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{{Infobox terrorist attack
|title=Karni border crossing attack
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|caption=
|location=[[Karni Crossing]], [[Southern District (Israel)|Southern District]], [[Israel]]
|target=
|date=January 13, 2005<br>Circa 22:45 pm ([[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]]+2)
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|weapons = 200 pound [[Explosive device]],<ref name=autogenerated2>{{cite news |url=http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/01/15/after_attack_israel_cuts_abbas_contact/|title=After attack, Israel cuts Abbas contact|newspaper=The Boston Globe |access-date=December 13, 2014}}</ref> [[hand grenade]]s, [[AK-47]] rifles
|type=Shooting attack
|fatalities=6 (+ 3 attackers)
|injuries=5
|perps=[[Hamas]], the [[Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades]] and the [[Popular Resistance Committees]] claimed joint responsibility
}}
The '''Karni border crossing attack''' was a [[suicide bombing]] of January 13, 2005, at the pedestrian/[[cargo terminal]] [[Karni Crossing]] located on the [[Israeli Gaza Strip barrier]]. Six Israeli civilians were killed in the attack and five Israelis were injured in the attack.

[[Hamas]], the [[Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades]] and the [[Popular Resistance Committees]] claimed joint responsibility for the attack.

==The attack==
On Thursday, January 13, 2005, at around 22:45 pm, a squad of three Palestinians militants armed with [[AK-47]]s and [[hand grenade]]s, parked a truck loaded with a 200-pound explosive device,<ref name=autogenerated2 /> on the Palestinian side of the fence near an iron door that separates the Israeli and Palestinian sides at the [[Karni Crossing]] checkpoint. At 22:45 pm the squad detonated the explosives which created a hole through the iron door. Immediately afterwards the militants penetrated into the Israeli side of the Karni crossing through the hole in the iron door. The militant squad threw grenades and fired their assault weapons at the Israeli civilians on the site.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism-+Obstacle+to+Peace/Terrorism+and+Islamic+Fundamentalism-/Terrorist+attack+at+Karni+crossing+thwarted+by+IDF+forces+14-Dec-2005.htm|title=Terrorist attack at Karni crossing thwarted by IDF forces|work=GxMSDev|access-date=December 13, 2014}}</ref>

During the attack the Palestinian militant squad managed to kill 6 Israeli civilians (truck drivers and workers of the Port Authority) and in addition managed to injure five Israeli civilians.<ref name=autogenerated3>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4173077.stm|title=Deadly attack rocks Gaza crossing |publisher=BBC News |access-date=December 13, 2014}}</ref>

The following exchange of fire between the Israeli soldiers stationed at the site and the Palestinian militants resulted in the killing of all three attackers.<ref name=autogenerated3 />

== The perpetrators ==
Three Palestinian militant groups claimed joint responsibility for the attack, including [[Hamas]], the [[Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades]] and the [[Popular Resistance Committees]].<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/middle-east-conflict/news/article.cfm?c_id=601&objectid=10006571 |title=Five dead, 10 wounded in Gaza attack |date=January 14, 2005 |agency=[[Reuters]] |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=October 8, 2011}}</ref>

After the attack, Abu Abir, a spokesman for the Popular Resistance Committees, stated to the press, "the attack is a continuation of the resistance."<ref name=autogenerated1 />

==Official reactions==
;Involved parties
{{Flag|Israel}}: Israeli officials stated, "The prime minister has ordered suspension of all contacts with Palestinian Authority representatives and the closure of all Gaza terminals until real steps are taken against terrorist acts."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/14/gaza.bombing/|publisher=CNN |title=Sharon suspends contacts with Palestinian Authority |date=January 14, 2005 |access-date=December 13, 2014}}</ref>

{{Flag|Palestinian National Authority}}: Newly elected President of the Palestinian National Authority [[Mahmoud Abbas]] condemned the attack.<ref>{{cite news |author=Andrew Metz |url=https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Sharon-drops-peace-dialogue-He-won-t-talk-with-2705268.php |title=Sharon drops peace dialogue / He won't talk with Palestinian leader until those behind attack on Israelis are caught |date=January 15, 2005 |newspaper=Newsday |via=SFGate |access-date=December 13, 2014}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Erez Crossing bombing (January 14, 2004)]]

==External links==
{{Wikinews|Suicide attack at Karni crossing between Gaza Strip, Israel}}
*[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2005/Terror+attack+at+Karni+Crossing+13-Jan-2005.htm Terror attack at Karni Crossing] - published at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4173077.stm Suicide attack at Gaza Crossing] - [[BBC News]]
*[https://www.haaretz.com/1.4688053 Inquiry: Karni attackers had false permits] - ''[[Haaretz]]'', January 16, 2005
*[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7819-2005Jan13.html Large Bomb Kills Six Israelis at Gaza Checkpoint], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', January 14, 2005
*[http://www.theage.com.au/news/Middle-East-Crisis/Explosion-kills-six-Israelis/2005/01/14/1105582714032.html Explosion kills six Israelis] - ''[[The Age]]'', January 15, 2005

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

{{Palestinian militancy attacks in the 2000s}}

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[[Category:Mass murder in 2005]]
[[Category:Spree shootings in Israel]]
[[Category:Car and truck bombings in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict]]
[[Category:Suicide bombing in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict]]
[[Category:January 2005 events in Asia]]
[[Category:Hamas attacks]]

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