Event

Dizengoff Street bus bombing

19 Oct 1994 · 32.08° N, 34.77° E

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When
19 Oct 1994
Kind
Event
Coordinates
32.08° N, 34.77° E

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Dizengoff Street bus bombing.

Summary

Dizengoff Street bus bombing: 21 Israelis and a Dutch national are killed after a suicide attack on a bus in Tel Aviv. This was the first major suicide bombing in Tel Aviv. Hamas claims responsibility for the bombing.

Dizengoff Street bus bombing

1994 suicide attack against civilians in Tel Aviv, Israel

The Dizengoff Street bus bombing was a Hamas suicide attack on a passenger bus driving down Dizengoff Street, Tel Aviv in 1994. At that time, it was the deadliest suicide bombing in Israeli history, and the first successful attack in Tel Aviv. 22 civilians were killed and 50 were injured. The attack was planned by Hamas chief Yahya Ayyash, a week before the signing of the Israel-Jordan Treaty of Peace.

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