در در تاریخ [[۲۷ مارس]] [[۲۰۰۲ (میلادی)|۲۰۰۲]] و در جشن [[عید پسح]] در شهر [[نهاریا]]ی [[اسرائیل]]، توسط گروه شبهنظامی [[حماس]] [[عملیات انتحاری|عملیاتی انتحاری]] در این روز انجام گرفت که در طی آن بیش از ۳۰ شهروند غیرنظامی اسرائیلی به درک واصل شدهکشته و بیش از ۱۴۰ نفر دیگر زخمیشدند.<ref>[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2002/3/Passover%20suicide%20bombing%20at%20Park%20Hotel%20in%20Netanya Passover Massacre: Passover suicide bombing at Park Hotel in Netanya March 27, 2002]</ref><ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/26/israel.hamas/ "Alleged Passover massacre plotter arrested"], [[CNN]], March 26, 2008.</ref><ref>Ohad Gozani, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/03/29/wmid229.xml "Hotel blast survivors relive the Passover massacre"], ''[[دیلی تلگراف]]'', 29/03/2002.</ref><ref>"This reached a peak following the Passover massacre in the seaside resort of Netanya..." David Newman, "The consequence or the cause? Impact on the Israel-Palestine Peace Process", in Mary E. A. Buckley, Mary Buckley, Rick Fawn. ''Global Responses to Terrorism: 9/11, the War in Afghanistan, and Beyond'', Rouledge, 2003, {{ISBN|0-415-31429-1|en}}, p. 158.</ref><ref>"They faced stiff resistance from Palestinian gunmen who began preparing the camp's defenses as early as the Passover massacre in Netanya..." Todd C. Helmus, Russell W. Glenn. ''Steeling the Mind: Combat Stress Reactions and Their Implications for Urban Warfare'' Rand Corporation, 2005, {{ISBN|0-8330-3702-1|en}}, p. 58.</ref><ref>"It can therefore be asked whether the 'human bomb' offensive starting with the Passover massacre on 27 March 2002..." Brigitte L. Nacos, "The Terrorist Calculus Behind 9-11: A Model for Future Terrorism?" in Gus Martin. ''The New Era of Terrorism: Selected Readings'', Sage Publications Inc, 2004, ISBN 0-7619-8873-4, p. 176.</ref>
