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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|2002 terrorist attack in Israel}}<br />
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|title=Yagur Junction bombing<br />
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|location=[[Yagur Junction]], [[Israel]]<br />
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|date=April 10, 2002<br />
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|type=[[suicide bombing]]<br />
|fatalities=6 Israeli soldiers and 2 civilians (+ 1 bomber)<br />
|injuries=19<br />
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The '''Yagur Junction bombing''' was a [[suicide bombing]] which occurred on April 10, 2002 on an [[Egged (company)|Egged]] commuter bus line number 960 which was passing through [[Yagur Junction]] in northern Israel. 8 people were killed in the attack and 19 people were injured.<br />
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==The attack==<br />
On Wednesday, around 7:15 am April 10, 2002, a Palestinian militant exploded himself on [[Egged (company)|Egged]] bus no. 960 which was on its way from [[Haifa]] to [[Jerusalem]]. The explosion occurred while the bus was passing near Kibbutz [[Yagur]]. The Israeli police estimation was that the [[suicide attack|suicide bomber]] boarded the bus at its first stop in Haifa and detonated the bomb after only five kilometers.<br />
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Eight people were killed in the attack and 19 others were injured, three of them seriously. Most of the injured were Israeli soldiers and policemen. The force of the blast also damaged many vehicles in nearby proximity.<br />
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== The perpetrators ==<br />
The Palestinian Islamist militant organization [[Hamas]] claimed responsibility for the attack and stated that the suicide bomber was a Palestinian from [[Jenin]] named Iman al-Hijah.<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/11/world/mideast-turmoil-haifa-new-suicide-raid-casts-doubt-on-israeli-strategy.html MIDEAST TURMOIL: HAIFA; New Suicide Raid Casts Doubt on Israeli Strategy] - posted on the [[New York Times]] on April 11, 2002<br />
* [http://www.wsbtv.com/news/1390491/detail.html Israeli Bus Bomber Kills 8] - posted on the [[WSB-TV]] on April 10, 2002<br />
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[[Category:Mass murder in 2002]]<br />
[[Category:Hamas suicide bombings of buses]]<br />
[[Category:Terrorist incidents in Israel in 2002|Egged Bus 823 Bombing]]<br />
[[Category:April 2002 events in Asia]]<br />
[[Category:Islamic terrorism in Israel]]</div>->Headphase