Kedumim bombing

Kedumim bombing
The attack site
Location	Kedumim, West Bank
Coordinates	32°12′32.17″N 35°9′43.39″E
Date	March 30, 2006
Attack type	suicide bombing
Deaths	4 civilians (+ 1 bomber)
Perpetrators	Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility

The Kedumim bombing was a suicide bombing which occurred on May 30, 2006 in a vehicle near the Israeli settlement of Kedumim in the West Bank. Four people were killed in the attack.

The Palestinian militant organization Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.

The attack

On Thursday, March 30, 2006, at around 21:45, a Palestinian suicide bomber, disguised as an Orthodox Jewish hitchhiker and wearing hidden explosives attached to his body, boarded an Israeli vehicle. The suicide bomber blew himself up near the entrance to the Israeli settlement Kedumim near the gas station outside of the village. The blast killed four Israelis (three inside the car and another person who was near the vehicle).

Victims

• Rafi Halevy, 63, of Kedumim
• Helena Halevy, 58, of Kedumim
• Re'ut Feldman, 20, of Herzliya
• Shaked Lasker, 16, of Kedumim

Aftermath

In response to the attack, Israeli warplanes destroyed a number of targets in northern Gaza that the IDF claimed were used by Palestinian terrorist organizations for launching rockets into Israel.

External links

• Bomber strikes Israeli settlement - published on BBC News on March 31, 2006
• Suicide bomber kills 4 in West Bank - published on CNN on March 30, 2006
• Four Killed in West Bank Bombing - published on Fox News on March 30, 2006
• West Bank Bomber Kills 4 Israelis - published on the Washington Post on March 31, 2006