Mehola Junction bombing
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title:
Mehola Junction bombing
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The Mehola Junction bombing was the first suicide car bomb attack carried out by Palestinian militants and took place on 16 April 1993. Hamas bombmaker Yahya Ayyash rigged a Volkswagen Transporter using three large propane tanks and explosives collected from grenades and other ordnance. The bomb was connected to a detonator switch in the driver's controls. Hamas operative Saher Tamam al-Nabulsi drove the car to Mehola Junction, a rest area on the Jordan Valley Highway in the West Bank. Just afte
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1993 Palestinian suicide car bomb attack in the West Bank
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehola_Junction_bombing
date created:
2007-04-17T22:57:52Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T10:24:05Z
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