A Palestinian suicide bombing at a pizzeria in downtown Jerusalem on 9 August 2001 killed 16 people, including seven children and a pregnant woman. A further 130 were wounded. The attack occurred duri
The Intersection of King George Street and Jaffa Road, as it appeared in November 2025
Izz al-Din Shuheil al-Masri, the perpetrator of the bombing. His bandana says "Al Qassam Brigades" (Arabic: كتائب القسام, romanized: Kataeb Al Qassam), the militant wing of the Hamas movement.
Gilad Shalit
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Gilad Shalit is an Israeli former soldier who, on 25 June 2006, was captured by Palestinian militants in a cross-border raid via tunnels near the Israeli border. Hamas held him captive for over five y
Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing
…she just smiled broadly and continued with the interview. Tamimi was released in October 2011 in exchange for the release of captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. In response to the attack, Israel shut down the unofficial Palestinian "foreign office" in Jerusalem, at the Orient House…
Shalit on the phone with his parents, after arriving in Israel on 18 October 2011
Shalit on a Hamas poster in Nablus, 7 May 2007 that reads: "Our champion captives. May we have a new Gilad each year”; and below: “They [Palestinian prisoners] are not alone".
"Free Gilad" sidewalk painting
Shalit's parents, July 2010