The Jenin Martyr 's Brigade was formed in March 2003 as a part of the PRC . Besides other activities , the JMB claimed responsibility for the March 2003 bombing of an Israeli bus in Haifa . The bus was blown to pieces when a suicide bomber , seated in the rear of the vehicle , detonated 10-15 kilograms of shrapnel-laced explosives that were attached to his body . 16 people died in the blast , and another 30-40 were injured . On 17 July 2004 , the group kidnapped Palestinian Civil Police Forces Chief Ghazi al-Jabali at gunpoint in an ambush of his convoy which wounded two bodyguards . Al-Jabali was only released after Palestinian President Yasser Arafat agreed to PRC demands that he be fired
March 2003 bombing of an Israeli bus
Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing
Popular Resistance Committees