June 1, 2001
The Dolphinarium Bombing
Historical context
On June 1, 2001, a Hamas suicide bomber killed 21 people outside the Dolphinarium nightclub in Tel Aviv.
Archive record
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- Date
- June 1, 2001
- Verified sources
- 2
- Archive threads
- 5
On this day, Saeed Hotari detonated a bomb outside the Dolphinarium nightclub on the Tel Aviv beach. The Jerusalem Post records that he was affiliated with Hamas, and that 21 people were killed: 20 civilians and one soldier. Most were teenage girls. About 120 people were wounded.
Many of the dead were young immigrants from the former Soviet Union who were waiting in line to enter the club. Human Rights Watch records that Hamas claimed the bombing after an initial claim by Islamic Jihad.
Research trail
Sources and further reading
- Dolphinarium disco terror attack · Jerusalem Post · Jerusalem Post View source
- Chronology of attacks · Human Rights Watch · Human Rights Watch View source
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