The 2002 Tel Aviv outdoor mall bombing was a terrorist attack which occurred on 25 January 2002 in which a Palestinian

Palestinian nationalism

Palestinian nationalism is the national movement of the Palestinian people. It has roots in Pan-Arabism and other movements rejecting colonialism and calling for national independence. More recently, Palestinian Nationalism is expressed through the Israeli–Palestinian conflict...

 suicide bomber blew himself in Tel-Aviv, Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

, injuring at least 24 civilians.

After the attack, the Islamist Palestinian militant organization Islamic Jihad

Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine

The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine known in the West as simply Palestinian Islamic Jihad , is a small Palestinian militant organization. The group has been labelled as a terrorist group by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, Australia and Israel...

 claimed responsibility for the attack.

The attack

On Friday, 25 January 2002, a Palestinian suicide bomber who carried hidden explosives attached to his body, blew himself up in a a crowded area in a pedestrian mall near the old abandoned bus station in Tel Aviv

Old Tel Aviv Central Bus Station

The Old Tel Aviv Central Bus Station was the main bus station of Tel Aviv between the years 1941 until 1993. The station served intercity bus routes as well as local city and suburban buses...

. At least 24 people were injured in the attack, three of them critically.

External links

• Suicide Bomb Wounds 2 Dozen in Tel Aviv Outdoor Mall - published on nytimes.com on January 26, 2002