Kiryat HaYovel Supermarket Suicide Bomb In Jerusalem In Today's History, March 29, 2002

JAKARTA - On March 29, 2002, a woman detonated a suicide bombing in a supermarket around the Kiryat HaYovel area, Jerusalem. Two were killed and 24 others were injured.

The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the explosion. The group is a militant force affiliated with Fatah Yasser Arafat.

The explosion killed many lives. On that day, the supermarket in Kiryat HaYovel was full of shoppers.

As usual, ahead of the weekend, many Israelis are shopping for their weekend needs. Reported by VOA, the suicide bombing was the second time in Israel since the Easter holidays began.

Previously, a suicide bomber also blew himself up. The attack killed 21 people at a seaside resort in Netanya.

The bombings were carried out while people were celebrating the first ritual dinner of the Easter holidays. The Hamas group later announced that Palestinian militant groups were joining forces to attack Israel.

If the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claims the attack on the Kiryat HaYovel supermarket, Hamas claims the explosion in Netanya was their act. Meanwhile, Palestinian radio reported that the Fatah Arafat faction at that time indeed called on all Palestinian fighters to carry out their "struggle" against Israel.

During that period, the clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police were massive. At the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, clashes involved Palestinians armed with stones.

At another location in Jerusalem, Israeli police raided a hilltop Muslim holy site, Haram al-Sharif. The attack came after Palestinian youths threw stones at a Jewish congregation at the Western Wall.

Israeli police used tear gas to disperse a crowd of angry youths. The clashes at the disputed holy site come 18 months after Ariel Sharon's controversial visit.

Sharon is the leader of the political opposition. His lunge sparked a wave of violence that has killed more than 1,300 people since then.

Most of Sharon's victims were Palestinians. The violence in Jerusalem also came just hours after Israeli tanks rolled into the West Bank city of Ramallah.

The tanks directed fire at the compound around the office of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Great fighting was reported there.

Prime Minister Sharon orders military action. He called the military action an attempt to isolate Arafat, who he declared as an enemy.

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