Beersheba bus bombings

Name: Beersheba bus bombings
Start: 2004

2004 CE.

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The Beersheba bus bombings were two Palestinian suicide attacks carried out nearly simultaneously aboard commuter buses in Beersheba, Israel, on August 31, 2004. Sixteen people were killed and more than 100 were injured. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attacks.

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