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|title=Jerusalem bus 14A attack
|partof=the [[Second Intifada]] militancy campaign
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|location=[[Jerusalem]]
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|date=June 11, 2003
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|type=[[suicide bombing]]
|fatalities=17 civilians (+ 1 bomber)
|injuries=approximately 100 civilians
|perps=[[Hamas]] claimed responsibility
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The '''Davidka Square bus bombing''' was a [[suicide bombing]] on June 11, 2003, on [[Egged (company)|Egged]] bus line 14a in the center of [[Jerusalem]]. 17 people were killed in the attack and over 100 people were injured.

[[Hamas]] claimed responsibility for the attack.

==The attack==
At about 17:30 pm on Wednesday, June 11, 2003, a Palestinian suicide bomber dressed as an [[Orthodox Jew]], boarded bus 14a at the [[Mahane Yehuda market]] bus stop on [[Jaffa Road]]. At [[Davidka Square]], the bomber detonated his explosive device, which contained a large quantity of metal shrapnel designed to cause maximum casualties.<ref name="BBC">{{cite news |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/2982068.stm |title=BBC NEWS | Middle East | Suicide blast hits Jerusalem bus |work=[[BBC News]] |date=11 June 2003 |publisher=[[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] |location=[[London, England|London]] |access-date=18 October 2011}}</ref><ref name="Haaretz">{{cite web |url= http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/jerusalem-bus-attack-death-toll-rises-to-17-1.91198 |title=Jerusalem bus attack death toll rises to 17 - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News |work=haaretz.com |year=2011 |access-date=18 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2003/6/Suicide+bombing+of+Egged+bus+No+14A+in+Jerusalem+-.htm |title=Suicide bombing of Egged bus No 14A in Jerusalem - |work=mfa.gov.il |year=2011 |access-date=18 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113085001/http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2003/6/Suicide+bombing+of+Egged+bus+No+14A+in+Jerusalem+-.htm |archive-date=13 November 2011 }}</ref>

17 people were killed in the attack and more than 100 people were injured, including dozens of passersby.<ref name="BBC"/><ref name="Haaretz"/>

== The perpetrators ==
Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack and stated that the attack was an act of vengeance for the Israeli assassination attempt on the senior Hamas leader [[Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi]] on Tuesday, June 10, 2003. Rantisi survived the assassination attempt during which Israeli helicopters fired missiles at his car.<ref name="BBC"/>

Lawsuits were filed against [[Arab Bank]], [[NatWest]] and [[Crédit Lyonnais]] for channeling money to Hamas.<ref name=Preston>{{cite news|last1=Preston|first1=Julia|title=Hurt by Hamas, Americans Sue Banks in U.S.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/15/nyregion/15hamas.html?pagewanted=all|access-date=16 August 2015|work=The New York Times|date=15 April 2006}}</ref>

== Israeli retaliation ==
Shortly after the bus attack, Israel launched a counter-terrorist attack in east Gaza in which Israeli helicopters fired rockets at a moving car carrying among others two seniors of the Hamas military arm. All of the car's six passengers were killed.<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://www.wate.com/story/1316921/16-killed-on-israeli-bus-7-die-in-gaza?redirected=true 16 Killed on Israeli Bus; 7 Die in Gaza]</ref><ref>[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=BBAB&d_place=BBAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0FB9FB29F66BB8DC&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM NewsLibrary.com - newspaper archive, clipping service - newspapers and other news sources]</ref><ref>[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1295821 Israel Hits Gaza after Jerusalem Bombing : NPR]</ref>

==Official reactions==
;Involved parties
{{Flagu|Israel}}: A spokesman for the Israeli prime minister [[Ariel Sharon]] stated that the suicide attack indicates that the Palestinians have done nothing to crack down on militants.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

{{Flag|Palestinian territories}}:
* [[Palestinian National Authority]] - [[Yasser Arafat]] condemned the attack and urged Arabs and Israelis alike to stop the violence.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

; International
*{{Flagu|USA}} – US President [[George W. Bush|George Bush]] condemned the attack and urged all nations to cut off financial assistance to terrorists and "isolate those who hate so much that they are willing to kill."<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-06-11-us-mideast_x.htm USATODAY.com - Bush condemns Jerusalem bus bombing]</ref>

== External links ==
* [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/346162481.html?dids=346162481:346162481&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT Jerusalem Bus Bomb Kills 17 as Strife Rises; Airstrikes in Gaza Kill 9 Palestinians; Bush Plan Is Tested] - published on ''[[The Washington Post]]''on June 12, 2003

== See also ==
* [[List of terrorist incidents, 2003]]
* [[Terrorism in Israel]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

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

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[[Category:Hamas suicide bombings of buses]]
[[Category:Terrorist incidents in Jerusalem]]
[[Category:Mass murder in 2003]]
[[Category:2000s in Jerusalem]]
[[Category:June 2003 events in Asia]]
[[Category:Terrorist incidents in Jerusalem in the 2000s]]

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->Nableezy at 20:56, 20 July 2021