2012 Tel Aviv bus bombing

2012 Tel Aviv bus bombing
The attack aftermath
2012 Tel Aviv bus bombing is located in Central Israel
2012 Tel Aviv bus bombing
The attack site
Native nameהפיגוע בקו 142 בתל אביב (2012)
LocationTel Aviv, Israel
Coordinates32°04′40″N 34°47′29″E / 32.07778°N 34.79139°E / 32.07778; 34.79139
DateNovember 21, 2012; 11 years ago (2012-11-21)
c. 12:00 pm
Attack type
Bus bombing
Injured28 civilians
PerpetratorIsraeli Arab working with West Bank militant cell[1]
Shaul Hamelech Street, the location of the attack, pictured in 2009

The 2012 Tel Aviv bus bombing was a mass-injury terror attack carried out on November 21, 2012, on a crowded passenger bus driving in the center of Tel Aviv's business district. The attack was carried out by an Israeli citizen of Arab descent, who remotely detonated an explosive device, which he had hid on the bus in advance. Twenty-eight civilians were injured in the attack, among them three who were injured seriously. The attack was carried out on the 8th and last day of Operation Pillar of Defense, only a few hours before the ceasefire was reached.

The attack was the first mass-injury terror attack in Tel Aviv since the 2006 Tel Aviv shawarma restaurant bombing, in which 11 people were killed and 70 were injured.[2]

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  2. ^ "Egypt FM: Israel, Hamas cease-fire to go into effect at 9pm". Jerusalem Post. November 21, 2012. Retrieved November 21, 2012.