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The Passover massacre〔Sources describing the incident as the "Passover massacre": * ("Alleged Passover massacre plotter arrested" ), CNN, 26 March 2008. * Ohad Gozani, ("Hotel blast survivors relive the Passover massacre" ), ''The Daily Telegraph'', 29 March 2002. * "This reached a peak following the Passover massacre in the seaside resort of Netanya..." David Newman, "The consequence or the cause? Impact on the Israel-Palestine Peace Process", in Mary E. A. Buckley, Mary Buckley, Rick Fawn. ''Global Responses to Terrorism: 9/11, the War in Afghanistan, and Beyond'', Rouledge, 2003, ISBN 0-415-31429-1, p. 158. * "They faced stiff resistance from Palestinian gunmen who began preparing the camp's defenses as early as the Passover massacre in Netanya..." Todd C. Helmus, Russell W. Glenn. ''Steeling the Mind: Combat Stress Reactions and Their Implications for Urban Warfare'' Rand Corporation, 2005, ISBN 0-8330-3702-1, p. 58. * "It can therefore be asked whether the 'human bomb' offensive starting with the Passover massacre on 27 March 2002..." Brigitte L. Nacos, "The Terrorist Calculus Behind 9–11: A Model for Future Terrorism?" in Gus Martin. ''The New Era of Terrorism: Selected Readings'', Sage Publications Inc, 2004, ISBN 0-7619-8873-4, p. 176.〕 was a suicide bombing carried out by Hamas〔(Israel seals off territories for Passover ), ''BBC News'', 16 April 2003.〕 at the Park Hotel in Netanya, Israel on 27 March 2002, during a Passover seder. Thirty civilians were killed in the attack and 140 were injured. It was the deadliest attack against Israelis during the Second Intifada. ==The attack== During the Jewish holiday of Passover in 2002, Park Hotel in the Israeli coastal city of Netanya held its traditional annual Passover seder for its 250 guests, in the hotel dining room located at the ground floor of the hotel. During this holiday many hotel guests were elderly Jews who didn't have family and relatives in Israel. In the evening of 27 March 2002, a Palestinian suicide bomber disguised as a woman approached the hotel carrying a suitcase which contained powerful explosives. The suicide bomber managed to pass the security guard at the entrance to a hotel, then he walked through the lobby passing the reception desk and entered the hotel's crowded dining room. At 19:30 pm (GMT+2) the suicide bomber detonated the explosive device he was carrying. The force of the explosion instantly killed 28 civilians and injured about 140 people, of whom 20 were injured severely. Two of the injured later died from their wounds. Some of the victims were Holocaust survivors.〔Patience, Martin. ("Israelis wary of Arab peace plan." ) ''BBC News''. 31 March 2007. 28 May 2008.〕〔Ruth Morris and Laura King. ("Bombing in Israeli City Injures 56" ), ''Los Angeles Times'', 31 March 2003.〕〔Linda Grant. ("Defenders of the faith" ), ''The Guardian'', 6 July 2002.〕 Most of the victims were senior citizens (70 and over). The oldest victim was 90 and the youngest was 20 years old. A number of married couples were killed, as well as a father together with his daughter. One of the victims was a Jewish tourist from Sweden who was visiting Israel for Passover.〔(Massacre during Passover Seder in the Park Hotel, Netanya ) Organization of Israel's Terror Victims〕 The plot for the Passover massacre included the use of cyanide;〔http://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=607268〕 4 kg of cyanide had been bought and prepared for a chemical attack.〔http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/html/final/sp/sib3_04/park_c.htm〕 Tarak Zidan had been recruited to Hamas, and during 1997 he researched the use of chlorine and other nerve agents to be used in terror attacks.〔 In 2002, 4 kg of chlorine had been bought and packed for the attack. For an unknown reason it was not used and passed to Abbas al-Sayyid instead.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lebanonwire.com - Hamass Tactics: Lessons from Recent Attacks )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Passover massacre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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