Wafa Idris

Quick Facts

Full Name	Wafa Idris
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Feb 11, 1975(1975-02-11)
Age	49
Date Of Death	2002-01-01
Birthplace	Am'Ari
Horoscope	Aquarius

Wafa Idris Biography

Wafa Idris is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on February 11, 1975 in Am'Ari, ****. Idris her parents were refugees living at Am’ari Refugee Camp. Am’ari Refugee Camp having fled Ramla in Mandate Palestine in 1948 during the Nakba. The refugee camp was where she was raised in the year 1975. Her father passed away when she was a kid. She was 12 years old young during the initial intifada that began in 1987. According to her family members, Idris served on the Am’ari refugee camp’s women’s advisory committee during the initial intifada which she was a part of, assisting with the distribution of food during time of curfew, offered social assistance and assisted families of prisoners. Idris got married to her first cousin when she was just 16. She had a stillborn baby at the age of 23 and was told she would never deliver a baby until full term. The couple divorced and she returned to her mother’s home with along with her brother and wives and children. Then she began volunteering with the Red Crescent Society and trained as a doctor. According the coordinator of the Red Crescent’s department for Emergency Response Services, Idris worked every Friday, which was the most popular time of the intifada, due to the regular riots following prayers, and for three or four days at a time in times of riots throughout the week.

In March of 2011, Palestinian Media Watch reported that the Fatah-affiliated Al-Amari Palestinian youth center had announced the name of a football event in honor of Wafa Idris.

Wafa Idris (Arabic WF Drys 1975 between January 27 and 27 2002) was the first female suicide bomber during the conflict between Israel and Palestine. At the time she died, Idris was a 28-year-old separated Red Crescent Volunteer. She was a resident of Am’ari Refugee Camp. Am’ari Refugee Camp in Ramallah.

Wafa Idris Net Worth

Wafa Idris is one of the richest Politician from . According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Wafa Idris 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The bombing took place shortly after and before the perpetrator was identified, Hezbollah’s television channel reported that attacker was identified as Shahanaz Amouri, a student at An-Najah National University in Nablus. Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claimed responsibility for the attack just a few days following the attack that they claimed Idris was responsible for carrying out as a response against Israeli militaristic actions. The family of Idris said Idris was angry at seeing children killed and shot during clashes in Ramallah. As per her mom, even though Idris her three brothers were part of Fatah but she was not believed as a member of or associated with any Palestinian terrorist group. In the beginning, as the only Palestinian woman to carry out this kind of attack Idris received greater media attention in the region and internationally that Palestinian male bombers, and 3 Palestinian female bombers who accompanied them in the year 2002. She was given more attention than all three, with only one notable exception of Ayat al-Akhras who was the third the youngest Palestinian woman suicide bomber. The attack sparked a lot of attention within the Arab media, with a number of publications describing Idris as hero-like and as a nationalist. The editorial in the weekly newspaper Al-Sha’ab, published in Egypt just a few days following the incident, stated in the first paragraph, “It is a woman who teaches you today a lesson in heroism, who teaches you the meaning of jihad, and the way to die a martyr’s death …It is a woman who has shocked the enemy with her thin, meager and weak body. It is a woman who blew herself up, and with her exploded all the myths about woman’s weakness, submissiveness, and enslavement.”

Idris was the one who detonated a 22-pound explosive in the middle of Jerusalem near a store for shoes in Jaffa Road that killed her, Pinhas Tokatli (81) and injured over 100 other people. The incident occurred on January 27, 2002, but who was the perpetrator was not known until January 30th, 2002. Idris was carrying the explosive in her backpack instead of securing it to her body. Prior to the incident, women only assisted in bomb making and the fact that she carried backpacks and the absence of a note or video resulted in confusion over the motives behind her suicide and the possibility that she didn’t intend to blow up the bomb, however the incident was an accident. After an investigation into the incident, Israel declared Idris a suicide bomber on February 9, 2002.

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Top Facts about Wafa Idris

1. Wafa Idris was the first female Palestinian suicide bomber.
2. She killed one person and injured over 100 in Jerusalem.
3. The attack took place on January 27, 2002.
4. Idris was a member of the al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades.
5. She had previously worked as a volunteer for the Red Crescent.
6. Idris was 28 years old at the time of the attack.
7. Her family received financial compensation from the Palestinian Authority.
8. The attack was condemned by many world leaders and organizations.
9. Some Palestinians view her as a martyr and hero.
10. The use of suicide bombings by Palestinian groups has decreased since then.