2001 Azor attack
2001 Azor attack | |
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Part of The Second Intifada | |
Location | Azor junction, israel |
Coordinates | 32°01′16″N 34°48′21″E / 32.02111°N 34.80583°E |
Date | 14 February 2001 |
Attack type | Vehicle-ramming attack |
Deaths | 8 (7 soldiers, 1 civilian) |
Injured | 26 |
Perpetrator | Hamas claimed responsibility |
Assailant | Khalil Abu-Alba |
On 14 February 2001, a vehicular attack took place near Azor, Israel. A Palestinian man from Gaza drove a bus into a group of Israeli soldiers who stood at a bus stop at Azor junction, killing 8 people—7 soldiers and one civilian, and injuring 26 further.[1] The Islamist militant organization Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.[2]
Attack
The attacker, 35-year old Khalil Abu Alba from Gaza, was a bus driver who used to drive Arab workers in the morning from his city toward Tel Aviv. He had been an Egged bus driver for five years before the attack.[3]
On 14 February, after dropping off as usual the Arab workers at
After the attack he accelerated again the bus and drove quickly southwards, in direction of Gaza. The bus was stopped only after crashing into a truck, 30km away, after police officers had shot at the bus' wheels.[2]
References
- ^ "Bereaved families: State dancing in our blood". Ynetnews. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
- ^ a b "ערפאת: "זו היתה תאונת דרכים"". ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ "8 מאסרי עולם ו-21 שנות מאסר למבצע פיגוע באזור". ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ "משפחתו של הנהג הדורס: הוא היה תחת השפעת תרופות - וואלה! חדשות". וואלה! (in Hebrew). 3 March 2001. Retrieved 25 October 2023.