Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing

Name: Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing
Start: 2003

2003 CE.

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Hamas carried out a suicide bombing on 5 March 2003 on an Egged bus in Haifa, Israel. 17 passengers were killed in the attack and 53 were injured. Many of the victims were university students from nearby Haifa University. The bomber was 20-year-old Mahmoud Umdan Salim Qawasmeh, a student at the Palestine Polytechnic University. An Israeli Arab resident of Haifa who helped plan the attack was also tried and sentenced to life imprisonment for his involvement.

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