A suicide attack is a newsworthy event for the media as it indicates a display of great determination and inclination for self-sacrifice on the part of the terrorists. Although a suicide attack is a very primitive and simple attack, the use of suicide tactics guarantees that the attack will be carried out at the most appropriate time and place with regard to the circumstances at the target location. In this regard the suicide bomber is no more than a sophisticated bomb a carrier that brings the explosive device to the right location and detonates it at the right time. In a suicide attack, as soon as the terrorist has set off on his mission his success is virtually guaranteed. Planning and executing the escape route after a terror attack has occurred is usually one of the most complicated and problematic stages of any terrorist attack.
Suicide attacks require no escape plan.
Since the perpetrator is killed during the course of the suicide attack, there is no fear of him being caught afterwards, being interrogated by the security forces and passing on information liable to endanger other activists. Suicide attacks are considered attractive by groups of religious and nationalistic fanatics who regard them as a kind of Holy War and a divine command. The phenomenon has seen a growing popularity especially among Islamist fundamentalist terror groups. Here we will focus on the Hamas, an organization that has carried out a number of suicide attacks against Israeli buses, markets and other civilian targets. For Hamas, the perpetrator of the suicide attack is not considered either by himself or by other activists to have committed suicide.