| Nahariya train station suicide bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of theSecond Intifada militancy campaign | |
  The attack site | |
| Location | 33°00′20″N35°05′55″E / 33.00556°N 35.09861°E /33.00556; 35.09861 Nahariya,Israel |
| Date | September 9, 2001; 24 years ago (2001-09-09) |
Attack type | Suicide bombing |
| Deaths | 3 civilians (+1 bomber) |
| Injured | 94 |
| Perpetrator | Hamas claimed responsibility |
TheNahariya train station suicide bombing occurred on September 9, 2001 in theNahariya Railway Station inNahariya,Israel. This terror attack was executed, for the first time in theSecond Intifada, by anArab-Israeli who was sent byHamas and detonated himself on the crowded platform. 3 people were killed in the attack and 94 people were injured.[1][2]
The Palestinian Islamist militant organizationHamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
On the morning of September 9, 2001, a suicide bomber entered theNahariya Railway Station wearing hidden explosives attached to his body. After the train entered the station, soldiers and civilians began stepping onto the platform. The bomber advanced toward them and blew up the explosives on his body in the crowd, killing three Israeli soldiers who were on their way to their military bases, as well as injuring 94 people.[citation needed]
The suicide bomber was Mohammed Shakur Habeishi, a 48-year-oldIsraeli-Arab who was a husband of two wives and had six children. Habeishi lived inAbu Sinan, a small Arab village in northern Israel, which lies only eight miles east of Nahariya. Habeishi who was born and raised in Israel and became religious during the early 1980s. Later on he became an active member of theIslamic Movement in Israel and eventually he decided to cooperate with themilitary wing of Hamas in order to commit a terror attack in Israel.[3]
In response to the attack, Israel launched acounter-terror attack on four different targets in theWest Bank which included buildings inRamallah used by theTanzim militia and a building used by theFatah movement. There were no casualties in the attacks.[citation needed]
