Jerusalem bus 19 suicide bombing

Infobox terrorist attack
title=Jerusalem bus 19 suicide bombing


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location=Jerusalem
target=bus
date=January 29, 2004
time-begin=Shortly before 9:00 AM
time-end=
timezone=
type=suicide bombing
fatalities=11
injuries=50+
perps=Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, Hamas

On January 29, 2004 a suicide bombing on Egged bus number 19 in Jerusalem, Israel killed 11 civilians and wounded over 50 people, 13 of them seriously. The explosion took place shortly before 9:00 AM at the corner of Gaza and Arlozorov streets. The bus started its route at Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital, and was supposed to end it at Mount Scopus.

The bomber was in the back of the bus when he detonated the explosives, said Jerusalem Police Chief Mickey Levy. The blast tore the bus apart, blowing the back half of the roof into the air and breaking every window.

Both the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades and Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack, naming the bomber as Ali Yusuf Jaara, a 24-year-old Palestinian policeman from Bethlehem." [http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2004/1/Suicide%20bombing%20of%20Egged%20bus%20no%2019%20in%20Jerusalem%20- Suicide bombing of Egged bus no. 19 in Jerusalem] ". Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. January 29, 2004. Retrieved April 6, 2008.]

Names of the victims

The following people were killed in the attack on bus 19:

* Avraham (Albert) Balhasan, 28, of Jerusalem
* Rose Boneh, 39, of Jerusalem
* Hava Hannah (Anya) Bonder, 38, of Jerusalem
* Anat Darom, 23, of Netanya
* Viorel Octavian Florescu, 42, of Jerusalem
* Natalia Gamril, 53, of Jerusalem
* Yechezkel Isser Goldberg, 41, of Betar Illit
* Baruch (Roman) Hondiashvili, 38, of Jerusalem
* Dana Itach, 24, of Jerusalem
* Mehbere Kifile, 35, of Ethiopia
* Eli Zfira, 48, of Jerusalem

Display of the bus

The wreck of the bus was on display in the Hague for the International Court of Justice hearing about the Israeli West Bank barrier. The bus was later on display at various US universities. [" [http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2004/10/bus19_1004_print.htm Bombed Israeli Bus on Display at Duke Oct. 12-13] ", Duke University News and Communications, October 11, 2004]

Bus 19 is currently located permanently at [http://www.shoresh.com Camp Shoresh] in Adamstown, MD. A memorial garden incorporating the wreckage is planned.

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