French Hill Junction
Terror Attack Place:
Jerusalem Givaa Zorfatit
Commemoration Site:
Jerusalem
Area:
Jerusalem area
Type:
Municipal monument
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On Wednesday June 19th 2002 a big crowd waited at the bus station at the French Hill junction in Jerusalem.
A suicide Palestinian terrorist armed with a heavy bomb suddenly appeared from a car and ran towards the crowd.
A soldier saw the terrorist and tried to stop him but failed.
The terrorist ran and detonated the bomb near the crowd killing seven people and wounding tens others.
This Junction suffered a dew attacks, in the pictures there are two municipal memorial plates, since taking the pictures another attack happened and two border policemen were killed at that same place.
There's one other place in Jerusalem which had two attacks on the same address, 50 Yaffo street , there also there are two municipal plates on the same spot.
