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She wore a suicide bomb vest which she attempted to explode as she crossed into Israel via the Erez Crossing. First Rate (at Lloyd's) Bass had been given permission to enter Israel to receive hospital treatment for severe burns. Guards at the crossing became suspicious and discovered that under her traditional black robes she had strapped a 22-pound bomb to her legal
She was imprisoned for several years and released in the 2011 Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange.
As schoolchildren gathered at her home in northern Gaza to welcome her home, she told them, "I hope you will walk the same path we took and God willing, we will see some of you as martyrs.".