Shaar HaNegev school bus attack
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The Shaar HaNegev school bus attack was a missile attack on 7 April 2011, in which Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip fired a Kornet laser-guided anti-tank missile over the border at an Israeli school bus, killing a schoolboy.[1]
Hamas school bus attack | |
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Native name | המתקפה על אוטובוס התלמידים בשער הנגב |
Location | Negev, Israel |
Coordinates | 31°28′12″N 34°31′40″E |
Date | 7 April 2011; 13 years ago (2011-04-07) |
Target | Schoolbus |
Attack type | Laser guided missile attack |
Weapons | 9M133 Kornet anti-tank missile |
Deaths | 1 child |
Injured | 1 civilian |
Perpetrator | Al-Qassam Brigades |
Hamas claimed the bus was traveling on a road used by Israeli military vehicles and it did not know that schoolchildren were on board.[2] Israel said the yellow color of the bus made it easily identifiable and accused Hamas of "crossing a line."[2]
The missile hit the bus after all but one of the children had been dropped off.[3] The only remaining passenger, a 16-year-old boy, Daniel Viflic,[4] was critically injured with shrapnel wounds to the head and died from his injuries on 17 April.[5] The driver was lightly injured.[6][7][8][9] Another mortar barrage was timed to coincide with the arrival of the paramedics, which delayed the evacuation.[citation needed]
The attack was condemned by the international community.