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{{Infobox terrorist attack
|title=2001 Immanuel bus attack
|partof=the [[Al-Aqsa Intifada]] militancy campaign
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|location=[[Immanuel (town)|Immanuel]], [[West Bank]]
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|date={{Start date and age|df=yes|2001|12|12}}
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|type=[[Ambush]], [[Mass murder]], [[spree killing]], [[Bombing]], [[Shooting]] attack
|weapons= AK-47 rifles, [[hand grenade]]s, a roadside bomb
|fatalities=11 Israeli civilians (+1 attacker)
|injuries=30 Israeli civilians
|perps=[[al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades]]
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The '''2001 Immanuel bus attack''' was an ambush attack by [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] militants targeting Israeli civilians on the [[West Bank]] on 12 December 2001. Eleven passengers were killed in the attack and 30 were injured.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ynNsBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA223|title=Chronologies of Modern Terrorism|last1=Rubin|first1=Barry|last2=Rubin|first2=Judith Colp|date=2015-01-28|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317474654|language=en}}</ref>

The Palestinian Islamist militant organization [[al-Qassam Brigades]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alqassam.ps/arabic/%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83-%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85/68/%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84%D9%89|title=1st Immanuel bus attack}}</ref> claimed responsibility for the attack.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/bus-ambush-brings-carnage-back-to-israel-1.78391|title=Bus ambush brings carnage back to Israel|author=Independent Newspapers Online|work=Independent Online|access-date=16 December 2014}}</ref>

==The attack==
On 12 December 2001, three armed Palestinians militants planted a roadside bomb beside the road leading to the Jewish settlement of [[Immanuel (town)|Immanuel]]. After placing two roadside bombs, the assailants ambushed a bus on its way from [[Bnei Brak]].<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2001/12/Terrorist+attack+on+bus+at+Emmanuel+-+12-Dec-2001.htm Terrorist attack on bus at Emmanuel - 12-Dec-2001]</ref>

Soon after, a non-armoured<ref name=autogenerated2>{{cite web|url=http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/bus-ambush-brings-carnage-back-to-israel-1.78391#.UGYSX89v2So|title=Bus ambush brings carnage back to Israel|author=Independent Newspapers Online|work=Independent Online|access-date=16 December 2014}}</ref> [[Dan Bus Company|Dan]] bus line 189, en route to Immanuel from [[Bnei Brak]], approached the site as two roadside bombs exploded.<ref name=autogenerated1 /><ref name="walla">{{cite web|url=http://news.walla.co.il/?w=/9/154979|title=מצב פצועים: הבוקר מאושפזים 27 פצועים, 3 קשה, 5 בינוני - וואלה! חדשות|work=וואלה! חדשות|access-date=16 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402055947/http://news.walla.co.il/?w=%2F9%2F154979|archive-date=2 April 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> The bus, which was greatly damaged in the explosions,<ref name=autogenerated2 /> continued to drive several hundred meters until it was immobilized. Immediately after the bus was immobilized, one of the militants approached the bus, threw hand grenades into the bus, and fired [[small arms]] on the passengers of the bus and at the vehicles arriving at the site, while the passengers attempted to flee the bus.<ref name=autogenerated2 /><ref name="walla"/> The passengers of three other vehicles traveling on this road at that time were also affected.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/meast/12/12/mideast.sharon/index.html|title=Ten dead, 30 wounded as Palestinians open fire on bus|publisher=CNN|date=12 December 2001}}</ref>

Shortly after, the three attackers fired on cars near the settlement and rescue workers trying to help the victims. One gunman was run over by an army jeep and then shot dead, but the others escaped. Palestinian officials identified the dead man as 21-year-old Asem Rihan, a [[Hamas]] member and student at [[An-Najah National University|Al Najah University]] in [[Nablus]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/13/international/middleeast/palestinian-assault-on-bus-kills-10-israeli.html|title=Palestinian Assault on Bus Kills 10; Israeli Response Is Swift|work=The New York Times|date=13 December 2001}}</ref>

11 people were killed in the attack and about 30 were injured.<ref>[http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/ForeignPolicy/Terrorism/Palestinian/Pages/Terrorist%20attack%20on%20bus%20at%20Emmanuel%20-%2012-Dec-2001.aspx Terrorist attack on bus at Emmanuel - 12-Dec-2001]</ref>

==Official reactions==
;Involved parties
{{Flag|Israel}}:
* Israeli government spokesman Avi Pazner said, "We hold the Palestinian authorities responsible for the activities of these terrorist group who operate in full daylight and in the full knowledge of the Palestinian Authority and continue their deadly attacks against civilian men, women and children".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iCwhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fngFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3149,1381126|title=New Straits Times - Google News Archive Search|access-date=16 December 2014}}</ref>

{{Flag|Palestinian territories}}:
* The [[Palestinian Authority]] condemned the attack.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=36JJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Yw0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1370,3575334|title=Bangor Daily News - Google News Archive Search|access-date=16 December 2014}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Israeli casualties of war]]

== External links ==
* [http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/bus-ambush-brings-carnage-back-to-israel-1.78391 Bus ambush brings carnage back to Israel] - published on Independent Online on 12 December 2001
* [http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2001/12/Terrorist+attack+on+bus+at+Emmanuel+-+12-Dec-2001.htm Terrorist attack on bus at Emmanuel - 12 December 2001] - published on the [[Israeli Foreign Ministry]] website
* [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iCwhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fngFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3149,1381126 Several Dead In Shooting On Israeli Bus] - published on the [[New Straits Times]] on 13 December 2001
* [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=36JJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Yw0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1370,3575334 Israel Retaliates After Hamas Attacks Bus] - published on the [[Bangor Daily News]] on 13 December 2001
* [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=233693 Eight killed in Palestinian attack on Israeli bus] - published on the [[Bangor Daily News]] on 13 December 2001

==References==
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