1996 Jerusalem Bus Suicide Bombing

The 1996 Jerusalem Bus Suicide Bombing is a February 1996 attack in Jerusalem that killed twenty-six Israelis. The book places the event within a sequence of dated political violence, giving the bombing a clear place in the chronology without supplying further details about its perpetrators or aftermath.

Date and Setting

The account begins with Ahmed Qurie announcing February 1996, then identifies the scene as a bus in Jerusalem. The brief date marker anchors the attack in the period following the November 1995 presentation of Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination; the text establishes sequence, but does not state a causal connection between the events.

Attack and Consequence

A Palestinian suicide bomber detonates an explosive on the bus. The stated immediate consequence is the deaths of twenty-six Israelis. The account gives no further information about the victims, the bomber’s identity, or subsequent investigations.

Dramatic Placement

The bombing appears within a series of short, dated recollections: it follows the November 1995 marker and precedes the later September 2000 marker. Its compressed presentation makes the date, location, and death toll the episode’s defining facts, while situating it among the political violence recalled in the surrounding sequence.