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{{Short description|2003 terrorist attack by Palestinian militants in Haifa, Israel}}
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{{Infobox terrorist attack
|title=Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing
|partof=the [[Second Intifada]] militancy campaign
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|location=[[Haifa]]
|target=[[bus]]
|date=5 March 2003
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|type=[[suicide attack]]
|fatalities=17 (+ 1 bomber)
|injuries=53
|perps=[[Hamas]]
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The '''Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing''' was a [[suicide bombing]] carried out on 5 March 2003 on an [[Egged (company)|Egged]] bus in [[Haifa]], [[Israel]]. Seventeen passengers were killed in the attack and 53 were injured.<ref name=MFA>[http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0n5r0 Suicide bombing of Egged bus No. 37 in Haifa], [[Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs]], 21 January 2004.</ref> Many of the victims were students from [[Haifa University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/301381811.html?dids=301381811:301381811&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT|title=Archives: Jerusalem Post}}</ref>

The Palestinian Islamist militant organization [[Hamas]] claimed responsibility for the attack. The suicide bomber was 20-year-old Mahmoud Umdan Salim Qawasmeh, a student at the [[Palestine Polytechnic University]]. An [[Arab citizens of Israel|Israeli Arab]] resident of Haifa who helped plan the attack was also tried and sentenced to life imprisonment for his involvement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.walla.co.il/?w=//490855|title=מאסר עולם לערבי ישראלי שסייע לפיגוע בחיפה - וואלה! חדשות|access-date=7 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050503113542/http://news.walla.co.il/?w=%2F%2F490855|archive-date=3 May 2005|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==The attack==
The attack occurred on 5 March 2003, when a [[suicide bomber]] from [[Hebron]] detonated a bomb hidden underneath his clothes on a bus carrying many children and teenagers on their way home from school.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/mar/07/israel1 Mother tells of last call as families mourn bus bomb children], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 7 March 2003.</ref> The bus exploded as it was pulling out of station on Moriyah Street, a main traffic artery near the Carmeliya neighborhood, heading from the [[Bat Galim]] neighborhood to the [[University of Haifa]]. The explosion occurred while the bus was packed with commuters. The attack killed 17 people and wounded 53.<ref name="The Guardian, March 6, 2003">[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/mar/06/israel Israel attacks Gaza as bus bomb kills 15], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 6 March 2003.</ref> Police said the bomb, strapped to the bomber's body, was laden with metal shrapnel in order to maximize the number of injuries.<ref>[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2004/1/Suicide%20bombing%20of%20Egged%20bus%20No%2037%20in%20Haifa%20-%205-Ma Haifa suicide bombing]</ref>

== Aftermath ==
Spokesmen from Hamas and Islamic Jihad praised the attack. "We will not stop our resistance," said [[Abd al-Aziz Rantisi]] of Hamas. "We are not going to give up in the face of the daily killing of Palestinians."<ref name="The Guardian, March 6, 2003" /> In response, Israeli helicopters killed Hamas leader [[Ibrahim al-Makadmeh]] and three of his bodyguards.<ref>{{cite web|last=Murphy |first=Jarrett |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hamas-vows-to-avenge-leaders-death/ |title=Hamas Vows To Avenge Leader's Death |work=CBS News |date=9 March 2003}}</ref>

On 18 October 2011, Israel released three people convicted of planning the attack, Maedh Waal Taleb Abu Sharakh (19 life sentences), Majdi Muhammad Ahmed Amr (19 life sentences) and Fadi Muhammad Ibrahim al-Jaaba (18 life sentences), as part of the [[Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange]].<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|last=Dayan |first=Dani |url=http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=241857 |title=Prisoner list includes planners o... JPost – Diplomacy & Politics |work=Jerusalem Post |access-date=19 October 2011}}</ref><ref>[http://www.shabas.gov.il/NR/rdonlyres/09ED13AD-30EB-4F28-8FEA-7A9EDB0F9119/0/listeng1.xls]</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of Hamas suicide attacks]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160229063746/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1423765/Bus-bomb-Rocks-Haifa.html Bus bomb Rocks Haifa] - published on [[The Daily Telegraph]] on 5 March 2003
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/2822109.stm Deadly bus blast rocks Haifa] - published on [[BBC News]] on 6 March 2003
*[https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/301471771.html?dids=301471771:301471771&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT Explosion rips through bus, killing at least 15 in Israel ; American among victims; lull in suicide attacks ends] - published on the [[Boston Globe]] on 6 March 2003
*[http://www.liz17.com Memorial site of Liz Katzman]
*[http://www.tal-smile.com Memorial site of Tal Khermann]

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[[Category:Mass murder in 2003]]
[[Category:Suicide bombings in 2003]]
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[[Category:Israeli casualties in the Second Intifada]]
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[[Category:Terrorist incidents in Haifa]]
[[Category:March 2003 events in Asia]]
[[Category:Hamas suicide bombings of buses]]
[[Category:Islamic terrorism in Israel]]

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