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Police and medics surround the scene of a suicide bombing inside Jerusalem's Sbarro restaurant, Thursday, August 9, 2001. Fifteen people were killed, and 130 injured. A sixteenth victim died in 2023. (AP/Peter Dejong)
August 9, 2026, 11:17 am
25 years ago, the Sbarro bombing opened a wound in Israel that still hasn’t healed
Suicide attack at Jerusalem pizzeria killed 16, including 8 children; a quarter of a century later, a family reckons with its ongoing fight for justice — and a new wave of grief after October 7
By Ben Sales
Ahlam Tamimi recalls her pleasure at early reports of the death toll in the Sbarro bombing (MEMRI screenshot)
March 12, 2021, 6:42 pm
Interpol said to drop warrant for Sbarro pizzeria bomber Ahlam Tamimi
Husband of Tamimi, who was convicted of orchestrating 2001 suicide bombing that left 15 dead but later released in prisoner swap, says her name has been removed from wanted list
By ToI Staff
Arnold Roth attending a meeting of the House Oversight Committee of the US Congress in Washington in 2016. (Courtesy)
From the WebOctober 22, 2020, 3:14 pm
Malki Roth’s father slams BBC for giving Sbarro terrorist a platform
Arnold Roth tells UK Jewish News that the ‘BBC lost its moral compass’ in allowing Ahlam Tamimi onto its Arabic TV service, calls broadcaster’s apology ’empty, cruel and pointless’
Ahlam and Nizar Tamimi at their wedding in Amman (Screenshot)
October 13, 2020, 10:05 pm
Jordan deports Sbarro bomber’s husband, also a convicted terrorist, to Qatar
Nizar Tamimi expelled without explanation by authorities; terror victims’ advocates have long sought his wife’s extradition to US over deadly 2001 attack at Jerusalem pizzeria
By Aaron Boxerman
Malki Roth (Courtesy of the Roth family)
May 5, 2020, 1:39 pm
Failed by Israel, Malki Roth’s parents hope US can extradite her gloating killer
Ahlam Tamimi, who oversaw the 2001 Sbarro bombing that killed Malki and 14 others, was freed in Shalit deal and became a celebrity in Jordan. Now the US just might be on her case
By David Horovitz
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