IDF outpost bombing attack (December 2004)

2004 IDF outpost bombing attack
Part of the Second Intifada militancy campaign
The attack site marked with a red dot.
Location	IDF outpost near the Philadelphi Route, Southern District, Israel
Date	12 December 2004
Attack type	Bombing attack, Shooting attack
Deaths	5 IDF soldiers (+ 2 attackers)
Injured	6 IDF soldiers
Perpetrators	Hamas and Fatah claimed joint responsibility[1]

The 2004 IDF outpost bombing attack was an integrated attack carried out on 12 December 2004 by a Palestinian militant squad of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam military wing of Hamas and the Fatah Hawks^[1] (a military wing of Fatah) at an Israel Defense Forces outpost located on the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt.

Five Bedouin IDF soldiers from the Desert Patrol Battalion were killed in the attack and six others were injured, and the outpost was destroyed. Two Palestinian militants were also killed during the attack.