Karkur junction suicide bombing

32°27′54″N 34°59′38″E  /  32.46500°N 34.99389°E  / 32.46500; 34.99389 The Karkur junction suicide bombing was a suicide attack carried out on Monday October 21, 2002, by two members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the Israeli urban area of Wadi Ara . Egged commuter bus 841 was on its way on Route No. 65 from Kiryat Shmona to Tel Aviv when it stopped at the Karkur Junction , about 8 kilometers from Hadera at the afternoon rush hour. A passenger got on and spoke to driver Chaim Avraham, but before he could answer, a jeep loaded with an estimated 100 kilograms of TNT rammed the back of the bus, causing an explosion. A fire evolved quickly, causing ammunition that soldiers on the bus were carrying to explode and preventing rescue workers from getting on the bus for half an hour. Fourteen passengers were killed in the attack and 50 were wounded. The military wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the Al-Quds Brigades , claimed responsibility for the attack, saying that it was carried out by Ashraf al-Asama, 18, and Mohammed al-Hasnin, 19, both from the West Bank city of Jenin . The Palestinian Authority said it condemned the suicide bombing. An Israeli official expressed skepticism, declaring that “ The Palestinian Authority has become a prime authority on terror and could not care less about preventing it. Suicide bombing in Israel kills at least 14, wounds 40 .¹