The Sonol gas station bombing was a double suicide bombing attack which occurred on October 27, 2002, near a Sonol gas station located at the entrance to Ariel, an Israeli settlement city in the West Bank.

[1] Lists On Sunday, October 27, 2002, around 11:30 am, a young Palestinian suicide bomber approached a gas station cafeteria at the entrance to Ariel.

As the suicide bomber approached the gas station, a worker at the nearby cafeteria spotted him and informed her boss that the man looked suspicious.

The owner of the cafeteria Menachem Gilboa and an attendant at the gas station approached the suspect, identified him as a terrorist, wrestled him to the floor and held his arms, thus preventing him from detonating his explosive device.

[4] As a result of the explosion, a small fire broke out at the gas station, which was later on quickly put out by the firefighters.