Mitzpe Yeriho Bus Bombing
On 19 November 1978 a bomb exploded in an intercity bus during a stopover at Mitzpe Yeriho in the West Bank. Four people were killed and 37 people were wounded in the attack. Attack The bus that was attacked was an intercity bus scheduled to go from Shefech Zohar, a spa on the Dead Sea, to Tel Aviv via Jericho and Jerusalem. The bomb was reported by the bus driver to have been thrown into the crowded bus in Mitzpe Yeriho by a man who escaped in a waiting pick-up truck toward the Jordan River. The police investigation however found that inspection of the bus frame indicated that the bomb had been placed inside the bus rather than thrown. Responsibility for the attack was claimed by Fatah and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP). The victims were identified as Itzhak Grobard, an Israeli Kibbutznik from Ein Hachoresh; Charles Bilogora, 18, from Belgium, who worked as a volunteer in Ein Hachoresh; Shmaryahu Nechmad, a young Israeli army sergeant; and Aryeh Be ...
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Mitzpe Yerawrhawehiho
Mitzpe, a Hebrew language, Hebrew word meaning ''lookout'', may refer to the following places in Israel: *Mitzpe Aviv *Mitzpe Dani *Mitzpe Dona Gracia *Mitzpe Eshtemoa *Mitzpe Hagit *Mitzpe Hila *Mitzpe Ilan *Mitzpe Kramim *Mitzpe Netofa *Mitzpe Ramon *Mitzpe Shalem *Mitzpe Yair *Mitzpe Yeriho *Mitzpe Yosef {{geodis ...
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