2001 HaSharon Mall suicide bombing

2001 HaSharon Mall bombing
Part of the Second Intifada militancy campaign
The attack site
Location	Netanya, Israel
Date	May 18, 2001 11:30 am (GMT+2)
Attack type	suicide bombing
Deaths	6 (+ 1 bomber)
Injured	100+
Perpetrators	Hamas claimed responsibility

The 2001 HaSharon Mall bombing was a Palestinian suicide bombing which occurred on May 18, 2001 in the HaSharon Mall in Netanya, Israel. Six people were killed in the attack.^[1]

The Palestinian Islamist militant organization Hamas said they were responsible for the attack.^{[citation needed]}

On Friday, May 18, 2001 at 11:30 am, a Palestinian suicide bomber wearing a long blue jacket hiding explosives attached to his body approached the popular HaSharon Mall in the center of Netanya. He was approached by the mall's security guard, who prevented him from entering the mall; the bomber immediately detonated his explosives at the entrance to the mall, killing seven people including himself and injuring more than 50.^[1]

Following the attack Israeli fighter jets attacked Palestinian security forces headquarters in the West Bank, killing 12.^[2] The attack marks the first use of Israeli warplanes against Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza since the 1967 war.^[3]

• HaSharon Mall suicide bombing (December 5, 2005)
• HaSharon Mall suicide bombing (July 12, 2005)

• CNN's Sheila MacVicar describes bomb scene - published on CNN on May 18, 2001
• Israeli jets strike back after bomb - published on The Telegraph on May 19, 2001

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