Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The Passover Massacre was a Palestinian suicide bombing in Park Hotel at Netanya on March 27, 2002. The attack claimed the life of 30 Israeli civilians and was the trigger to Operation Defensive Shield. The massacre The massacre occurred on the night of March 27, where Jews all over the world celebrated the traditional holiday of Passover. Park Hotel in Netanya held a big Passover dinner for its 250 guests in the ground-floor dinning room. A Palestinian suicide bomber entered the hotel dining room and detonated a large explosive device he carried upon himself. 28 people were immediately killed, and about 140 were injured. Two of the injured later died from their wounds. Reactions Leaders from around the world denounced the massacre as an immoral terrorist act. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his cabinet ordered the immediate recruit of 20,000 reservist in an emergency call-up and in the following day launched Operation Defensive Shield. The victims Shula Abramovitch, 63, of Holon David Anichovitch, 70, of Netanya Sgt.-Maj. Avraham Beckerman, 25, of Ashdod Shimon Ben-Aroya, 42, of Netanya Alter Britvich, 88, of Netanya Frieda Britvich, 86, of Netanya Andre Fried, 47, of Netanya Idit Fried, 47, of Netanya Miriam Gutenzgan, 82, of Ramat Gan Amiram Hamami, 44, of Netanya Perla Hermele, 79, of Sweden Dvora Karim, 73, of Netanya Michael Karim, 78, of Netanya Eliezer Korman, 74, of Ramat Hasharon Yehudit Korman, 70, of Ramat Hasharon Marianne Myriam Lehmann Zaoui, 77, of Netanya Lola Levkovitch, 70, of Jerusalem Sarah Levy-Hoffman, 89, of Tel-Aviv Furuk Na'imi, 62, of Netanya Eliahu Nakash, 85, of Tel-Aviv Chanah Rogan, 90, of Netanya Irit Rashel, 45, of Moshav Herev La'et Clara Rosenberger, 77, of Jerusalem Yulia Talmi, 87, of Tel-Aviv St.-Sgt. Sivan Vider, 20, of Bekaot Zee'v Vider, 50, of Moshav Bekaot Ernest Weiss, 80, of Petah Tikva Eva Weiss, 75, of Petah Tikva Anna Yakobovitch, 78, of Holon George Yakobovitch, 76, of Holon. See also: Terrorism against Israel This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.