Kedumim_bombing

Kedumim bombing

Kedumim bombing

2006 terrorist attack in the West Bank

The Kedumim bombing was a suicide bombing which occurred on May 30, 2006 in a vehicle near the Israeli settlement of Kedumim in the West Bank. Four Israeli civilians were killed in the attack.

Quick Facts Native name, Location ...

The Palestinian militant organization Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.[1]

The attack

On Thursday, March 30, 2006, at around 21:45, a Palestinian suicide bomber, disguised as an Orthodox Jewish hitchhiker and wearing hidden explosives attached to his body, boarded an Israeli vehicle. The suicide bomber blew himself up near the entrance to the Israeli settlement Kedumim near the gas station outside of the village. The blast killed four Israeli civilians (three inside the car and another person who was near the vehicle).

Aftermath

In response to the attack, Israeli warplanes destroyed a number of targets in northern Gaza that the IDF claimed were used by Palestinian terrorist organizations for launching rockets into Israel.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Weiss, Efrat (2006-03-30). "Suicide bomber strikes in Kedumim". Ynetnews. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  2. [2]
    "Israeli planes target rocket sites in Gaza-military - occupied Palestinian territory | ReliefWeb". reliefweb.int. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Kedumim_bombing, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.