| Avivim school bus bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon | |
 Avivim school bus. | |
  The attack site | |
| Location | Near Avivim, northern Israel |
| Coordinates | 33°03′43″N 35°25′24″E / 33.06194°N 35.42333°E |
| Date | 22 May 1970 |
| Target | Israeli school bus |
Attack type | Ambush |
| Weapons | Rocket propelled grenades, gunfire |
| Deaths | 12 civilians (including 9 children) |
| Injured | 25 |
| Perpetrator | PFLP-GC[1] |
The Avivim school bus bombing was a terrorist attack on an Israeli school bus on 22 May 1970, in which 12 civilians were killed, nine of them children, and 25 were wounded, one of whom died of a wound sustained in the attack 44 years later. The attack took place on the road to Moshav Avivim, near Israel's border with Lebanon. Two Rocket-propelled grenades were fired at the bus.[2] The attack was one of the first carried out by the PFLP-GC.[1]
- ^ a b Yodfat, Aryeh; Arnon-Oḥanah, Yuval (1981). PLO Strategy and Politics. Croom Helm. ISBN 9780709929017. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ^ "Moshav Avivim still stands determined during tensions". The Jerusalem Post – JPost.com. 7 July 2010. Retrieved 16 December 2014.