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{{infobox civilian attack
| partof = [[2015–2016 wave of violence in Israeli–Palestinian conflict|Israeli–Palestinian conflict (2015–2016)]]
| title = 2016 Jerusalem bombing
| date = 18 April 2016
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| location = [[Talpiot]], [[Jerusalem]]
| time = 18:00
| timezone = [[Israel Summer Time|IDT]]
| target = Civilians
| fatalities = 1 (the perpetrator)
| injuries = 20
| perp = Abdul Hamid Abu Srour<ref name="HamasResponsible">{{cite news|title=Jerusalem bus blast: Hamas says member behind bombing|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36100485|access-date=21 April 2016|publisher=BBC|date=21 April 2016}}</ref>
| type = [[Suicide bombing]]
}}

The '''2016 Jerusalem bus bombing''' was a bomb attack targeting a bus in the [[Talpiot]] neighborhood in [[Jerusalem]] on 18 April 2016 at around 18:00.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kershner|first1=Isabel|title=Bus Bombing in Jerusalem Wounds 21|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/19/world/middleeast/jerusalem-bus-fire.html?partner=rss&emc=rss|website=[[The New York Times]]|date=18 April 2016|access-date=April 18, 2016}}</ref> The bomber was a member of [[Hamas]], which however did not claim responsibility.<ref name="HamasResponsible"/> At least 21 people were injured, two critically.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Initial-report-Jerusalem-bus-explodes-on-way-to-Hebron-451611| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160419052640/http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Initial-report-Jerusalem-bus-explodes-on-way-to-Hebron-451611| archive-date = 2016-04-19| title = Police: Jerusalem public bus explosion caused by bomb - Arab-Israeli Conflict - Jerusalem Post}} </ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Jerusalem bus blast wounds 21, called terror attack by police|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/04/18/israeli-rescue-service-explosion-jerusalem-bus/83183036/|website=usatoday.com|publisher=USA Today|access-date=April 18, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Booth|first1=William|title=A bomb blows up two buses in Jerusalem, stirring dark memories|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/a-bomb-blows-up-two-buses-in-jerusalem-stirring-dark-memories/2016/04/18/98a1a5d8-0587-11e6-bfed-ef65dff5970d_story.html|access-date=18 April 2016|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=18 April 2016|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Attack==
The explosion, on an [[Egged (company)|Egged]] bus #12, set an adjacent bus, which was mostly empty, and a nearby car aflame. Most of the injuries were to passengers on the #12 Egged bus. It was the first attack on a bus in Jerusalem since 2011.<ref name="HassonBombCaused">{{cite news|last1=Hasson|first1=Nir|title=At Least 20 Wounded in Jerusalem Bus Blast Caused by Bomb|url=http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.715076|access-date=19 April 2016|publisher=Haaretz|date=18 April 2016}}</ref>

A police forensic team discovered remnants of a bomb in the wreckage.<ref name="EisenbudTwentyFourHrs">{{cite news|last1=Eisenbud|first1=Daniel|title=Few answers emerge 24 hours after Jerusalem bus bombing|url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Few-answers-emerge-24-hours-after-Jerusalem-bus-bombing-451734|access-date=19 April 2016|publisher=Jerusalem Post|date=19 April 2016}}</ref> The investigation was under a police gag order.<ref name="EisenbudTwentyFourHrs"/>

===Perpetrator===
The perpetrator, the 19-year-old Abdul Hamid Abu Srour, lost several limbs and succumbed in hospital several days after the bombing, Police did not initially confirm whether or not one of the individuals hospitalized was the bomber.

Hamas admitted that the perpetrator was a member of the West Bank branch of the organization, but did not claim responsibility for the bombing,<ref>Michael Pearson and [[Oren Liebermann]], [http://edition.cnn.com/2016/04/21/middleeast/jerusalem-bus-explosion/ 'Jerusalem bus bombing work of Hamas operative, police say,'] [[CNN]] 21 April 2016: ’Hamas said Wednesday in a statement on Hamas-run al-Aqsa TV and on the Hamas Twitter account that the bombing was conducted by a member of its military wing, Izzedine al Qassam. But the organization stopped short of a full claim of responsibility. The latest statement came from Hamas in the Bethlehem Governorate, not from the organization's official spokespeople in Gaza, where the group is based. Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups have praised the attack, but have not claimed responsibility.’</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36100485 'Israel says Jerusalem bus bombing was Hamas suicide attack,'] [[BBC News]] 21 April 2016.</ref><ref>[[Peter Beaumont (journalist)|Peter Beaumont]], [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/21/questions-remain-jerusalem-bus-attack-bomber-named 'Questions remain over Jerusalem bus attack after bomber named,'] [[The Guardian]] 21 April 2016.</ref> It hailed the bomber as a "martyr."<ref name="HamasResponsible"/>

== Reactions ==
Israeli Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] vowed retaliation; "We will locate those who prepared this explosive device. We will reach the dispatchers. We will also reach those behind them. We will settle the score with these terrorists."<ref name="BusTerrorAP">{{cite news|title=Jerusalem bus bombing wounds more than 20; police call it terror|url=http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/04/18/at-least-10-hurt-in-explosion-on-bus-in-jerusalem.html|access-date=18 April 2016|agency=AP|publisher=Fox News|date=18 April 2016}}</ref>

On the Palestinian side, reactions were mixed. [[Hamas]] spokesman in Gaza praised the bombers, stating that it "Blesses the Jerusalem operation" and Gaza mosques welcomed the attack with announcements over their loud speakers.<ref name="BusTerrorAP"/><ref name="HamasBlesses">{{cite news|title=Jerusalem bus explodes in terror attack, injuring at least 21|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/several-injured-in-bus-blaze-in-jerusalem/|access-date=18 April 2016|publisher=Times of Israel|date=16 April 2016}}</ref> Another Hamas spokesman, [[Husam Badran]] said that "this attack affirms to everyone one that our people will not abandon the resistance path."<ref name="BusTerrorAP"/> [[Palestinian Islamic Jihad|Islamic Jihad]] praised the bombing.<ref name="HamasBlesses"/>

Palestinian President [[Mahmoud Abbas]], however, condemned the attack, saying that "we are against all forms of terrorist activity that affect Israeli and Palestinian civilians,"<ref name = "haaretz2016apr19">{{cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/abbas-condemns-jerusalem-attack-hamas-blasts-pa-ties-with-israel-1.5436785|title=Abbas Condemns Jerusalem Attack as Hamas Blasts PA Security Ties With Israel}}</ref> and that the Palestinians "want to achieve an end to the occupation and the building of settlements through diplomatic means, and through peaceful resistance."<ref name = "dw2016apr19">{{cite news|url=https://www.dw.com/en/merkel-sharply-criticizes-israeli-settlement-policy/a-19199607|title=Merkel sharply criticizes Israeli settlement policy}}</ref>

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