A bomb attack in central Jerusalem killed seven people and injured 42, claimed by Palestinian militant groups Fatah and the DFLP.
Key Facts
- Date of attack
- 13 November 1975, approximately 7:00 pm
- Deaths
- 7 (6 on the night, 1 the following day)
- Injured
- 42, including two foreign tourists
- Location
- Zion Square, Jaffa Road, Jerusalem
- Claimed by
- Fatah and Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine
- Days after UN Resolution 3379
- 3 days
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
Arab militants affiliated with Lebanon-based Palestinian groups placed a bomb in a baggage cart in central Jerusalem. The attack was reportedly timed to coincide with the anniversary of Yasser Arafat's 1974 speech to the United Nations, occurring three days after the passage of UN General Assembly Resolution 3379.
On 13 November 1975, the bomb exploded outside an ice cream parlor in Zion Square on Jaffa Road, Jerusalem. Six teenagers — three boys and three girls — were killed that night, a seventh victim died the next day, and 42 others were injured. Victims and bystanders were treated at Shaare Zedek Medical Center.
Both Fatah and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility. The Palestinian news agency Wafa described it as a successful operation, inflating the casualty figures. Historian Richard J. Chasdi attributed the attack specifically to Fatah and noted its deliberate symbolic timing relative to Arafat's UN speech anniversary.