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Revision as of 06:15, 6 March 2023
The third HaSharon Mall entrance suicide bombing | |
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Part of the Second Intifada militancy campaign | |
The attack site | |
Location | Netanya, Israel |
Date | December 5, 2005 11:30 am (GMT+2) |
Attack type | suicide bombing |
Deaths | 5 Israeli civilians (+ 1 bomber) |
Injured | 40+ Israeli civilians |
Perpetrators | Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility |
The third HaSharon Mall entrance suicide bombing was a terror attack carried out on December 5, 2005 in the HaSharon Mall in Netanya, Israel. Five people were killed in the attack.
The Palestinian Islamist militant organization Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.
The attack
On Monday, 5 December 2005, at around 11:30 am, a Palestinian suicide bomber approached the entrance to the HaSharon Mall in the Israeli coastal city of Netanya; he detonated explosives hidden under his clothes when he approached the guards at the entrance for security inspection. Five people were killed in the attack, and more than 40 injured.
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility and identified the attacker as Lotfi Abu Saada, from the village of Illar in northern West Bank. In response, Israel killed two senior militants in a Gaza airstrike.
See also
References
- Five killed in Israeli shopping centre blast, The Guardian, 5 December 2005
- Two Gaza militants, one Israeli killed in flare-up, The Star Online, 8 December 2005
External links
- Suicide bombing at Sharon Mall in Netanya - published at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Five die in Israel suicide blast - published in BBC News on December 5, 2005
- At least five killed in Israel suicide bomb attack - published on The Times on December 5, 2005
- Palestinian Bomber Kills Himself and 5 Others Near Israel Mall - published on The New York Times on December 6, 2005
- Five Israelis killed in mall suicide bombing - published on The Daily Telegraph on December 6, 2005
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Categories:- Attacks in Asia in 2005
- Mass murder in 2005
- Terrorist attacks attributed to Palestinian militant groups
- Suicide bombing in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Terrorist incidents in Israel in 2005
- Shopping mall bombings
- December 2005 events in Asia
- Netanya
- Building bombings in Israel
- Islamic terrorism in Israel