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[a] A 2007 study of Palestinian suicide bombings during the Second Intifada (September 2000 through August 2005) found that 39.9% of the suicide attacks were carried out by Hamas, 26.4% by Fatah, 25.7% by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), 5.4% by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and 2.7% by other organizations. The ...
Ayat al-Akhras (20 February 1985 – 29 March 2002) was the third and youngest Palestinian female suicide bomber who, at age 17, killed herself and two Israeli civilians on March 29, 2002, by detonating explosives belted to her body. The killings gained widespread international attention due to Ayat's age and gender and the fact that one of the ...
Notable female Palestinian suicide bombers include: Wafa Idris – first suicide bomber (bombing date: January 27, 2002) Darine Abu Aisha – second suicide bomber (bombing date: February 27, 2002) [49] Ayat al-Akhras – third suicide bomber (bombing date: March 29, 2002) Andalib Suleiman – fourth suicide bomber (bombing date: April 12, 2002)
Palestinian terrorists committed a number of suicide attacks later in 2001, among them the Sbarro restaurant massacre, with 15 civilian casualties (including 7 children); [92] [93] the Nahariya train station suicide bombing and the Pardes Hanna bus bombing, both with 3 civilian casualties; [94] [95] [96] the Ben Yehuda Street bombing with 11 ...
Suicide bombers' families often receive substantial cash payments, ranging from $1,000 to several thousand dollars, from organizations such as Hamas or the PIJ, and occasionally from external supporters. [79] In 2002, Iraqi president Saddam Hussein reportedly offered up to $25,000 to the families of Palestinian suicide bombers. [84]
On Aug. 9, 2001, a Palestinian bomber walked into a Jerusalem pizzeria and blew himself up. After 22 years in a coma, Israeli woman critically wounded in 2001 Jerusalem suicide bombing dies Skip ...
Fatma Omar An-Najar (died November 23, 2006) was a Palestinian suicide bomber who lived in the Gaza Strip. On November 23, 2006, she detonated explosives she was wearing on a belt, and injured several Israeli soldiers near Beit Lahia and the Jabalia Camp in northern Gaza. Hamas claimed responsibility for the bombing. Her family said she was 64 ...
She was the eighth Palestinian female suicide bomber, but only the second to have left behind children. [2] Riyashi was the first female suicide bomber sent by Hamas whose spiritual leader at the time, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin had initially objected to the involvement of women in such actions, altering this position shortly before his assassination ...