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{{Short description|Near-simultaneous suicide bombings in Israel}}

{{Infobox terrorist attack
|title=2004 Ashdod Port bombings
|partof=the [[Second Intifada]] militancy campaign
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|image=Ashdod picargo.jpg
|caption=Port of Ashdod in 2006
|location=[[Port of Ashdod]] in [[Ashdod]], [[Israel]]
|target= 
|date=March 14, 2004<br>16:20 pm
|time-begin=
|time-end=
|timezone=
|type=[[suicide bombing]]
|fatalities=10 (+ 2 suicide bombers)
|injuries=16
|perps=Two Palestinian assailants. Both [[Hamas]] and [[Fatah]] claimed responsibility
}}
The '''2004 Ashdod Port bombings''' were two [[suicide bombing]]s carried out nearly simultaneously on March 14, 2004 at the [[Port of Ashdod]] in [[Ashdod]], [[Israel]]. 10 people were killed in the attack, and 16 were injured. [[Hamas]] and [[Fatah]] claimed joint responsibility for the attack.

==The attack==
[[File:PikiWiki_Israel_32266_Memorial_to_the_victims_of_the_terror_attack_in_As.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Memorial to the victims]]
On Sunday, March 14, 2004, two [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] suicide bombers who wore explosive belts hidden underneath their clothes approached the [[Port of Ashdod]]. Despite the vast security arrangements at the compound, the two suicide bombers managed to infiltrate into the compound.

At 16:20 pm the suicide bombers detonated their explosive devices - one exploded himself in an office building inside the compound, and the other exploded after a few moments at the entrance to the compound. The force of the blast killed ten civilians, most of them were port workers, and injured 16 others.

== The perpetrators and Israeli response ==
[[Hamas]] and [[Fatah]] claimed joint responsibility for the attack and stated that the attack was carried out by two 18-year-olds from the [[Jabalya]] refugee camp in the [[Gaza Strip]].<ref name="MFA">{{cite news|url=http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2004/3/Suicide%20bombing%20at%20Ashdod%20Port%2014-Mar-2004|title=Suicide Bombing at Ashdod Port|access-date=2009-01-01}}</ref> The two assailants managed to infiltrate Israel from Gaza by hiding in a container that went through the [[Karni Crossing]].<ref name="MWJ">{{cite news|url=http://www.mua.org.au/journal/julaug_2004/ashdod.html|title=Port Blast|year=2004|publisher=Maritime Workers Journal|access-date=2009-01-02|archive-url=https://archive.today/20060823030308/http://www.mua.org.au/journal/julaug_2004/ashdod.html|archive-date=2006-08-23|url-status=dead}}</ref> A Hamas leader in Gaza stated that the original plan was that the suicide bombers would blow up fuel tanks at the port; Israel said the bombers intended to carry out a "mega attack" with hundreds of casualties, but instead blew themselves up hundreds of meters from the tanks.<ref name="MWJ" /> Later on it was revealed that the attack was financed and directed by [[Nizar Rayan]].<ref name="jpost">{{cite news|url=http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1230733134624|title=Nizar Rayyan considered successor of Ahmed Yassin|last=Katz|first=Yaakov|date=2009-01-01|publisher=The Jerusalem Post|access-date=2009-01-01}}{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In response, Hamas founder [[Ahmed Yassin]] was killed along with his bodyguards in a strike by Israeli helicopters in Gaza City.<ref>{{cite web|title=Israeli missile strike kills Hamas founder|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2004-03-22/news/0403220106_1_israelis-in-suicide-bombings-gaza-city-militant-hamas-movement|work=Chicago Tribune|date=March 22, 2004}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Pi Glilot bombing]]
*[[Israeli casualties of war]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2004/3/Suicide+bombing+at+Ashdod+Port+14-Mar-2004.htm Suicide bombing at Ashdod Port] - published at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3510708.stm Suicide blasts kill 11 Israelis] - published on [[BBC News]] on March 14, 2004
* [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nypost/access/579222571.html?dids=579222571:579222571&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT Bomb fiends kill 11 - Israel cancels this week's summit] - published on [[New York Post]] on March 15, 2004
* [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/mar/15/israel Suicide bombers kill 10 at Israeli port] - published on [[New York Post]] on March 15, 2004
* [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,114157,00.html Homicide Bombers Slay 11 in Israel] - published on [[Fox News]] on March 15, 2004
* [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/teenage-bombers-kill-10-after-breaching-gaza-fence-566368.html Teenage bombers kill 10 after breaching Gaza fence]{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} - published on [[The Independent]] on March 15, 2004

{{Terrorist attacks against Israelis in the 2000s}}
{{Palestinian militancy attacks in the 2000s}}
{{Israeli-Palestinian Conflict}}

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[[Category:Mass murder in 2004]]
[[Category:Ashdod|2004 Ashdod Port bombings]]
[[Category:Hamas suicide bombings]]
[[Category:Terrorist incidents in Israel in 2004]]
[[Category:Al-Qassam Brigades Operations]]
[[Category:March 2004 events in Asia]]
[[Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2004]]
[[Category:Islamic terrorism in Israel]]

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