dealOn 18 October 2011 Fahed Sabri Barhan al-Shaludi, who was originally sentenced to 1 life sentence, was released to Gaza as part of the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas.[6][7]
References
- ^ a b Sarah Helm (1993-08-07). "World News | Latest World News and Events". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/three-soldiers-die-in-west-bank-attacks-1459648.html. Retrieved 2011-11-09.
- ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZA0kAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_tAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5222,3137366
- ^ Islamic terror abductions in the Middle East, Shaul Shay, Sussex Academic Press, 2007, pp. 31-32.
- ^ Terrorism, 1992-1995: a chronology of events and a selectively annotated bibliography, Edward F. Mickolus, Susan L. Simmons, ABC-CLIO, 1997, p. 461.
- ^ The Road to Martyrs' Square: A Journey Into the World of the Suicide Bomber, Anne Marie Oliver, Paul F. Steinberg, Oxford University Press, 2006, pp. 34-5.
- ^ http://www.shabas.gov.il/NR/rdonlyres/09ED13AD-30EB-4F28-8FEA-7A9EDB0F9119/0/listeng1.xls
- ^ Names of prisoners in Shalit deal trickle through Arab media, http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4134795,00.html
Prominent terrorist attacks against Israeli targets in the history of the Arab–Israeli conflict – the 1990s 1990 Assassination of Meir Kahane (November 5)1992 Night of the Pitchforks (February 14) – Attack on the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires (March 17) – Murder of Helena Rapp (May 24)1993 Mehola Junction bombing (April 16) – Murder of Yaron Chen (August 5)1994 Afula Bus suicide bombing (April 6) – Hadera central station suicide bombing (April 13) – Attack on the Israeli embassy in London (July 26) – Kidnapping of Nachshon Wachsman (October 14) – Dizengoff Street bus bombing (October 19) – Netzarim Junction bicycle bombing (November 11) – Afula axe attack (November 30)1995 Beit Lid massacre (January 22) – Kfar Darom bus attack (April 9) – Ramat Gan bus 20 bombing (July 24) – Jerusalem bus 26 bombing (August 21)1996 First Jerusalem bus 18 suicide bombing (February 25) ‡ – Second Jerusalem bus 18 suicide bombing (March 3) – Dizengoff Center suicide bombing (March 4)1997 Island of Peace massacre (March 13) – Café Apropo bombing (March 21) – Mahane Yehuda Market Bombings (July 30) – Ben Yehuda Street Bombing (September 4)‡ indicates the terrorist attack which caused the greatest amount of Israeli casualties during the 1990s
1980s
Full list of Palestinian suicide attacks • Full list of Lebanese rocket attacks on Israel
2000sCategories:- Israeli terrorism victims
- Israeli murder victims
- People murdered in the Palestinian territories
- Deaths by firearm in the West Bank
- Terrorism deaths in the West Bank
- Terrorist incidents in 1993
- 1993 in Israel
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