Ramat Gan bus bombing

32°05′03″N 34°48′12″E / 32.08417°N 34.80333°E / 32.08417; 34.80333DateJuly 24, 1995; 28 years ago (1995-07-24)
c. 8:40 am (GMT+2)

Attack type

Suicide attackWeapon15 kilograms (33 lb) explosive deviceDeaths6 Israeli civilians (+1 bomber)Injured30 Israeli civiliansPerpetratorHamas claimed responsibility

The Ramat Gan bus bombing was a Hamas suicide attack on a crowded No. 20 commuter bus in Ramat Gan, Israel on July 24, 1995, near the Israel Diamond Exchange. Six Israelis were killed and 33 were wounded. The bomb contained 15 kilograms (33 lb) of TNT packed with nails into a metal pipe.^[1]

The perpetrator

Just after 9:00 am, a call came in to the Associated Press office in East Jerusalem claiming responsibility for the attack. The caller boasted that a youth from Hamas from the Yahya Ayyash group from the West Bank carried out the attack" ^[2]

References

^ 1992-1995: A chronology of events, Edward F. Mickolus and Susan L. Simmons, p.845
^ Katz, Samuel (2002). The Hunt for the Engineer. Lyons Press. ISBN 1585747491. Katz, 190-191

External links

Bus attack may speed up peace talks with Palestinians
Remarks by Prime Minister Rabin on Israel Radio and Television on Ramat Gan attack, 24 July 1995.

Prominent terrorist attacks against Israelis in the history of the Arab–Israeli conflict – the 1990s

1990

Cairo bus attack (February 4)
Assassination of Meir Kahane (November 5)
Ein Netafim ambush (November 26)

1992

Night of the Pitchforks (February 14)
Buenos Aires Israeli embassy bombing (March 17)
Murder of Helena Rapp (May 24)
Abduction and killing of Nissim Toledano (December 13)

1993

Mehola Junction bombing (April 16)
Abduction and killing of Yaron Chen (August 5)

1994

Afula bus bombing (April 6)
Hadera bus station bombing (April 13)
London embassy bombing (July 26)
Abduction and killing of Nachshon Wachsman (October 14)
Dizengoff Street bus bombing (October 19)
Netzarim Junction bicycle bombing (November 11)
Afula axe attack (November 30)

1995

Beit Lid bombing (January 22)
Kfar Darom bus attack (April 9)
Ramat Gan bus bombing (July 24)
Jerusalem bus 26 bombing (August 21)

1996

First Jaffa Road bus bombing (February 25) ‡
Second Jaffa Road bus bombing (March 3)
Dizengoff Center bombing (March 4)
Murder of Yaron and Efrat Ungar (June 9)

1997

Attacks launched from the West Bank Attacks launched from the Gaza Strip Attacks launched from Lebanon Attacks launched from Jordan Attacks launched from Egypt

‡ indicates the terrorist attack which caused the greatest amount of Israeli casualties during the 1990s

1980s

2000s

v t e Prominent Palestinian militancy attacks in the 1990s
Within Israel	Night of the Pitchforks (February 14, 1992) Murder of Helena Rapp (May 24, 1992) Kidnapping and murder of Nissim Toledano (December 13, 1992) Afula bus suicide bombing² (April 6, 1994) Hadera central station suicide bombing (April 13, 1994) Kidnapping and murder of Nachshon Wachsman² (October 14, 1994) Dizengoff Street bus bombing (October 19, 1994) Afula axe attack² (November 30, 1994) Beit Lid massacre (January 22, 1995) Kfar Darom bus attack³ (April 9, 1995) Ramat Gan bus bombing² (July 24, 1995) Jerusalem bus 26 bombing (August 21, 1995) First Jerusalem bus 18 suicide bombing (February 25, 1996) Second Jerusalem bus 18 suicide bombing (March 3, 1996) Dizengoff Center suicide bombing (March 4, 1996) Murder of Yaron and Efrat Ungar (June 9, 1996) Café Apropo bombing (March 21, 1997) Mahane Yehuda Market bombings (July 30, 1997) Ben Yehuda Street Bombing (September 4, 1997)
West Bank	Mehola Junction bombing (April 16, 1993) Kidnapping and murder of Yaron Chen (August 5, 1993)
Gaza Strip	Netzarim Junction bicycle bombing (November 11, 1994)
¹ Attacks launched from Lebanon ² Attacks launched from the West Bank ³ Attacks launched from the Gaza strip 1980s 2000s