Beit Lid suicide bombing

Beit Lid suicide bombing
Part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
The attack aftermath
Beit Lid suicide bombing is located in Central Israel
Beit Lid suicide bombing
The attack site
Native nameהפיגוע בצומת בית ליד
LocationBeit Lid Junction, Highway 4/Highway 57, Netanya, Israel
Coordinates32°19′25″N 34°54′14″E / 32.32361°N 34.90389°E / 32.32361; 34.90389
DateJanuary 22, 1995; 29 years ago (1995-01-22)
c. 9:30 am (UTC+2)
Attack type
Suicide attack
WeaponsSuicide belts
Deaths
  • 20 Israeli soldiers[1]
  • one civilian[2]
(+2 suicide bombers)
Injured66 Israelis, mostly soldiers
PerpetratorPalestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility
AssailantsAnwar Soukar & Salah Shaaker
No. of participants
2

The Beit Lid suicide bombing, (also named Beit Lid massacre)[3][4][5][6] saw two Palestinian suicide attacks by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad against Israeli soldiers at the Beit Lid Junction on January 22, 1995. 21 soldiers and one civilian were killed. It was the first suicide attack by Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

  1. ^ https://embassies.gov.il/MFA/FOREIGNPOLICY/Terrorism/Palestinian/Pages/Suicide%20and%20Other%20Bombing%20Attacks%20in%20Israel%20Since.aspx
  2. ^ https://embassies.gov.il/MFA/FOREIGNPOLICY/Terrorism/Palestinian/Pages/Suicide%20and%20Other%20Bombing%20Attacks%20in%20Israel%20Since.aspx
  3. ^ "But after the Beit Lid massacre, the government approved the construction and sale of 4000 units in occupied land around Jerusalem." Beyer, Lisa. "Can Peace Survive", Time, February 6, 1995.
  4. ^ "When Arafat called Rabin to express his condolences on the Beit Lid massacre, the prime minister was understandably furious." Karsh, Efraim, Arafat's War: The Man and His Battle for Israeli Conquest, Grove Press, 2003, p. 116. ISBN 0-8021-1758-9
  5. ^ "The reaction of peace processors in Jerusalem and Washington to the Beit Lid massacre, in which Islamic suicide bombers wiped out a score of Israelis, has been shock, anger, sorrow -- but a determination that terrorist attacks not be allowed to stop the peace process." Safire, William. "Essay; Responding to Terror", The New York Times, January 26, 1995.
  6. ^ "President Ezer Weizman, a super-dove who initially supported the agreement wholeheartedly, called for a temporary suspension of talks following the Beit Lid massacre on January 22 and again after the February 6 killing in Gaza." Bar-Ilan, David. "Rain of terror - Israeli politics", National Review, March 6, 1995, p. 2.