2001 Azor attack

2001 CE.

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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 eight people—seven soldiers and one civilian, and injuring 26 further. The Islamist militant organization Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.

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