2001 HaSharon Mall suicide bombing

2001 HaSharon Mall suicide 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	5 (+ 1 bomber)
Non-fatal injuries	100+
Perpetrators	Hamas claimed responsibility

The 2001 HaSharon Mall suicide bombing was a suicide bombing which occurred on May 18, 2001 in the HaSharon Mall in Netanya. Five people were killed in the attack.

The Palestinian Islamist militant organization Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.

The attack

On Wednesday, May 18, 2001 at 11:30 am, a Palestinian suicide bomber wearing a long blue jacket with hidden explosives attached to his body, approached the popular HaSharon Mall mall in the center of Netanya. The suspicious looking militant was approached by the mall's security guard whom soon thereafter attempted to prevent the suicide bomber from entering the mall. As a result, the militant immediately blew himself up at the entrance to the mall. The blast killed five people and injured more than 100.

Fatalities

• Tirza Polonsky, 66, of Kfar Haim
• Vladislav Sorokin, 34, of Netanya
• Yulia Tratiakova, 21, of Netanya
• Miriam Waxman, 51, of Hadera
• David Yarkoni, 53, of Netanya

Aftermath

Following the attack Israeli fighter jets attacked Palestinian security forces headquarters in the West Bank.

See also

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

External links

• CNN's Sheila MacVicar describes bomb scene - published on CNN on May 18, 2001
• Israeli jets strike back after bomb - published on $3 on May 19, 2001