Carmel Market bombing

Carmel Market bombing
Part of the Second Intifada militancy campaign
The attack site is located in Tel Aviv The attack site Show map of Tel Aviv The attack site is located in Central Israel The attack site Show map of Central Israel
Native name	הפיגוע בשוק הכרמל
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Coordinates	32°4′7″N 34°46′9″E / 32.06861°N 34.76917°E / 32.06861; 34.76917Coordinates: 32°4′7″N 34°46′9″E / 32.06861°N 34.76917°E / 32.06861; 34.76917 Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed.
Date	Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 665: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
Attack type	Suicide bombing
Weapon	5 kilograms (11 lb) explosive device
Deaths	3 Israeli civilians (+1 bomber)
Non-fatal injuries	50+ Israeli civilians
Perpetrator	PFLP claimed responsibility
Participant	1

The Carmel Market bombing was a suicide bombing which occurred on 1 November 2004 at the Carmel Market located at the heart of Tel Aviv's business district. Three civilians were killed in the attack and over 50 people were injured.^[1]

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility for the attack.^[2]

The attack

On Monday, 1 November 2004, shortly after 11:00 am, a Palestinian suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt hidden underneath his clothes detonated the explosive device at the Carmel Market located at the heart of Tel Aviv's business district.^[3]

The blast killed three civilians and injured over 30 people.^[3]

The perpetrator

The Palestinian Marxist–Leninist militant group Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility for the attack, and stated that the attack was carried out by a 16-year-old Palestinian named Amar Alfar who originated from the Palestinian city of Nablus in the West Bank.^[2]

Official reactions

Involved parties

Israel: Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman urged the Palestinian Authority to crack down on armed militants.^[4]

Palestinian territories:

Palestinian National Authority - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat condemned the attack and called on both Palestinians and Israelis to avoid killing civilians.^[5]
Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei called for an end to the Palestinian suicide bombings.^[5]

References

↑ כהן, אבי (1 November 2004). "2 נשים וגבר נרצחו בפיגוע בשוק הכרמל בת"א". ynet (in עברית).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Suicide blast kills 4 at Tel Aviv market / 16-year-old bomber injures 32 others at outdoor stalls". SFGate. 2 November 2004. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 "BBC NEWS - Middle East - Bomber attacks Tel Aviv market". November 2004. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
↑ "BBC NEWS - Middle East - Bomber's family condemn militants". November 2004. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 "archive.ph". archive.ph. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2021. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)

External links

Suicide bombing at Carmel Market 1-Nov-2004 - published at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Three dead in Tel Aviv blast - published on The Guardian on 1 November 2004
Bomber attacks Tel Aviv market - published on BBC News on 1 November 2004
Suicide Bomber Strikes Market in Israel, Killing at Least 3 - published on The New York Times on 1 November 2004
Explosion rocks Tel Aviv market - published on USA Today on 1 November 2004

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v t e Prominent terrorist attacks against Israelis in the history of the Arab–Israeli conflict – the 2000s
2001	Murder of Ofir Rahum (January 17) Azor attack (February 14) Netanya bombing (March 4) Murder of Shalhevet Pass (March 26) Murder of Koby Mandell and Yosef Ishran (May 8) 1st HaSharon Mall entrance suicide bombing (May 18) Dolphinarium discotheque suicide bombing (June 1) Palestinian fatal stoning attack (June 5) Binyamina train station suicide bombing (July 16) Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing (August 9) Nahariya train station suicide bombing (September 9) Assassination of the Israeli Minister of Tourism Rehavam Ze'evi (October 17) Pardes Hanna bus bombing (November 29) Ben Yehuda Street Bombings (December 1) Haifa bus 16 suicide bombing (December 2) Immanuel bus attack (December 12)
2002	Bat Mitzvah massacre (January 18) Tel Aviv outdoor mall bombing (January 25) Jaffa Street bombing (January 27) Karnei Shomron Mall suicide bombing (February 16) Ein 'Arik checkpoint attack (February 19) Yeshivat Beit Yisrael massacre (March 2) Wadi al-Haramiya sniper attack (March 3) Seafood Market attack (March 5) Café Moment bombing (March 9) Matzuva attack (March 12) Egged bus 823 bombing (March 20) King George Street bombing (March 21) Passover massacre (March 27) ‡ Kiryat HaYovel supermarket bombing (March 29) Matza restaurant suicide bombing (March 31) Yagur Junction bombing (April 10) Mahane Yehuda Market bombing (April 12) 2002 Adora terrorist attack (April 27) Rishon LeZion bombing (May 7) Netanya Market bombing (May 19) Pi Glilot bombing attempt (May 23) Megiddo Junction bus bombing (June 5) Herzliya shawarma restaurant bombing (June 11) Patt Junction Bus Bombing (June 18) French Hill Junction suicide bombing (June 19) Itamar attack (June 20) Los Angeles Airport shooting (July 4) Immanuel bus attack (July 16) Neve Shaanan Street bombing (July 17) Hebrew University bombing (July 31) Meron Junction Bus 361 attack (August 4) Allenby Street bus bombing (September 19) Karkur junction suicide bombing (October 21) Sonol gas station bombing (October 27) Kibbutz Metzer terrorist attack (November 10) Kiryat Menachem bus bombing (November 21) Mombasa attacks (November 28) Beit She'an attack (November 28) Yeshivat Otniel shooting (December 27)
2003	Tel Aviv central bus station massacre (January 5) Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing (March 5) Mike's Place suicide bombing (April 30) Jerusalem bombings (May 18) Afula mall bombing (May 19) Davidka Square bus bombing (June 11) Route 60 Hamas attack (June 20) Murder of Oleg Shaichat (July 28) Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing (August 19) Tzrifin bus stop attack (September 9) Café Hillel bombing (September 9) Maxim restaurant suicide bombing (October 4) Geha Interchange bus stop bombing (December 25)
2004	2004 Erez Crossing bombing (January 14) Gaza Street bus bombing (January 29) Liberty Bell Park bus bombing (February 22) Ashdod Port bombings (March 14) Murder of Hatuel family (May 2) Tashkent Israeli embassy bombing (July 30) Beersheba bus bombings (August 31) Sinai bombings (October 7) Carmel Market bombing (November 1)
2005	Karni border crossing attack (January 13) Stage Club bombing (February 25) 2nd HaSharon Mall entrance suicide bombing (July 12) Shfar'am attack (August 4) Hadera Market bombing (October 26) 3rd HaSharon Mall entrance suicide bombing (December 5)
2006	Kedumim bombing (March 30) Tel Aviv shawarma restaurant bombing (April 17) Murder of Eliyahu Asheri (June 25)
2007	Eilat bakery bombing (January 29) Nahal Telem attack (December 28)
2008	Dimona suicide bombing (February 4) Mercaz HaRav massacre (March 6) Jerusalem bulldozer attack (July 2) Jerusalem vehicular attack (September 22)
2009	Bat Ayin axe attack (April 2) Killing of Rabbi Meir Hai (December 24)
Attacks launched from the West Bank Attacks launched from the Gaza Strip Attacks launched from Lebanon ‡ indicates the terrorist attack which caused the greatest amount of Israeli casualties during the 2000s Full list of Palestinian suicide attacks List of Israeli civilian casualties in the Second Intifada Full list of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel List of rocket attacks from Lebanon on Israel List of attacks from Lebanon Rocket attack on Eilat 1990s 2010s

v t e Prominent attacks by Palestinian militants in the 2000s
Within Israel	Azor attack³ (February 14, 2001) Netanya bombing² (March 4, 2001) 1st HaSharon Mall entrance suicide bombing (May 18, 2001) Dolphinarium discotheque massacre² (June 1, 2001) Binyamina train station suicide bombing (July 16, 2001) Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing² (August 9, 2001) Nahariya train station suicide bombing (September 9, 2001) Camp 80 junction bus 823 attack (November 29, 2001) Ben Yehuda Street Bombings (December 1, 2001) Haifa bus 16 suicide bombing (December 2, 2001) Hadera attack (January 18, 2002) Tel Aviv outdoor mall bombing (January 25, 2002) Jaffa Street bombing (January 27, 2002) Karnei Shomron Mall suicide bombing (February 16, 2002) Yeshivat Beit Yisrael bombing (March 2, 2002) Seafood Market attack (March 5, 2002) Atzmona attack (March 7, 2002) Café Moment bombing (March 9, 2002) Matzuva attack¹ (March 12, 2002) Egged bus 823 bombing (March 20, 2002) King George Street bombing (March 21, 2002) Passover massacre (March 27, 2002) Kiryat HaYovel supermarket bombing (March 29, 2002) Matza restaurant suicide bombing (March 31, 2002) Yagur Junction bombing (April 10, 2002) Mahane Yehuda Market bombing (April 12, 2002) Sheffield Club bombing (May 7, 2002) Netanya Market bombing (May 19, 2002) Pi Glilot bombing attempt (May 23, 2002) Megiddo Junction bus bombing (June 5, 2002) Herzliya shawarma restaurant bombing (June 11, 2002) Patt Junction bus bombing (June 18, 2002) Neve Shaanan Street bombing (July 17, 2002) Hebrew University bombing (July 31, 2002) Meron Junction Bus 361 attack (August 4, 2002) Allenby Street bus bombing (September 19, 2002) Karkur junction suicide bombing (October 21, 2002) Metzer attack (November 2, 2002) Kiryat Menachem bus bombing (November 21, 2002) Beit She'an attack (November 28, 2002) Tel Aviv central bus station massacre (January 5, 2003) Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing (March 5, 2003) Mike's Place suicide bombing (April 30, 2003) Jerusalem bombings (May 18, 2003) Afula mall bombing (May 19, 2003) Davidka Square bus bombing (June 11, 2003) Murder of Oleg Shaichat (July 28, 2003) Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing (August 19, 2003) Tzrifin bus stop attack (September 9, 2003) Café Hillel bombing (September 9, 2003) Maxim restaurant suicide bombing (October 4, 2003) Geha Interchange bus stop bombing (December 25, 2003) 2004 Erez Crossing bombing³ (January 14, 2004) Gaza Street bus bombing (January 29, 2004) Liberty Bell Park bus bombing (February 22, 2004) Ashdod Port bombings (March 14, 2004) Beersheba bus bombings (August 31, 2004) Carmel Market bombing (November 1, 2004) Karni border crossing attack (January 13, 2005) Stage Club bombing (February 25, 2005) 2nd HaSharon Mall entrance suicide bombing (July 12, 2005) Hadera Market bombing (October 26, 2005) 3rd HaSharon Mall entrance suicide bombing (December 5, 2005) 2nd Rosh Ha'ir restaurant bombing (April 17, 2006) Gaza cross-border raid² (June 25, 2006) Eilat bakery bombing (January 29, 2007) Dimona suicide bombing (February 4, 2008) Jerusalem yeshiva attack (March 6, 2008) Jerusalem bulldozer attack (July 2, 2008) Jerusalem BMW attack (September 22, 2008)
West Bank	Ramallah lynching (October 12, 2000) Murder of Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane (December 31, 2000) Murder of Ofir Rahum (January 17, 2001) Assassination of the Israeli Minister of Tourism Rehavam Ze'evi² (October 17, 2001) Murder of Shalhevet Pass (March 26, 2001) Palestinian fatal stoning attack (June 5, 2001) Murder of Georgios Tsibouktzakis (June 12, 2001) Immanuel bus attack (December 12, 2001) Ein 'Arik checkpoint attack (19 February 2002) Wadi al-Haramiya sniper attack (March 3, 2002) French Hill Junction suicide bombing (June 19, 2002) Itamar attack (June 20, 2002) Immanuel bus attack (July 16, 2002) Sonol gas station bombing (October 27, 2002) Hebron ambush (November 15, 2002) Yeshivat Otniel shooting (December 27, 2002) Kidnapping and murder of Sasson Nuriel (September 21, 2005) Kedumim bombing (March 30, 2006) Murder of Eliyahu Asheri (June 25, 2006) Nahal Telem shooting (December 28, 2007) Bat Ayin axe attack (April 2, 2009) Killing of Rabbi Meir Hai (December 24, 2009)
Gaza Strip	Kissufim tank ambush ‎(September 5, 2002) Murder of the Hatuel family (May 2, 2004) IDF outpost bombing attack (December 12, 2004)
Worldwide	Sinai bombings (October 7, 2004)
¹ Attacks launched from Lebanon ² Attacks launched from the West Bank ³ Attacks launched from the Gaza Strip 1990s 2010s

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Carmel Market bombing

Contents

The attack

The perpetrator

Official reactions

See also

References

External links

Further reading