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{{Infobox terrorist attack
| title            = Gaza Street bus bombing
| partof           = the [[Second Intifada]]
| image            = Bus 19.jpg
| caption          = Remains of the charred bus
| map              = {{Location map|Israel jerusalem
|lat_deg=31
|lat_min=46
|lat_sec=25
|lon_deg=35
|lon_min=12
|lon_sec=57
|caption=The attack site}}
| location         = [[Jerusalem]]
| target           = <!--CITE the target otherwise its POV, OR and Synthesis-->
| date             = {{start date and age |2004|01|29}}
| time             = {{circa}} 9:00 am
| time-begin       = 
| time-end         = 
| timezone         = 
| coordinates      = {{coord|31|46|25|N|35|12|57|E|display=inline,title}}
| type             = [[Suicide bombing]]
| weapon           = [[Suicide vest]]
| fatalities       = 11 civilians (+1 bomber)
| injuries         = 44
| perps            = [[Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades]], [[Hamas]]
}}
A [[Palestinian suicide attacks|Palestinian suicide bombing]] was carried out on [[Gaza Street]], [[Jerusalem]] on January 29, 2004. A Palestinian bomber detonated an explosive belt on an [[Egged (company)|Egged]] bus #19 traveling between the two campuses of [[Hadassah Medical Center]]. Eleven passengers were killed and over 50 people were wounded, 13 of them seriously.

==The attack==
On January 29, 2004, shortly before 9:00 AM, a Palestinian suicide bomber detonated himself in the back of an Egged bus at the corner of Gaza and Arlozorov streets in [[Jerusalem]], near the official residence of the [[Prime Minister of Israel]].<ref name=Guardian29012004>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/jan/29/israel2 Ten killed in Jerusalem suicide bombing], [[The Guardian]], January 29, 2004.</ref> The blast tore the bus apart, blowing the roof into the air and breaking all the windows. The blast killed 11 people and injured more than 50. Thirteen were in serious condition.

==The perpetrators==
Both the [[Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades]] and [[Hamas]] claimed responsibility for the attack, which occurred less than 24 hours after eight Palestinians were killed in an Israeli army raid on the outskirts of Gaza,<ref name=Guardian29012004/> naming the bomber as Ali Yusuf Jaara, a 24-year-old [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] policeman from [[Bethlehem]].<ref name = "MFA">''[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2004/1/Suicide%20bombing%20of%20Egged%20bus%20no%2019%20in%20Jerusalem%20- Suicide bombing of Egged bus no. 19 in Jerusalem]''. Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. January 29, 2004. Retrieved April 6, 2008.</ref>

==Aftermath==
Originally the wreck of Bus 19 was maintained and stored by [[ZAKA]] in Jerusalem. The Jerusalem Connection, Int'l, a Christian Zionist organization [http://www.thejerusalemconnection.us] was invited by ZAKA to bring the bus to the USA. The wreck of the bus was on display first at the Hague for the [[Israeli West Bank barrier#Legality|International Court of Justice]] hearing about the [[Israeli West Bank barrier]]. The Jerusalem Connection then brought the bus to the USA where, under the cosponsorship of many Jewish and Christian organizations, churches, and synagogues, it was put on display in several cities and at various US universities.<ref>''[http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2004/10/bus19_1004_print.htm Bombed Israeli Bus on Display at Duke Oct. 12-13] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060622114611/http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2004/10/bus19_1004_print.htm |date=June 22, 2006 }}'', [[Duke University]] News and Communications, October 11, 2004</ref>

Bus 19 is currently located permanently at [http://www.shoresh.com Camp Shoresh] in [[Adamstown, Maryland|Adamstown, Md]].{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}

==See also==
*[[Café Moment bombing]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091225100918/http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2004/1/Suicide+bombing+of+Egged+bus+no+19+in+Jerusalem+-.htm Suicide bombing of Egged bus no 19 in Jerusalem - 29-Jan-2004] - published at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3440265.stm Suicide attack on Jerusalem bus] - published on [[BBC News]] on January 29, 2004

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