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{{Infobox terrorist attack
|title=Haifa bus 16 suicide bombing
|partof=the [[Second Intifada]] militancy campaign
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|location=[[Israel]]
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|date=2 December 2001
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|type=[[suicide bombing]]
|fatalities=15 civilians (+ 1 bomber)
|injuries=40 civilians
|perps=[[Hamas]] claimed responsibility
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The '''Haifa bus 16 suicide bombing''' was a [[suicide bombing]] which occurred on 2 December 2001 on an [[Egged (company)|Egged]] bus in [[Haifa]]. 15 people were killed in the attack and 40 people were injured.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lAAjDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT155|title=Dreams Deferred: A Concise Guide to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and the Movement to Boycott Israel|last=Nelson|first=Cary|date=2016-07-11|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=9780253025180|language=en}}</ref>

The Palestinian Islamist militant organization [[Hamas]] claimed responsibility for the attack.

== The attack ==
During the afternoon of Sunday, 2 December 2001, the perpetrator calmly boarded [[Haifa]] bus No. 16, which was en route from [[Neve Sha'anan, Haifa|Neve Sha'anan]] to the Giborim bridge. The perpetrator paid the bus fare and a few seconds later detonated the explosive device concealed underneath his clothes. The attack, which occurred in a busy intersection in the Tel Amal neighbourhood in [[Haifa]] killed 15 people and injured 40 more, 17 of them critically.

== The perpetrators ==
Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack. A leaflet published by the Hamas announced that the suicide bomber was Maher Habashi, a 21-year-old [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] [[plumber]] from [[Nablus]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=168ttmTMo5MC&pg=PA337|title=Understanding Terrorism: Challenges, Perspectives, and Issues|last=Martin|first=Gus|date=2012-01-18|publisher=SAGE|isbn=9781452299754|language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/15-slaughtered-3rd-suicide-attack-israel-left-reeling-bus-bombing-article-1.928107 15 SLAUGHTERED IN 3RD SUICIDE ATTACK Israel left reeling by bus bombing] - 3 December 2001. ''[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]''

{{Terrorist attacks against Israelis in the 2000s}}
{{Palestinian militancy attacks in the 2000s}}

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[[Category:Mass murder in 2001]]
[[Category:Suicide bombings in 2001]]
[[Category:Terrorist incidents in Israel in 2001]]
[[Category:Terrorist incidents in Haifa]]
[[Category:December 2001 events in Asia]]
[[Category:Hamas suicide bombings of buses]]
[[Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2001]]
[[Category:Islamic terrorism in Israel]]

Haifa bus 16 suicide bombing - Revision history

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