# French Hill attacks

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Numerous attacks were carried out by [Palestinians](/source/Palestinians) near the [French Hill](/source/French_Hill_(settlement)) neighbourhood in northern [East Jerusalem](/source/East_Jerusalem). The neighbourhood is considered an illegal [Israeli settlement](/source/Israeli_settlement)[1][2][3] by numerous sources but this is disputed by Israel than annexed the area as part of the [Jerusalem Law](/source/Jerusalem_Law) and by others.[citation needed]

## List of attacks

- On 22 September 1992, a border policeman, Avinoam Peretz, was killed at the junction. The gunman claimed he had been recruited by the [Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades](/source/Al-Qassam_Brigades).[4]
- In July 1993, a car was hijacked in the junction by a Hamas militant, and the woman driving the car was killed.
- On 26 February 1996, a car was deliberately driven over a group of civilian pedestrians in the junction, killing civilian Flora Yehiel, 28, of [Kiryat Ata](/source/Kiryat_Ata).[5][better source needed]
- On 27 March 2001, 27 people were injured and one killed in a suicide bombing on a bus. Hamas claimed responsibility.[6]
- On 15 September 2001, Meir Weisshaus, 23, of Jerusalem, was shot and killed in a [drive-by shooting](/source/Drive-by_shooting).[7][better source needed]
- On 7 October 2001, a civilian, Salomon Haim, was murdered.[8]
- On 4 November 2001, two teenage residents were killed and 45 others were injured in a sub-machine gun attack by a Palestinian militant.[9]
- On 17 March 2002, a suicide bombing of an Israeli bus in French Hill injured 25.[10]
- On 19 June 2002, [2002 French Hill suicide bombing](/source/2002_French_Hill_suicide_bombing): a suicide bomber affiliated with the [Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades](/source/Al-Aqsa_Martyrs'_Brigades) blew himself up at a crowded bus stop. Seven people were killed, most of them teenagers and children.[11][9]
- On 18 May 2003, [2003 French Hill suicide bombings](/source/2003_French_Hill_suicide_bombings): a suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt detonated himself on a bus at the French Hill Junction. Seven Israelis were killed, and 20 were wounded.[12]
- On 19 March 2004, [George Khoury](/source/George_Khoury_(murder_victim)), son of [Elias Khoury](/source/Elias_Khoury_(lawyer)) of Beit Hanina, was shot in a drive-by shooting while. The [Fatah](/source/Fatah) Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility.[7][better source needed]
- On 22 September 2004, an 18-year-old [female suicide bomber](/source/Female_suicide_bomber) belonging to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades killed 2 people and wounded 33 in the crowded bus station at the junction.[13]
- On 15 April 2015, A car driven by a Palestinian, Khaled Kutina (Koutineh, 37) of the West Bank village of [Anata](/source/'Anata) hit two Israelis at the French Hill junction. Shalom Yohai Sharki (25), son of a prominent religious-Zionist rabbi, was killed. his girlfriend and Shira Klein (23) was seriously injured. The incident was initially treated as a traffic accident, but on investigation was redefined as a possible terror attack. Kutinba's wife said the incident was an accident in bad weather as he was driving to his parents' home in [Jerusalem's Old Quarter](/source/Old_City_(Jerusalem)).[14][15] On April, 21 the media was permitted to report that Koutineh told police that he was intent on "seeking out Jews to murder."[16]
- On 8 October 2015, A Palestinian youth Subhi Ibrahim Abu Khalifeh (19) stabbed a [Haredi](/source/Haredi) (25) in the neck at the French Hill neighbourhood. The assailant was arrested.[17]

## References

1. ["Abusing Jerusalem to Assail Peace: The Case of the Shepherd's Hotel | Peace Now"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131011171158/http://peacenow.org.il/eng/content/abusing-jerusalem-assail-peace-case-shepherds-hotel). Archived from [the original](http://peacenow.org.il/eng/content/abusing-jerusalem-assail-peace-case-shepherds-hotel) on 2013-10-11. Retrieved 2014-02-18.

1. ["All about French Hill"](https://www.jpost.com/paywalllogin?returnurl=/in-jerusalem/all-about-french-hill-486928). *www.jpost.com*. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 2020-07-18.

1. Steinberg, Jessica. ["From Arab to Orthodox, Chinese to Korean, it's love thy neighbor in French Hill"](http://www.timesofisrael.com/from-arab-to-orthodox-chinese-to-korean-its-love-thy-neighbor-in-french-hill/). *[The Times of Israel](/source/The_Times_of_Israel)*. [ISSN 0040-7909](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0040-7909). Retrieved 2020-07-18.

1. Alexander, Yonah (2021-10-01). [*Palestinian Religious Terrorism: Hamas and Islamic Jihad*](https://books.google.com/books?id=v8xGEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Avinoam+Peretz%22&pg=PA13). BRILL. p. 13. ISBN 978-90-04-47981-4.

1. Jewish Virtual Library; Fatal Terrorist Attacks in Israel Since the Declaration of Principles [\[1\]](https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Terrorism/victims.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140714182603/https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Terrorism/victims.html) July 14, 2014 at the Wayback Machine

1. ["Palestinian Terrorism February-April 2001- Photos"](http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2001/2/Palestinian%20Terrorism%20February-April%202001-%20Photos). *[Ministry of Foreign Affairs](/source/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Israel))*. Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 15 February 2001. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20051226142041/http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2001/2/Palestinian%20Terrorism%20February-April%202001-%20Photos) 26 December 2005 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 11 October 2015.

1. ["Comprehensive Listing of Terrorism Victims in Israel"](http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Terrorism/victims.html). *[Jewish Virtual Library](/source/Jewish_Virtual_Library)*. Retrieved 11 October 2015.

1. ["רופא נרצח בי-ם; החשודים - שני פורצים פלשתינאים"](https://www.haaretz.co.il/misc/2001-10-09/ty-article/0000017f-e39d-d568-ad7f-f3ff081d0000) (in Hebrew). *הארץ*. Retrieved 2022-10-28.

1. ["Take A Pen: Terrorism"](http://www.take-a-pen.org/english/Articles/Art04102003.htm). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20041010023044/http://www.take-a-pen.org/english/Articles/Art04102003.htm) 10 October 2004 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 11 October 2015.

1. Anti-Defamation League, June 2002; Syria, Sponsor of Terrorism, Assumes U.N. Security Council Presidency [\[2\]](http://www.adl.org/Terror/terrorism_syria.asp) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20061003044706/http://www.adl.org/Terror/terrorism_syria.asp) 2006-10-03 at the Wayback Machine

1. [Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Gila Sara Kessler](http://www.israel-mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism-+Obstacle+to+Peace/Memorial/2002/1/Gila+Sara+Kessler.htm)

1. Silver, Eric (26 October 2013). ["Nightmare images from a Jerusalem commuter's bus"](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/nightmare-images-from-a-jerusalem-commuters-bus-105231.html). *[The Independent](/source/The_Independent)*. Retrieved 11 October 2015.

1. [Yedioth Ahronoth, September 2004](http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-2980285,00.html)

1. Akiva Novik, ['Police chief: Car-ramming attack likely terror'](http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4648087,00.html), [Ynet](/source/Ynet) 17 April 2015.

1. Itamar Sharon,['Car-ramming suspect's wife insists fatal crash was accident'](http://www.timesofisrael.com/car-ramming-suspects-wife-insists-crash-was-accident/), [The Times of Israel](/source/The_Times_of_Israel) 17 April 2015.

1. ['I sought to kill Jews,' said terrorist who rammed car into Israelis at Jerusalem bus stop](https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/I-sought-to-kill-Jews-said-terrorist-who-rammed-car-into-Israelis-at-Jerusalem-bus-stop-398786), [Jpost](/source/Jpost) 04/21/2015

1. ['Yeshiva student stabbed in Jerusalem, seriously wounded'](http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4708473,00.html), [Ynet](/source/Ynet) 8 October 2015.

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