The wreckage of a commuter bus in West Jerusalem after a suicide bombing by Hamas on Tuesday, 18 June, 2002. The blast killed 19 people.
Hamas invented the method of targeting civilian mass transit system via suicide bombers in order to maximize fear, terror and casualties.

The Jerusalem Patt junction massacre was a suicide bombing on an Egged bus that was carried out by Hamas on Patt junction in Jerusalem on June 18, 2002, killing 19 people and wounding over 74. The wreckage of a commuter bus in West Jerusalem after a suicide bombing on Tuesday, 18 June, 2002. ... The wreckage of a commuter bus in West Jerusalem after a suicide bombing on Tuesday, 18 June, 2002. ... In the United States of America, transit describes local area common carrier passenger transportation configured to provide scheduled service on fixed routes on a non-reservation basis. ... A suicide bombing is a bomb attack on people or property, committed by a person who knows the explosion will cause his or her own death in addition to the attacks primary purpose (see suicide, suicide weapons). ... A suicide bombing is a bomb attack on people or property carried out in a way deliberately calculated to cause the death of the perpetrator (see suicide, suicide weapons). ... Egged Bus Cooperative is the largest bus company in Israel - and - the worlds second largest (second only to London Buses). ... A bus is a large wheeled vehicle, intended to carry numerous persons in addition to the driver. ... The Hamas emblem shows two crossed swords, the Dome of the Rock, and a map of the land they claim as Palestine (roughly, present-day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip). ... Jerusalem - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... June 18 is the 169th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (170th in leap years), with 196 days remaining. ... 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The attack

At 7:50 AM the Palestinian suicide bomber got onto the Egged line 32A bus, which came from the Gilo neighborhood and stopped in Beit Sefafa, a neighborhood of Jerusalem which is populated mostly by Arabs. The bomber went into the bus and exploded himself in the front. His explosive belt included metal balls for shrapnel in order to maximize casualties. Nineteen people were killed in the blast and over 74 people were wounded. The Palestinians are a mainly Arabic-speaking people with family origins in Palestine. ... A suicide bombing is a bomb attack on people or property, committed by a person who knows the explosion will cause his or her own death in addition to the attacks primary purpose (see suicide, suicide weapons). ... Egged Bus Cooperative is the largest bus company in Israel - and - the worlds second largest (second only to London Buses). ... A bus is a large wheeled vehicle, intended to carry numerous persons in addition to the driver. ... An explosive belt (also called suicide belt or shaheed belt) is a vest packed with explosives (and often also with nails, screws, bolts and other objects to serve as shrapnel to maximize the number of casualties) and a detonator that is worn by suicide bombers. ... Shrapnel is the collective term for fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding shell or landmine. ...

Bomber

Palestinian Islamist group Hamas claimed responsibility to the attack. The suicide bomber was indentified as Muhamed al-Ral, an Islamic law student at An-Najah University in Nablus, a known Hamas stronghold. The Palestinians are a mainly Arabic-speaking people with family origins in Palestine. ... Islamism is a political ideology derived from the conservative religious views of Muslim fundamentalism. ... The Hamas emblem shows two crossed swords, the Dome of the Rock, and a map of the land they claim as Palestine (roughly, present-day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip). ... A suicide bombing is a bomb attack on people or property, committed by a person who knows the explosion will cause his or her own death in addition to the attacks primary purpose (see suicide, suicide weapons). ... Sharia (Arabic شريعة also Sharia, Shariah or Syariah) is traditional Islamic law. ... Nāblus (sometimes Nābulus; Arabic: نابلس; pronounced Naablus) ( Hebrew שכם pronounced Shkhem ); 32°13′ N 35°16′ E) is a major city in the West Bank and, with a population of over 100,000, is one of the largest Palestinian population centers in the Middle East. ...

Victims

1. Boaz Aluf, 54, of Jerusalem
2. Shani Avi-Zedek, 15, of Jerusalem
3. Leah Baruch, 59, of Jerusalem
4. Mendel Bereson, 72, of Jerusalem
5. Raphael Berger, 28, of Jerusalem
6. Michal Biazi, 24, of Jerusalem
7. Tatiana Braslavsky, 41, of Jerusalem
8. Galila Bugala, 11, of Jerusalem
9. Raisa Dikstein, 67, of Jerusalem
10. Dr. Moshe Gottlieb, 70, of Jerusalem
11. Baruch Gruani, 60, of Jerusalem
12. Orit Hayla, 21, of Jerusalem
13. Helena Ivan, 63, of Jerusalem
14. Iman Kabha, 26, of Barta'a
15. Shiri Negari, 21, of Jerusalem
16. Gila Nakav, 55, of Jerusalem
17. Yelena Plagov, 42, of Jerusalem
18. Liat Yagen, 24 of Jerusalem
19. Rahamim Zidkiyahu, 51, of Jerusalem

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See also

• 7 July 2005 London bombings (7 July 2005)
• Islamist terror bombings in France (July – October 1995)
• 9/11 attacks in the United States (11 September 2001)
• Jerusalem bus 2 massacre (19 August 2003)
• Jerusalem bus 20 massacre (November 21, 2002)
• Moscow Metro bombing (6 February 2004)
• Madrid train bombings (11 March 2004)
• Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway (20 March 1995)

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External links

• Suicide bombing at Patt junction in Jerusalem June 18, 2002
• Jerusalem bus 2 massacre.
• List of massacres committed during the Al-Aqsa Intifada.