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1977 terrorist attack

1977 Petah Tikva bombing
Location	Petah Tikva, Israel
Date	6 July 1977
Attack type	Bombing
Deaths	1
Injured	22
Perpetrators	DFLP, PFLP and Fatah

On 6 July 1977, a pipe bomb placed by Palestinian militants exploded in a vegetable stand in Petah Tikva, Israel, killing one woman and injuring 22 others. The bombing, considered a terrorist attack, was claimed by the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) and Fatah.

Attack

According to police, the bomb consisted of explosives in a metal pipe which was hidden under a fruit vendor's cart on Baron Hirsch Street in the center of town.

Reaction

The bombing at the Petah Tikva marketplace started nationwide alarm, with security forces searching public places for other concealed bombs. Security forces rounded up dozens of Arabs in response. According to a police spokesman, some were held to protect them from angry Israeli stallholders.

Perpetrators

Responsibility for the attack was claimed by the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) and by Fatah.

In 2008, it was reported that the mastermind of the bombing, Said el-Atba of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) was among hundreds set to be released from prison in a "gesture" towards Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. The decision was criticized by philharmonic violinist Zinovi Kaplan, whose mother Tzila Galili was killed in the bombing.

References

^ Rubin, Barry; Rubin, Judith Colp (2015). Chronologies of Modern Terrorism. Routledge. p. 192. ISBN 9781317474654.
^ "23 Persons Injured, 4 Seriously in Bomb Explosion in Petach Tikva". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 7 July 1977.
^ "Woman Dies of Wounds Sustained in Petach Tikvah Market Bombing". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 8 July 1977.
"Palestinians Tell of Blast". The New York Times. 7 July 1977.
"Son of terror victim slams decision to free his mother's killer". ynetnews.com. 17 August 2008.

v t e Prominent Palestinian militancy attacks in the 1970s
Within Israel	Avivim school bus bombing (May 22, 1970) Lod Airport massacre (May 30, 1972) Kiryat Shmona massacre (April 11, 1974) Ma'alot massacre (May 15, 1974) Nahariya attack (June 24–25, 1974) Beit She'an attack (November 19, 1974) Savoy Hotel attack (March 6, 1975) Kfar Yuval hostage crisis (June 15, 1975) Zion Square refrigerator bombing (July 4, 1975) Coastal Road massacre (March 11, 1978) Nahariya massacre (April 22, 1979)
Gaza Strip	Murder of the Aroyo children (January 2, 1971)
Aircraft attacks and hijackings	Swissair Flight 330 (February 21, 1970) Olympic Airways Flight 255 hijacking (July 22, 1970) Dawson's Field hijackings (September 6–13, 1970) Lufthansa Flight 649 (February 22–23, 1972) Sabena Flight 571 (May 8, 1972) Lufthansa Flight 615 (October 29, 1972) Rome airport attacks and hijacking (December 17–18, 1973) TWA Flight 841 (September 8, 1974) Air France Flight 139 (June 27, 1976) Lufthansa Flight 181 (October 13–18, 1977)
Worldwide	Munich massacre (September 5–6, 1972) Israeli Bangkok embassy hostage crisis (December 28, 1972) Assassination of the Israeli attache in Washington (July 1, 1973) Schoenau ultimatum (September 28–29, 1973) Paris café attack (September 15, 1974) Orly Airport attacks (January, 1975) OPEC siege (December 21, 1975) Yeşilköy airport attack (August 11, 1976) Orly Airport attack (May 20, 1978) London bus attack (August 20, 1978)
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