December 2005 HaSharon Mall suicide bombing

The December 2005 HaSharon Mall bombing was a terror attack carried out on December 5, 2005 in the HaSharon Mall in Netanya, Israel. Five people were killed and over forty injured in the attack.

December 2005 HaSharon Mall bombing
Part of the Second Intifada militancy campaign
The attack site
Location	Netanya, Israel
Coordinates	32°19′35″N 34°51′44″E
Date	December 5, 2005; 19 years ago (2005-12-05) 11:30 am (GMT+2)
Attack type	Suicide bombing
Deaths	5 Israeli civilians (+1 bomber)
Injured	40+ Israeli civilians
Perpetrator	Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility

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.

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility and identified the attacker as Lotfi Abu Saada, from the village of Illar in northern West Bank.^[1] In response, Israel killed two senior militants in a Gaza airstrike.^[2]

See also

• 2001 HaSharon Mall suicide bombing
• HaSharon Mall suicide bombing (July 12, 2005)