Tel_Aviv_Jerusalem_bus_405_massacre
Tel Aviv–Jerusalem bus 405 suicide attack
1989 suicide attack on civilians by Palestinian Islamic Jihad
The Tel Aviv–Jerusalem bus 405 attack (Hebrew: הפיגוע בקו 405) was a suicide attack which occurred on 6 July 1989, during the First Intifada, and was carried out by Abd al-Hadi Ghanim of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.[1] On a crowded Egged commuter bus line No. 405 en route from Tel-Aviv to Jerusalem, Ghanim seized the steering wheel of the bus, running it off a steep cliff into a ravine in the area of Qiryat Ye'arim.[1] Sixteen civilians—including two Canadians and one American—died in the attack, and 27 were wounded.[2]
The incident is described as the first Palestinian suicide attack despite the fact that the attacker survived.[1]