The Geha Interchange bus stop bombing was a suicide bombing which occurred on December 25, 2003 on a bus stop at the Geha Interchange on the outskirts of Tel Aviv, Israel. Four people were killed in the attack and 16 injured. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility for the attack.
The attack
On Thursday, around 6:30 pm on December 25, 2003, a Palestinian suicide bomber detonated an explosive device near a bus stop at the Geha Interchange. Three Israeli soldiers and a 19-year-old woman were killed in the attack and 16 others were wounded. Two were killed instantly and a third died on the way to the hospital. The fourth victim died in the hospital several hours later.[1][2][3]
Fatalities
The perpetrators
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility for the attack and stated that the suicide bomber was 18-year-old Saed Hanani of Beit Furik, a village in the West Bank.[1]
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- Netanya bombing2 (March 4, 2001)
- 1st HaSharon Mall entrance suicide bombing (May 18, 2001)
- Dolphinarium discotheque suicide bombing2 (June 1, 2001)
- Binyamina train station suicide bombing (July 16, 2001)
- Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing2 (August 9, 2001)
- Nahariya train station suicide bombing (September 9, 2001)
- Pardes Hanna bus bombing (November 29, 2001)
- Ben Yehuda Street Bombings (December 1, 2001)
- Haifa bus 16 suicide bombing (December 2, 2001)
- Bat Mitzvah massacre (January 18, 2002)
- Tel Aviv outdoor mall bombing (January 25, 2002)
- Jaffa Street bombing (January 27, 2002)
- Karnei Shomron Mall suicide bombing (February 16, 2002) * Yeshivat Beit Yisrael massacre (March 2, 2002)
- Seafood Market attack (March 5, 2002)
- Café Moment bombing (March 9, 2002)
- Matzuva attack1 (March 12, 2002)
- Egged bus 823 bombing (March 20, 2002)
- King George Street bombing (March 21, 2002)
- Passover massacre (March 27, 2002)
- Kiryat HaYovel supermarket bombing (March 29, 2002)
- Matza restaurant suicide bombing (March 31, 2002)
- Yagur Junction bombing (April 10, 2002)
- Mahane Yehuda Market bombing (April 12, 2002)
- Rishon LeZion bombing (May 7, 2002)
- Netanya Market bombing (May 19, 2002)
- Pi Glilot bombing attempt (May 23, 2002)
- Megiddo Junction bus bombing (June 5, 2002)
- Herzliya shawarma restaurant bombing (June 11, 2002)
- Patt Junction Bus Bombing (June 18, 2002)
- Neve Shaanan Street bombing (July 17, 2002)
- Hebrew University bombing (July 31, 2002)
- Meron Junction Bus 361 attack (August 4, 2002)
- Allenby Street bus bombing (September 19, 2002)
- Karkur junction suicide bombing (October 21, 2002)
- Kiryat Menachem bus bombing (November 21, 2002)
- Beit She'an attack (November 28, 2002)
- Tel-Aviv central bus station massacre (January 5, 2003)
- Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing (March 5, 2003)
- Mike's Place suicide bombing (April 30, 2003)
- Jerusalem bombings (May 18, 2003)
- Afula mall bombing (May 19, 2003)
- Davidka Square bus bombing (June 11, 2003)
- Murder of Oleg Shaichat (July 28, 2003)
- Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing (August 19, 2003)
- Tzrifin bus stop attack (September 9, 2003)
- Café Hillel bombing (September 9, 2003)
- Maxim restaurant suicide bombing (October 4, 2003)
- Geha Interchange bus stop bombing (December 25, 2003)
- 2004 Erez Crossing bombing3 (January 14, 2004)
- Gaza Street bus bombing (January 29, 2004)
- Liberty Bell Park bus bombing (February 22, 2004)
- Ashdod Port bombings (March 14, 2004)
- Beersheba bus bombings (August 31, 2004)
- Carmel Market bombing (November 1, 2004)
- Karni border crossing attack (January 13, 2005)
- Stage Club bombing (February 25, 2005)
- 2nd HaSharon Mall entrance suicide bombing (July 12, 2005)
- Hadera Market bombing (October 26, 2005)
- 3rd HaSharon Mall entrance suicide bombing (December 5, 2005)
- Tel Aviv shawarma restaurant bombing (April 17, 2006)
- Gaza cross-border raid2 (June 25, 2006)
- Eilat bakery bombing (January 29, 2007)
- Dimona suicide bombing (February 4, 2008)
- Mercaz HaRav massacre (March 6, 2008)
- Jerusalem bulldozer attack (July 2, 2008)
- Jerusalem BMW attack (September 22, 2008)
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- Ramallah lynching (October 12, 2000)
- Murder of Ofir Rahum (January 17, 2001)
- Assassination of the Israeli Minister of Tourism Rehavam Ze'evi2 (October 17, 2001)
- Murder of Shalhevet Pass (March 26, 2001)
- Palestinian fatal stoning attack (June 5, 2001)
- Immanuel bus attack (December 12, 2001)
- Ein 'Arik checkpoint attack (19 February 2002)
- Wadi al-Haramiya sniper attack (March 3, 2002)
- French Hill Junction suicide bombing (June 19, 2002)
- Itamar attack (June 20, 2002)
- Immanuel bus attack (July 16, 2002)
- Sonol gas station bombing (October 27, 2002)
- Hebron ambush (November 15, 2002)
- Yeshivat Otniel shooting (December 27, 2002)
- Kedumim bombing (March 30, 2006)
- Murder of Eliyahu Asheri (June 25, 2006)
- Nahal Telem attack (December 28, 2007)
- Bat Ayin ax attack (April 2, 2009)
- Killing of Rabbi Meir Hai (December 24, 2009)
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