Patt Junction Bus Bombing

The Patt junction bus bombing was a suicide bombing on an Egged bus carried out by Hamas in Jerusalem on June 18, 2002, killing 19 people and wounding over 74. 
== Attack ==
On the morning of June 18, 2002, at 7:50 a.m., a Palestinian suicide bomber from Bethlehem got onto the Egged line 32A bus, which came from the Gilo neighborhood and stopped at Beit Safafa, an Arab neighborhood of Jerusalem. New York times New architecture in Beit Safafa The bomber boarded the bus and exploded himself in the front. His explosive belt included metal balls for shrapnel in order to maximize casualties. Patt Junction terror attack
==Perpetrators==
Palestinian Islamist group Hamas claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack. The suicide bomber was identified as Muhamed al-Ral, an Islamic law student at An-Najah National University in Nablus. Patt Junction terror attack Two residents of the East Jerusalem suburb of Jabel Mukaber were tried and convicted for transporting a suicide bomber.
== Victims ==
# Boaz Aluf, 54, of Jerusalem
# Shani Avi-Zedek, 15, of Jerusalem
# Leah Baruch, 59, of Jerusalem
# Mendel Bereson, 72, of Jerusalem
# Raphael Berger, 28, of Jerusalem
# Michal Biazi, 24, of Jerusalem
# Tatiana Braslavsky, 41, of Jerusalem
# Galila Bugala, 11, of Jerusalem
# Raisa Dikstein, 67, of Jerusalem
# Dr. Moshe Gottlieb, 70, of Jerusalem
# Baruch Gruani, 60, of Jerusalem
# Orit Hayla, 21, of Jerusalem
# Helena Ivan, 63, of Jerusalem
# Iman Kabha, 26, of Barta'a
# Shiri Negari, 21, of Jerusalem Shiri Negari memorial website
# Gila Nakav, 55, of Jerusalem
# Yelena Plagov, 42, of Jerusalem
# Liat Yagen, 24 of Jerusalem
# Rahamim Zidkiyahu, 51, of Jerusalem
==See also==
*Shmuel Hanavi bus bombing 
*Kiryat Menachem bus bombing
==References==
== External links ==
* Jerusalem bus 2 massacre 
* List of massacres committed during the Al-Aqsa Intifada
Category:History of Jerusalem
Category:Terrorism in Jerusalem
Category:Suicide bombing in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Category:2002 in Israel
Category:Terrorist incidents in 2002
Category:Terrorist incidents on buses
Category:Bus accidents in Israel
Category:2002 road accidents
fr:Attentat de Patt Junction à Jérusalem du 18 juin 2002
he:הפיגוע בקו 32א