Ten people were killed and 16 wounded at 5:00 P.M. on Sunday afternoon in a double suicide bombing at Ashdod Port. Hamas and Fatah claimed responsibility for the attack. The bombers were identified as two 18-year-olds, Nabil Massoud and Mahmoud Salem, from the Jabalya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip.
Initial reports described the first explosion as a work accident involving gas containers at the site. Then, a few minutes later, a second explosion ripped through a caravan some 100 meters from the first blast, just outside of the port.
The first terrorist got inside the port and blow himself up close to a group of workers standing next to a machine repair workshop. The explosion blew the roof off the workshop, and five workers were killed immediately.
A few moments later, the second suicide terrorist detonated his bomb on the sidewalk in a storage and refrigeration area adjacent to the port. The blast destroyed a trailer, killing three office workers. Two others died after being transferred to the hospital.
The victims:
Gil Abutbul, 38, of Ashdod
Danny Assulin, 51, of Ashdod
Avraham Avraham, 34, of Ashdod
Zion Dahan, 30, of Ashdod
Ophir Damari, 31, of Rehovot
Moshe Hendler, 29, of Rehovot
Mazal Marciano, 30, of Ashdod
Avi Suissa, 56, of Kiryat Malachi
Maurice Tubul, 30, of Ashdod
Pinhas Avraham Zilberman, 45, of Tel Aviv.