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	\|perps=~~One Palestinian assailant (Shadi Tobassi).~~ [[Hamas]] claimed responsibility		\| injuries = 40+
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	The '''Matza restaurant suicide bombing''' occurred on March 31, 2002, when a [[Palestinian people\|Palestinian]] [[Hamas]] [[suicide bomber]] detonated his bomb inside the Matza restaurant in [[Haifa]], [[Israel]], near the [[Grand Canyon (mall)\|Grand Canyon shopping mall]], killing 16 ~~Israeli civilians~~ and injuring over 40 ~~people~~.<ref>{{cite news \| last = Bennet \| first = James \| title = MIDEAST TURMOIL: THE VIOLENCE; Bomber Strikes Jews and Arabs At Rare Refuge \| work = [[New York Times]] \| date = 2002-04-01 \| url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F03E0DD153AF932A35757C0A9649C8B63 \| access-date = 2008-07-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=~~http~~://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1077927.html \|title=~~Archived copy~~ \|access-date=2009-04-12 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415134709/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1077927.html \|archive-date=2009-04-15 }}</ref> ~~Journalist [[Giulio Meotti]]~~ described the ~~attack~~ as ~~a massacre~~.<ref name=~~meotti~~>{{cite ~~book\|last= Meotti\|first=Giulio \|title=A New Shoah: The Untold Story of Israel's Victims of Terrorism~~\|url=https://~~books~~.~~google~~.com/~~books?id=Q0OpIxcBBJwC&q=Matza+restaurant+massacre~~\|~~year~~=~~2003~~\|~~publisher~~=~~Encounter Books~~\|~~page~~=47\|~~isbn~~=~~978-1594034770~~}}</ref>		The '''Matza restaurant suicide bombing''' occurred on March 31, 2002, when a [[Palestinian people\|Palestinian]] [[Hamas]] [[Palestinian suicide attacks\|suicide bomber]] detonated his bomb inside the Matza restaurant in [[Haifa]], [[Israel]], near the [[Grand Canyon (mall)\|Grand Canyon shopping mall]], killing 16 people and injuring over 40.<ref name="NYT20020401">{{cite news \| last = Bennet \| first = James \| title = MIDEAST TURMOIL: THE VIOLENCE; Bomber Strikes Jews and Arabs At Rare Refuge \| work = [[New York Times]] \| date = 2002-04-01 \| url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F03E0DD153AF932A35757C0A9649C8B63 \| access-date = 2008-07-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1077927.html \|title=Israeli man succumbs to wounds sustained in 2002 Hamas suicide bombing - Haaretz - Israel News \|access-date=2009-04-12 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415134709/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1077927.html \|archive-date=2009-04-15 }}</ref> Reporting has described the cafe as both "Arab-owned" and "owned by Israeli Jews, but run by Palestinian citizens of Israel".<ref name="NYT20020401"/><ref name="Guardian-israel9">{{cite news\| url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/mar/31/israel9 \| location=London \| work=The Guardian \| title=Arafat siege continues \| date=March 31, 2002}}</ref>

	~~==The attack==~~
	The attack occurred at 14:45 during the [[Passover]] vacation in Israel, and the restaurant was crowded with families having their lunch. Despite the [[Passover suicide bombing]] which occurred just four days earlier in [[Netanya]], and the tense atmosphere following it, the clients and restaurant owners were not particularly worried about security: The Matza restaurant is operated by an [[Israeli Arab]] family, and its multi-ethnic nature was thought to make it an unlikely choice for a terrorist attack.

	==The perpetrators==		==The perpetrators==
	The military wing of [[Hamas]] claimed responsibility for the attack, stating that the ~~bombings would continue as long as the siege of~~ then President of the [[Palestinian National Authority]], [[Yasser Arafat]] ~~in [[Ramallah]]~~.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/apr/01/israel2 Israel vows to avenge bombings], [[The Guardian]], April 1, 2002.</ref> ~~In addition,~~ Hamas spokesman stated that the suicide bomber was a 22-year-old Palestinian named Shadi Tubasi ~~who originated~~ from ~~the~~ [[Jenin]] area.<ref~~>{{cite news\| url~~=~~https:~~/~~/www.theguardian.com/world/2002/mar/31/israel9 \| location=London \| work=The Guardian \| title=Arafat siege continues \| date~~=~~March 31, 2002}}<~~/~~ref~~>		The military wing of [[Hamas]] claimed responsibility for the attack, stating that it was in retaliation for Israeli raids on Palestinian cities and towns, including [[Ramallah]] where the then President of the [[Palestinian National Authority]], [[Yasser Arafat]], was under siege.<ref name="NYT20020401"/><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/apr/01/israel2 Israel vows to avenge bombings], [[The Guardian]], April 1, 2002.</ref> A Hamas spokesman stated that the suicide bomber was a 22-year-old Palestinian named Shadi Tubasi. Tubasi came from a refugee camp near [[Jenin]] area that had recently been invaded by Israeli forces.<ref name="Guardian-israel9"/><ref name="NYT20020401"/>

	==See also==		==See also==
	*[[List of massacres committed during the Al-Aqsa Intifada]]
	*[[Palestinian political violence]]		*[[Palestinian political violence]]
	*[[Israeli casualties of war]]		*[[Israeli casualties of war]]

	~~==External links==~~
	* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1903912.stm Israel hit by double suicide attack] – published on [[BBC News]] on March 31, 2002
	* [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=APAB&d_place=APAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F86CB1307B04573&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Palestinian bomber rips open restaurant in city that prides itself on coexistence] – published on the [[Associated Press]] on March 31, 2002

	==References==		==References==
	{{Reflist\|2}}		{{Reflist}}

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The '''Matza restaurant suicide bombing''' occurred on March 31, 2002, when a [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] [[Hamas]] [[suicide bomber]] detonated his bomb inside the Matza restaurant in [[Haifa]], [[Israel]], near the [[Grand Canyon (mall)|Grand Canyon shopping mall]], killing 16 Israeli civilians and injuring over 40 people.<ref>{{cite news | last = Bennet | first = James | title = MIDEAST TURMOIL: THE VIOLENCE; Bomber Strikes Jews and Arabs At Rare Refuge | work = [[New York Times]] | date = 2002-04-01 | url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F03E0DD153AF932A35757C0A9649C8B63 | access-date = 2008-07-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1077927.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-04-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415134709/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1077927.html |archive-date=2009-04-15 }}</ref> Journalist [[Giulio Meotti]] described the attack as a massacre.<ref name=meotti>{{cite book|last= Meotti|first=Giulio |title=A New Shoah: The Untold Story of Israel's Victims of Terrorism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q0OpIxcBBJwC&q=Matza+restaurant+massacre|year=2003|publisher=Encounter Books|page=47|isbn=978-1594034770}}</ref>

==The attack==
The attack occurred at 14:45 during the [[Passover]] vacation in Israel, and the restaurant was crowded with families having their lunch. Despite the [[Passover suicide bombing]] which occurred just four days earlier in [[Netanya]], and the tense atmosphere following it, the clients and restaurant owners were not particularly worried about security: The Matza restaurant is operated by an [[Israeli Arab]] family, and its multi-ethnic nature was thought to make it an unlikely choice for a terrorist attack.

==The perpetrators==
The military wing of [[Hamas]] claimed responsibility for the attack, stating that the bombings would continue as long as the siege of then President of the [[Palestinian National Authority]], [[Yasser Arafat]] in [[Ramallah]].<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/apr/01/israel2 Israel vows to avenge bombings], [[The Guardian]], April 1, 2002.</ref> In addition, Hamas spokesman stated that the suicide bomber was a 22-year-old Palestinian named Shadi Tubasi who originated from the [[Jenin]] area.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/mar/31/israel9 | location=London | work=The Guardian | title=Arafat siege continues | date=March 31, 2002}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of massacres committed during the Al-Aqsa Intifada]]
*[[Palestinian political violence]]
*[[Israeli casualties of war]]

==External links==
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1903912.stm Israel hit by double suicide attack] – published on [[BBC News]] on March 31, 2002
* [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=APAB&d_place=APAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F86CB1307B04573&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Palestinian bomber rips open restaurant in city that prides itself on coexistence] – published on the [[Associated Press]] on March 31, 2002

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

{{Terrorist attacks against Israelis in the 2000s}}
{{Palestinian militancy attacks in the 2000s}}
[[Category:Explosions in 2002]]
[[Category:Mass murder in 2002]]
[[Category:Israeli casualties in the Second Intifada]]
[[Category:Hamas suicide bombings]]
[[Category:Terrorist incidents in Israel in 2002]]
[[Category:Attacks on restaurants in Asia]]
[[Category:History of Haifa]]
[[Category:Terrorist incidents in Haifa]]
[[Category:March 2002 events in Asia]]
[[Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2002]]
[[Category:Islamic terrorism in Israel]]
[[Category:Building bombings in Israel]]