Ramat Gan bus bombing

On the morning of July 24, 1995, a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device aboard a crowded No. 20 commuter bus in Ramat Gan, Israel, near the Israel Diamond Exchange. The bomb consisted of approximately 15 kilograms (33 lb) of TNT packed with nails inside a metal pipe. Five civilians were killed; the bomber also died, and about 33 other people were wounded.

Shortly after 9:00 a.m. on the day of the bombing, a caller contacted the Associated Press office in East Jerusalem to claim responsibility for the attack on behalf of Hamas. The caller stated that the attack had been carried out by a youth affiliated with the "Yahya Ayyash group," a Hamas-linked cell named after a bomb-maker associated with the organization, and identified the bomber as coming from the West Bank.

The bombing occurred during a period of recurring suicide attacks on Israeli public transportation amid the broader Israeli-Palestinian conflict and ongoing peace-process negotiations. The cited sources attribute the claim of responsibility collectively to Hamas; this dossier does not name the bomber or identify any surviving individual as having been criminally adjudicated for this attack.

The case is documented through contemporaneous reporting, the claim of responsibility, and public statements including remarks by then-Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin after the attack.