2002 Immanuel bus attack

Immanuel bus attack
Part of the Second Intifada militancy campaign
The attack site
Location	Immanuel, West Bank
Date	July 16, 2002 15:00 pm
Attack type	Ambush, Mass murder, spree killing, Bombing, Shooting attack
Weapons	AK-47 rifles, hand grenades, a roadside bomb
Deaths	9 Israeli civilians
Injuries	20 Israeli civilians
Perpetrators	DFLP and Fatah

The Immanuel bus attack was an ambush attack by Palestinian militants against Israeli civilians on 16 July 2002. It was carried out by three Palestinians disguised as Israeli soldiers. The attack came less than a year after the 2001 Immanuel bus attack.

Nine people were killed in the attack, including them an 8 month old baby and a premature infant delivered after his mother, Yehudit Weinberg, was seriously injured. 20 people suffered various degrees of injuries.

The attackers first detonated a roadside bomb next to an armored civilian Dan No. 189 bus. Immediately afterwards, the terrorists opened fire and threw hand grenades at the passengers. Nine Israelis were killed in the attack and 20 people suffered various degrees of injuries.

The attack was claimed by the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) and coordinated with Fatah.

The attack

On Tuesday afternoon, 16 July 2002, three armed Palestinians militants disguised as Israeli soldiers planted a roadside bomb beside the road leading to the Jewish settlement of Immanuel, about 200 meters before the entrance to the town. After placing the bomb, the assailants ambushed a bus on its way from Bnei Brak.

At about 15:00 an armored Dan bus line 189, en route to Immanuel from Bnei Brak, approached the site as the roadside bomb exploded. As a result of the explosion, the bus was immobilized. The terrorists fired small arms at the bus and threw hand grenades at the passengers through its roof and windows.

Victims

Nine people were killed in the attack and 20 people suffered various degrees of injuries.

• Galila Ades, 42, of Emmanuel
• Yocheved Ben-Hanan, 21, of Emmanuel
• Yonatan Gamliel, 16, of Emmanuel
• Keren Kashani, 29, of Emmanuel
• Sarah Tiferet Shilon, 8 months, of Emmanuel
• Gal Shilon (Sarah's father), 32, of Emmanuel
• Zilpa Kashi (Sarah's grandmother), 65, of Givatayim
• Ilana Siton, 35, of Emmanuel

• The premature infant delivered after its mother, Yehudit Weinberg, was seriously injured, died of his injuries overnight.

Gal Shilon was not on the bus. He was at home in Immanuel when his wife Ayelet Shilon who was on the bus called him to tell him about the attack. He rushed to help them and was killed by the terrorists' gunfire.

See also

• Israeli casualties of war

References

External links

• Israel arrest 16 in wake of attacks - published on The Vindicator on July 19, 2002
• Terrorist attack on bus at Emmanuel - July 16, 2002 - published on the Israeli Foreign Ministry website
• Eighth Immanuel victim was too young to have a name - published on the Haaretz on July 18, 2002
• Israel searches for bus attackers Archived 2008-02-25 at the Wayback Machine - published on CNN on July 17, 2002

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