On August 5, 1993, Hamas militants abducted and later killed Israeli soldier Yaron Chen.
The attack
On Thursday, August 5, 1993, the 20-year-old private Yaron Chen, who was on his way home from a military base, was hitchhiking at the Rama intersection near East Jerusalem. Chen was picked up by a white Fiat van with an Israeli license plate.[1] Another soldier reported seeing Chen struggling with three Palestinians who drove a white Fiat car.[2]
Chen was shot dead shortly afterwards while struggling with his abductors.[3][4]
Hamas publicized its abduction and killing of Chen.[5] Chen's body was found before dawn in the burnt-out charred white Fiat van in the village of Beitunia in the West Bank.[1]
Conviction of assailant; release in Shalit exchange
^Islamic terror abductions in the Middle East, Shaul Shay, Sussex Academic Press, 2007, pp. 31–32.
^Terrorism, 1992–1995: a chronology of events and a selectively annotated bibliography, Mickolus, Edward F, Susan L. Simmons, ABC-CLIO, 1997, p. 461.
^The Road to Martyrs' Square: A Journey Into the World of the Suicide Bomber, Anne Marie Oliver, Paul F. Steinberg, Oxford University Press, 2006, pp. 34–5.
Attacks launched from the West BankAttacks launched from the Gaza StripAttacks launched from LebanonAttacks launched from JordanAttacks launched from Egypt
‡ indicates the terrorist attack which caused the greatest amount of Israeli casualties during the 1990s
