Location Netanya, Israel Non-fatal injuries 40+ Israeli civilians | Attack type suicide bombing | |
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Date December 5, 2005
11:30 am (GMT+2) Deaths 5 Israeli civilians (+ 1 bomber) Perpetrators Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility | ||
The third HaSharon Mall entrance suicide bombing was a suicide bombing carried out on December 5, 2005 in the HaSharon Mall in Netanya, Israel. Five people were killed in the attack.
The Palestinian Islamist militant organization Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.
The attack
On Monday, 5 December 2005, at around 11:30 am, a Palestinian suicide bomber approached the entrance to the HaSharon Mall in the Israeli coastal city of Netanya; he detonated explosives hidden under his clothes when he approached the guards at the entrance for security inspection. Five people were killed in the attack, and more than 40 injured.
After the attack, the Palestinian Islamist militant organization Islamic Jihad said they were responsible for the attack.
References
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