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  The attack site | |
| Location | Hadera, Israel |
| Date | January 17, 2002; 22 years ago (2002-01-17) 9:45 pm (GMT+2) |
| Attack type | Mass shooting, massacre, murder-suicide, suicide bombing |
| Weapons | M16 assault rifle |
| Deaths | 7 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 33 |
| Perpetrator | Abdul Salaam Sadek Hassouneh (al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility) |
On Thursday, January 17, 2002 a Palestinian gunman, 24-year-old Abdul Salaam Sadek Hassouneh, killed six people and wounded 33 at a Bat Mitzvah celebration in Hadera, Israel.
Attack
The attack took place at 9:45 pm (GMT+2) as guests were departing. The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades assumed responsibility for the attack, claiming it was vengeance for the killing of its leader Raed Karmi. An Israeli police spokesman said the man, apparently on a suicide mission, had thrown several grenades into the Armon David wedding hall, where the Bat Mitzvah celebration had taken place, and detonated explosives on himself. A belt filled with explosives was found on the attacker.
Media coverage
The Al Jazeera television network was criticized for bias in coverage of the massacre, failing to note that the victims were attending a bat mitzvah and that the gunman crashed the event at a crowded banquet hall, and failing to mention the number of people killed by Raed Karmi when covering his assassination several days earlier, which would have provided context for the story.
Perpetrator
The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades said the attacker, 24-year-old Abdel Salam Hassouna, was from a village near Nablus and launched the attack to avenge the death of Raed Karmi.
After the attack a video made earlier by the attacker was released, in which he is seen declaring: "I am doing this to avenge all the Palestinian martyrs."
Official reactions
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- Involved parties
Israel
Palestinian territories:
- The Palestinian Authority condemned the attack but blamed Israel for provoking it.
- International
United States: the US government condemned the Hadera attack "in the strongest possible terms," calling it a "horrific act of terrorism." The widow of the one American killed in the attack, Aharon Ellis, brought a lawsuit against the Palestinian Authority that received a $173 million default judgment in 2006, and in 2009 was settled out of court.
See also
- List of massacres in Israel
- Palestinian political violence
- Passover massacre
- List of terrorist incidents, 2002
References
- ^ Bat mitzvah massacre in Israel leaves seven dead, Phil Reeves, 18 January 2002
- Jackson, Brian A. (2007). Breaching the Fortress Wall: Understanding Terrorist Efforts to Overcome Defensive Technologies. Rand Corporation. ISBN 9780833039149.
- ^ Gunman kills 6 Israelis; jets fire missiles in response, January 18, 2002. CNN
- ^ Perspectives on war. Hickey, Neil, Columbia Journalism Review, March 1, 2002
- Gerstein, Josh (2 February 2010). "Palestinians reverse on terror victim". Politico. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
External links
- Seven killed in attack in Israel - published on BBC News on January 18, 2002
- Seven Suicide terrorist kills 6 at Bat Mitzvah in Israel - published on the New York Post on January 18, 2002
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