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2004 Ashdod Port bombings

Series of suicide bombings in Israel

Field	Value
title	2004 Ashdod Port bombings
partof	the Second Intifada militancy campaign
map
image	Ashdod picargo.jpg
caption	Port of Ashdod in 2006
location	Ashdod, Israel
target
date
coordinates
time	16:20 pm
map_caption	The attack site
type	Suicide bombing
fatalities	10 civilians (+2 bombers)
injuries	16 civilians
perps	Hamas and Fatah claimed responsibility
numparts	2

| time-begin = | time-end = The 2004 Ashdod Port bombings were two suicide bombings carried out nearly simultaneously on March 14, 2004 at the Port of Ashdod in Ashdod, Israel. As a result, 10 civilians were killed and 16 were injured. Hamas and Fatah claimed joint responsibility for the attack.

The attack

File:הפיגוע בנמל אשדוד.jpg|alt= File:PikiWiki Israel 32266 Memorial to the victims of the terror attack in As.jpg|alt= File:PikiWiki Israel 5385 memorial to terorist victims in ashdod port.jpg|alt= On Sunday, March 14, 2004, two Palestinian suicide bombers who wore explosive belts hidden underneath their clothes approached the Port of Ashdod. Despite the vast security arrangements at the compound, the two suicide bombers managed to infiltrate the compound.

At 16:20 pm the suicide bombers detonated their explosive devices - one exploded himself in an office building inside the compound, and the other exploded after a few moments at the entrance to the compound. The force of the blast killed ten civilians, most of them were port workers, and injured 16 others.

The perpetrators and Israeli response

Hamas and Fatah claimed joint responsibility for the attack and stated that the attack was carried out by two 18-year-olds from the Jabalya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. The two assailants managed to infiltrate Israel from Gaza by hiding in a container that went through the Karni Crossing. A Hamas leader in Gaza stated that the original plan was that the suicide bombers would blow up fuel tanks at the port; Israel said the bombers intended to carry out a "mega attack" with hundreds of casualties, but instead blew themselves up hundreds of meters from the tanks. Later on it was revealed that the attack was financed and directed by Nizar Rayan. In response, Hamas founder Ahmed Yassin was killed along with his bodyguards and several bystanders (eleven people in total) by hellfire missiles fired at his wheelchair from Israeli helicopters in Gaza City.

References

Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. "Suicide Bombing at Ashdod Port".
(2004). "Port Blast". Maritime Workers Journal.
Katz, Yaakov. (2 January 2009). "IDF kills top Hamas terrorist Rayyan". The Jerusalem Post.
(18 October 2023). "How a quadriplegic charity worker became the founder of Hamas". ABC listen.
(March 22, 2004). "Israeli missile strike kills Hamas founder". Chicago Tribune.

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