Israel Hit by Suicide Attack
Fatah, the PFLP, and a previously unknown 'United Popular Brigade' are all claiming some responsibility for the suicide attacks this morning. The attackers used the weakened separation barrier to conduct the attacks, reportedly crossing into Egypt before entering Israel.
Initially Palestinians seemed to be using the Hamas-induced barrier breach to buy food and supplies to offset the scarcity created by Israeli counter-terror measures that at varying times left impoverished Gazans without electricity or access to markets. In doing so, Hamas has once again established itself as the champion of the people.
As a result of the suicide bombing and due to Israeli suspicion concerning the nature of Palestinian purchases, however, the barrier breach will no doubt lead to harsh counter measures by Israeli forces that tend to punish the Gazan population just as much as the terrorists responsible.
Even though Israel's separation barrier has received international criticism for violating Palestinian human rights, it still seems to be the best way to prevent suicide bombings in Israel. Despite the suffering of the Palestinians in Gaza, the suicide bombings that took place Monday provide further justification for the need of a separation barrier.
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I don't know anything about the separation barrier on the Gaza strip. Is it between Israel and Palestine? Is it an actual wall? How is it protected? How many troops are enforcing the barrier, and how much area does the separation barrier cover? If anyone has any quick answers, I would love to hear about them.
So I just finished writing the Suicide Terrorism paper and so I have learned a lot about suicide terrorism and all of the advantages that it has over regular terrorism. because of this I find this article very interesting. One of the biggest advantages to suicide terrorism that I found interesting is that it generally kills a much larger number of people. I find the fact that this suicide bombing only killed one person very intriguing because of this, granted there was a second bomb that did not go off, but I still find it strange. Did they pick a bad location or what? Any suggestions as to why this was so unsuccessful?
Israel is no stranger to using physical barriers to keep people out...you can read a bit about the wall around the West Bank read a bit (and look at pictures) about the wall around the West Bank.
While it is interesting to note that the bombing only killed one person--this was also the first suicide bombing in Israel in about a year (since last April)! Also disconcerting for Israel is the location of the attack. It occured in Dimona in which Israel's nuclear facilities are located...
I think that perhaps the mistake of this bombing in Israel is that of timing,and maybe training.
the bomb went off in the morning, I don't know the exact time but if it wasn't before 10am it probably did not produced adequate casualties because markets tend to die down after the initial rush because most of the shoppers are out in morning and afternoon. I am not an expert in Mid-east shopping so their habits may be different from US/European habits, but I would assume markets run on the same basic time tables.
Also it could be a trouble with fear, the bomber may have felt as if he was going to be found out, and therefore had a premature detonation (Think Ach-Med Puppet). He may have felt like it was better to blow himself up at that time instead of getting found and shot only losing his own life in the process. Just a few possible ideas that came to mind...
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