1993 Palestinian suicide car bomb attack in the West Bank
TheMehola Junction bombing was the firstsuicide car bomb attack carried out byPalestinian militants and took place on 16 April 1993.[ 1]
Hamas bombmakerYahya Ayyash rigged aVolkswagen Transporter using three largepropane tanks and explosives collected fromgrenades and otherordnance . The bomb was connected to a detonator switch in the driver's controls.[ 2]
Hamas operative Saher Tamam al-Nabulsi drove the car toMehola Junction, arest area on theJordan Valley Highway in theWest Bank . Just after 1:00 am, the car exploded between two buses, one civilian and one military.[ 3] [ 4] Bardala who worked in a snack bar in Mehola.[ 3] [ 5] [ 3] [ 5]
An investigation conducted after the attack revealed that several weeks before the attack, on March 15, 1993, the terrorist ran over and killed Avish Yaakov Barakha, a resident ofHar Brakha , and Ofer Cohen. It was also revealed that the terrorist wanted to carry out the attack within the Green Line territories, but IDF checkpoints prevented him from reaching there.[ 6] [ 7]
References ^ Matthew Levitt andDennis Ross (2007).Hamas: Politics, Charity, and Terrorism in the Service of Jihad 11– 12.ISBN 9780300122589 ^ Katz (2002), pg. 74 ^a b c "Suicide car bomb kills 2 near West Bank restaurant" .Sarasota Herald-Tribune . Associated Press. 17 April 1993.^ Dzikansky, Mordecai (10 October 2011).Terrorist Suicide Bombings: Attack Interdiction, Mitigation, and Response ISBN 9781439871317 . Retrieved17 September 2023 . ^a b Jerusalem Post, 18 April 1993, pg. 1. ^ "מתבל דרס למוות שני ישראלים שחיכו לטרמפ" .^ Haaretz, April 18, 1993
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