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 FactsOfIsrael.com - Palestinian homicide bombings
Among the victims of the bombings was the head of a Jerusalem hospital emergency room and his 20-year-old daughter who was going to get married later in the everning.
A woman shouted at a group of soldiers that she suspected a suicide bomber was among them, and a soldier opened fire, "then the bomber blew up,".
bomb, which was packed with nails, screws, and bolts, completely gutted the restaurant, which was full of lunchtime diners.
www.factsofisrael.com /en/palestine-suicidebombs.shtml   (4235 words)

  
 Arutz Sheva - Israel National News
The Sbarro restaurant in Jerusalem was to be the target of choice for an Israeli-Arab couple who planned to blow themselves up following their wedding.
Sbarro became famous in the summer of 2001 when, in a different downtown Jerusalem location, it suffered a suicide terrorist blast felling 15 Jews, including parents and three of their eight children.
Jazawi then decided that a double suicide bombing would be more effective, and approached his new fiancי, also from Abu Tor, on the matter – and she agreed.
www.israelnationalnews.com /news.php3?id=74030   (374 words)

  
 Suicide Bombers by age, education, marital status. Female suicide bombers
Suicide bombers are predominately single men, relatively educated and aged between 17 and 24.
Her brother was arrested in February of 2002 on his way to carry out a suicide bombing.
The highlight of this phenomenon of female suicide bombers and those who execute suicide bombings is that their actions have been thwarted before they managed to carry out their attacks.
www.israelsmessiah.com /terrorism/suicide_bombers.htm   (3365 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Explosion, then arms and legs rain down   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Thursday's suicide bombing, which killed at least 15 people and injured nearly 90, struck downtown Jerusalem at the busiest time of the day — as the lunch hour was ending, at 2 p.m.
The attack was the deadliest in Israel since the suicide bombing June 1 of a Tel Aviv disco that claimed the lives of 21 young Israelis.
Inside the flened shell of the restaurant, a policeman pointed to what he said was the top of the head of the suicide bomber, which was lying on the floor.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/2001/08/10/blast-usat.htm   (1508 words)

  
 Sbarro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The first Sbarro restaurant was opened by Gennaro and Carmela Sbarro in Brooklyn, New York, (Kings Plaza Shopping Center) in 1967.
His employment at Sbarro is often used humorously as evidence that is he is ill-prepared to manage Vince's acting career.
Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing (August 9, 2001, in Jerusalem, Israel)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sbarro   (332 words)

  
 Terror Attack History
A car bomb is a bomb that is placed in a car or truck and is intended to be exploded while there.
The April 18, 1983, suicide bombing of the United States Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon was the deadliest attack on a US displomatic mission to that time, and is seen by some as marking the beginning of anti-US attacks by Islamic groups.
The Grand Hotel, Brighton, 2004 The Brighton hotel bombing was the bombing by the Provisional IRA of the Grand Hotel in Brighton in the early morning of October 12, 1984.
members.tripod.com /antenna_conspiracy0/terror_attack_history.htm   (11913 words)

  
 Defense Tech: "Open Source" Insurgents Rise
August 9: A suicide bomber in Jerusalem kills seven and wounds 130 in the Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing; Hamas and Islamic Jihad claim responsibility.
The last of the 2000 millennium attack plots fails, as the boat meant to bomb USS The Sullivans sinks.
Bombings in France by a GIA unit led by Khaled Kelkal kill seven and injure more than 100.
www.defensetech.org /archives/001737.html   (2023 words)

  
 'The street was covered with blood and bodies: the dead and the dying' | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited
It was a suicide bombing, an earth-shaking, nail-studded blast that killed at least 15 Israelis, and injured at least 90, in the deadliest attack on Jerusalem for five years.
At least six of the dead in the attack on a Sbarro pizza restaurant were children, and there were several babies among the wounded.
Yesterday's bombing, eclipsed in more than 10 months of a Palestinian uprising only by the bombing of a Tel Aviv disco in June that killed 22 people, was carried out by the powerful Islamist group Hamas.
www.guardian.co.uk /israel/Story/0,2763,534748,00.html   (1417 words)

  
 Terror in the USA - The Palestinians Celebrate!
Palestinian students visit a re-enactment of the Aug. 19 Sbarro pizza restaurant suicide bombing in Jerusalem, replete with body parts and pizza slices strewn around the room, during the opening of an exhibition at Al Najah University in the West Bank town of Nablus, Sunday, Sept. 23, 2001.
The exhibit on the suicide bombing, which killed 15 Israelis and the bomber, is part of an exhibition to mark the passing of a year since renewed violence broke out between Israelis and the Palestinians.
The Sbarro section of the exhibition, replete with body parts and pizza slices strewn across the room, is a replica of the Aug. 9 Sbarro suicide bombing which killed 15 Israelis and thebomber in Jerusalem.
www.gamla.org.il /english/feature/sbarro.htm   (358 words)

  
 israelinsider: security: Waitress's quick reflexes limit toll of Kiryat Motzkin suicide bombing attack
Due in part to the quick reflexes of a waitress, who came face to face with the terrorist, the bombing was not nearly as lethal as last Thursday's attack at a Jerusalem pizzeria.
Many restaurants have begun stationing guards at their entrances in order to discourage suicide bombers, who have reportedly been told to avoid places where they could be detected.
Unlike other recent attacks, including the suicide bombing at the Sbarro restaurant in Jerusalem on Thursday, the IDF did not launch an immediate response.
www.israelinsider.com /channels/security/articles/sec_0072.htm   (900 words)

  
 FactsOfIsrael.com: 4 year-old kid murdered by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad
On August 9, 2001, 15 people were killed, including 7 children, and about 130 were injured in a suicide bombing at the Sbarro pizzeria at the corner of King George Street and Jaffa Road in downtown Jerusalem.
Avraham Yitzhak Schijveschuurder, 4, of Neria, was one of the 15 people killed in a suicide bombing in the heart of Jerusalem, inside the crowded pizza restaurant.
Suicide bombing at the Sbarro pizzeria in Jerusalem
www.factsofisrael.com /blog/archives/000349-print.html   (566 words)

  
 Hamas
September 9, 2003: Hamas claimed responsibility for two suicide bombings, the first at an entrance to the Tzrifin army base near Rishon Lezion and the second at Café Hillel in the German colony neighborhood of Jerusalem, which killed a total of 15 people and wounded at least 80.
August 19, 2003: Hamas and Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing of a bus in Jerusalem killing at least 18 people and wounding nearly 100.
April 30, 2003: A suicide bomber detonates an explosive belt at the entrance to a pub on the Tel Aviv boardwalk.
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Terrorism/hamas.html   (2351 words)

  
 CNN.com - Suicide bomber kills 3 Israelis, injures 56 - May 19, 2002
The Netanya open air market is situated at the entrance to the city, which has been the target of a number of suicide bombings and attacks in the past.
A Hamas leader considered to be behind a string of suicide bombings was arrested April 18 after a chase by machine gun-firing helicopters.
Among the attacks, it said, were the Passover bombing in Netanya, a suicide bombing at a Sbarro pizza restaurant in Jerusalem that killed 16 and a bus bombing in Haifa that killed eight.
archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/meast/05/19/mideast.blast/index.html   (886 words)

  
 Who wants a peace of this? [Archive] - Sean Hannity Discussion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
February 18 (http://www.answers.com/topics/february-18): Gracanica bus bombing (http://www.answers.com/topics/gracanica-bus-bombing), 13 Serbian (http://www.answers.com/topics/serbia) civilians are killed by a bomb attack on a bus in Northern Kosovo (http://www.answers.com/topics/kosovo).
August 9 (http://www.answers.com/topics/august-9): A suicide bomber (http://www.answers.com/topics/suicide-attack) in Jerusalem (http://www.answers.com/topics/jerusalem) kills seven and wounds 130 in the Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing (http://www.answers.com/topics/sbarro-restaurant-suicide-bombing); Hamas (http://www.answers.com/topics/hamas) and Islamic Jihad (http://www.answers.com/topics/the-palestine-islamic-jihad-pij) claim responsibility.
March 27 (http://www.answers.com/topics/march-27): A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 30 and injures 140 during Passover (http://www.answers.com/topics/passover) festivities in a hotel in Netanya (http://www.answers.com/topics/netanya), Israel in the Netanya suicide attack.
www.hannity.com /forum/archive/index.php/t-2000.html[/t-83080.html   (1353 words)

  
 Worldandnation: Suicide bomb kills 15 in Jerusalem
It was the deadliest terror attack in Jerusalem since the beginning of the intifada and the largest in Israel since a suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance of a Tel Aviv nightclub on June 1.
Because of the timing -- lunchtime on a hot summer day -- the restaurant was packed with families and young people buying slices of pizza at the counter or sitting at tables, enjoying the air conditioning.
Another woman who was pushing her 6-month-old baby, Moses, in a stroller on the sidewalk opposite Sbarro at the time of the explosion collapsed in fear.
www.sptimes.com /News/081001/Worldandnation/Suicide_bomb_kills_15.shtml   (1070 words)

  
 israelinsider: diplomacy: Palestinian students commemorate and re-enact suicide bombing
Inside the walk-through diorama, visitors can see an artistic recreation of the August 9 suicide bombing in Jerusalem, replete with blood and body parts, including a severed hand hanging from the ceiling, along with pizza pans and slices on a restaurant counter.
There is also a periodic re-enactment of the event, in which a man in a military uniform and fl mask enters the "Sbarro pizzeria" and sets off an explosion.
The exhibition, mounted to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Intifada, recalls the suicide bombing that killed 16 people, including seven children, and wounded more than one hundred in a Jerusalem restaurant last month.
web.israelinsider.com /Articles/Diplomacy/481.htm   (932 words)

  
 Jewish and Israel News from New York - The Jewish Week
Time magazine’s report of the bloody attack at Sbarro, for instance, opened with a graphic account of Israel’s raid on the PLO’s offices in East Jerusalem, calling it a “retaliation.” I fail to see how shutting down an illegal and hostile office amounts to a “retaliation” for the massacre of children.
Case in point: in September 2001, a replica of the bombed Sbarro premises was constructed on the grounds of Al-Najah University in Nablus.
Suicide bombers keep trying to gain entrance but, by and large, have been forced to settle for outdoor attacks and casualty figures have dropped commensurately.
www.thejewishweek.com /top/editletcontent.php3?artid=4386   (1064 words)

  
 israelinsider: security: Suicide bombing in central Jerusalem; 20 injured
At the same time a bomb exploded in a vehicle belonging to the Jerusalem Municipality in the southern neighborhood of Gilo, lightly wounding six people.
Police said they believed the bomb was planted in the vehicle when it was parked in Pisgat Ze'ev, a northern neighborhood, overnight.
A group calling itself the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) claimed responsibility for all four bombings, in revenge for the death of PFLP chief Abu Ali Mustafa, who was killed last week in an Israeli missile attack on his office in Ramallah.
www.israelinsider.com /channels/security/articles/sec_0091.htm   (709 words)

  
 Varifrank: Question of the Day: Is London Really Bush's Fault?
July 5: the IRA detonate a 1500lb car bomb (the largest used in Northern Ireland) in the centre of Newtownards in Northern Ireland, no one is killed but massive property damage is caused to the town centre.
March 27: A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 30 and injures 140 during Passover festivities in a hotel in Netanya, Israel in the Netanya suicide attack.
October 4: A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 21 and wounds 51 in a Haifa restaurant in the Maxim restaurant massacre.
varifrank.com /archives/2005/07/question_of_the_2.php   (3241 words)

  
 Hamas/Islamic Jihad
The groups are responsible for hundreds of terrorist attacks since the early 1990s, including deadly suicide attacks in Israeli population centers, causing the death of thousands of civilians.
The social, cultural, religious and educational institutions of Hamas are well-known venues for anti-Israel and anti-Jewish hatred and serve as recruitment centers for suicide bombers.
Its most deadly attacks include the October 2003 suicide bombing at the Maxim restaurant in Haifa, killing 22 and wounding 60; the June 2002 suicide bombing at Meggido junction, killing 18 and wounding 50; and the March 1996 suicide bombing of the Dizengoff shopping mall in Tel Aviv, killing 13 and injuring 75.
www.adl.org /israel/advocacy/glossary/hamas.asp   (665 words)

  
 List of web sites about Suicide Bombing: Sbarro Pizzeria
'The street was covered with blood and bodies: the dead and the dying' - Describing the carnage following a suicide bombing in a Sbarro restaurant in Jerusalem, which Hamas claimed was in retaliation for Israel's assassination of suspected Palestinian militants.
Aged 18 months to 62, the new victims of Israel's agony - Describing the victims of the terrorist bombing of a Sbarro restaurant in Jerusalem.
Suicide bombing at the Sbarro pizzeria in Jerusalem - Photographs of the aftermath of the bombing, from Israel's ministry of foreign affairs.
www.kub.it /dir/802363   (188 words)

  
 List of terrorist incidents - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
February 21: A bomb explodes in the rear of Swissair Flight 330, causing it to crash near Zürich, Switzerland, killing 38 passengers and all nine crew members.
Two JDL members were convicted of bomb possession and burglary in a conspiracy to blow up the Long Island residence of the Soviet Mission to the UN.
December 17: Harrods was bombed by the IRA.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/terrorist_attacks   (4482 words)

  
 Jewish Standard Remembering the Sbarro bombing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Leah, one of two surviving daughters of the Schyveschoorder family, is rolled on a stretcher to attend the Jerusalem funeral of her parents and three of her siblings who were killed in a 2001 Palestinian suicide attack on the Sbarro pizzeria.
All told, 15 people died in the Sbarro attack that day, including eight children, and 130 were injured.
Mordechai and Tzira Schijveschuurder had brought five of their eight children to Jerusalem for a break from the tense security situation at home in the west bank settlement of Talmon.
www.jstandard.com /articles/1450/1/Remembering-the-Sbarro-bombing   (1028 words)

  
 Palestinian Students Glorify Terrorism with Exhibit in Nablus
Palestinian students at al-Najah University in the city of Nablus marked the anniversary of the outbreak of Palestinian violence with an exhibition entitled "The Sbarro Cafe Exhibition," celebrating the August 9, 2001 suicide bombing of the Sbarro pizza restaurant in Jerusalem, which killed 15 people and wounded dozens more.
According to reports in the Israeli media and The Associated Press, the exhibition was comprised of a series of rooms.
The Sbarro section of the exhibit was replete with body parts and pizza slices strewn across the room.
www.adl.org /israel/israel_sbarro.asp   (195 words)

  
 Palestinian suicide bomber kills 18, toll may rise Violence flares anew, dimming peace hopes Armenia expects Putin's ...
In an apparent suicide attack, a bomb exploded in a crowded pizza restaurant in central Jerusalem at lunchtime on Thursday, killing at least 18 people and wounding about 90, officials said.
Police said initial indications were that a suicide bomber detonated his explosive inside the restaurant, located at one of Jerusalem's busiest street corners.
The restaurant and the streets were full with people on their lunch break at the time of the blast.
www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /archives.php?id=24541   (2255 words)

  
 Dei'ah veDibur - Information & Insight - NEWS
Ben-Zion Nemett's daughter Shira, 15 1/2 years old, was seriously wounded in the suicide bombing attack in the Sbarro restaurant on August 9 (20 Av).
The time: 24 hours after the suicide bomber terrorist attack at the Sbarro pizza restaurant in central Jerusalem.
A day earlier, when a doctor showed me the pre-operation X- rays, I saw nails, bolts and screws that were part of the bomb and were intended to increase the magnitude of injuries and deaths.
chareidi.shemayisrael.com /archives/KSVasbarro.htm   (1016 words)

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