Dizengoff Street bus bombing

Dizengoff Street bus bombing
The attack site
The attack site
Location32°4′44″N 34°46′26″E / 32.07889°N 34.77389°E / 32.07889; 34.77389
Dizengoff Street, Tel Aviv, Israel
DateOctober 19, 1994 (1994-10-19)
c. 9:00 am (UTC+2)
Attack type
Suicide attack
Deaths23 (including the perpetrator)
Injured104
PerpetratorHamas claimed responsibility
AssailantSaleh Abdel Rahim al-Souwi
Participant1

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.