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OUTBREAK OF VIOLENCE AND TERRORISM |
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A Wave of Suicide Bombings -
May 17-19, 2003
On Saturday evening, May 17, 2003 (19:15), Gadi and Dina Levy were killed by a suicide bomber while strolling in Gross Square in Hebron. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
On Sunday, May 18, 2003 (05:45), seven people were killed and 20 wounded in a suicide bombing on Egged bus no. 6 near French Hill in Jerusalem. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
Half an hour later, a second suicide bomber was killed when he was intercepted by police at a road block in northern Jerusalem.
All three terrorists were students of the Polytechnic University in Hebron.
On Monday, May 19, 2003 (07:00), three IDF soldiers were lightly injured when a Palestinian on a bicycle detonated explosives next to a military jeep near Kfar Darom in the southern Gaza Strip. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
On Monday, May 19, 2003 (17:10), three people were killed and about 70 wounded in a suicide bombing at the entrance to the Amakim Mall in Afula. The Islamic Jihad and the Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades both claimed responsibility for the attack.
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SUICIDE BOMBING IN
HEBRON
(May 17, 2003)
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Gadi and Dina Levy, killed in the attack.
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©2003 Reuters/Ofer Vaknin 
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SUICIDE BOMBING IN
AFULA
(May 19, 2003)
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Rescue workers search entrance to Afula shopping mall after suicide bombing. Top: The security guard's post.
Suicide bomber
Hiba Da'arma, 19
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