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{{Infobox terrorist attack
|title= Sonol gas station bombing
|partof=the [[Second Intifada]] militancy campaign
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|location=[[Ariel (city)|Ariel]], [[West Bank]]
|target= 
|date=October 27, 2002<br>11:30 am
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|type=[[suicide bombing]]
|fatalities=3 soldiers (+ 1 bomber)
|injuries=approximately 18 (mostly soldiers)
|perps=[[Hamas]] claimed responsibility
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The '''Sonol gas station bombing''' was a double [[suicide bombing]] attack which occurred on October 27, 2002 near a [[Sonol]] gas station located at the entrance to [[Ariel (city)|Ariel]], an [[Israeli settlement]] city in the West Bank. Three people were killed in the attack and approximately 18 people were injured. All of the fatalities were IDF reservists. [[Hamas]] claimed responsibility for the attack.<ref name="Haaretz">{{cite web |url= http://www.haaretz.com/news/three-killed-in-ariel-suicide-bombing-hamas-claims-attack-1.30152 |title=Three killed in Ariel suicide bombing; Hamas claims attack – Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News |work=haaretz.com |year=2011 |access-date=October 16, 2011}}</ref>

==The attack==
On Sunday, October 27, 2002 around 11:30 am, a young Palestinian suicide bomber approached a gas station cafeteria at the entrance to Ariel. The gas station cafeteria was full of Israeli soldiers who were waiting for their bus.

As the suicide bomber approached the gas station, a worker at the nearby cafeteria spotted him and informed her boss that the man looked suspicious. The owner of the cafeteria Menachem Gilboa and an attendant at the gas station approached the suspect, identified him as a terrorist, wrestled him to the floor and held his arms, thus preventing him from detonating his explosive device. By doing so Gilboa noticed that the suspect was wearing an explosives belt underneath his shirt. The two screamed for help and subsequently three soldiers ran towards them to assist them subdue the terrorist.<ref name="Haaretz" /><ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/oct/28/israel |title=Dying bomber kills three Israeli soldiers | World news | The Guardian |first=Chris |last=McGreal |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=October 28, 2002 |location=London |issn=0261-3077 |oclc=60623878 |access-date=October 16, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/28/world/palestinian-subdued-and-shot-yet-his-bomb-kills-3.html |title=Palestinian Subdued and Shot, Yet His Bomb Kills 3 – New York Times |first=James |last=Bennet |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 28, 2002 |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=October 16, 2011}}</ref>

The three soldiers who tried to subdue the bomber were killed in the explosion. 20 people additional people were injured in the explosion, one of them seriously.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IzIqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-EEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3043,6225861 3 Soldiers Die In Struggle With Suicide Bomber] – published on the [[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]] on October 28, 2002</ref>

As a result of the explosion, a small fire broke out at the gas station, which was later on quickly put out by the firefighters.<ref name="Haaretz"/>

The Islamist militant organization [[Hamas]] claimed responsibility for the attack.<ref name="Haaretz"/>

== Israeli retaliation ==
A few hours after the attack Israel sent military troops into northern West Bank to the town of [[Jenin]] to capture militants associated with the attack. During the operation the Israeli military force was caught in an exchange of fire with the militia forces who refused to turn themselves in. Three members of the [[al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades]] were killed during the exchange of fire.<ref>[https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/224508051.html?dids=224508051:224508051&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT 3 Israelis killed, 18 wounded amid effort to halt bomber ; Palestinian is restrained, but explosives detonate just after he is shot] -</ref> Two Israeli soldiers were injured in the incident.

==Official reactions==
;Involved parties

{{Flag|Palestinian territories}}:
*[[Palestinian National Authority]] – PNA officials condemned the attack and stated that its security forces are unable to act against Palestinian militant groups because Israeli troops have taken over most cities in the West Bank.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1aAfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zNUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1371,8742775 The Southeast Missourian – Google News Archive Search]</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/224293221.html?dids=224293221:224293221&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT Bomb Kills 3 Israeli Soldiers Near Settlement; Blast Follows Confrontation With Attacker] – published on the [[Washington Post]] on October 28, 2002
* [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/225819821.html?dids=225819821:225819821&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT Suicide bomber kills 3; Troops kill 2] – published on the [[Chicago Tribune]] on October 28, 2002

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

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[[Category:2002 murders in Asia]]
[[Category:Hamas suicide bombings]]
[[Category:Terrorist incidents in the Palestinian territories]]
[[Category:Terrorist incidents in the West Bank in 2002]]
[[Category:Islamic terrorism in Israel]]

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