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Category: Terrorism, from Wikidata’s class “suicide attack”

Dolphinarium discotheque bombing

1 June 2001 · Israel/Palestine

Part of: Second Intifada

Wikidata classes on our event-class list: suicide attack (all its classes: Wikidata item)

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On 1 June 2001, Palestinian militant Saeed Hotari performed a suicide bombing outside the Dolphinarium discotheque on the beachfront in Tel Aviv, Israel, killing himself and 21 Israelis, 16 of whom were teenagers. The majority of the victims were Israeli teenage girls whose families had recently emigrated from the former Soviet Union. The death toll was the highest inflicted on Israel in five years.

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Dolphinarium discotheque bombing. (2026, September 1). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dolphinarium_discotheque_bombing&oldid=1372704166

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“Dolphinarium discotheque bombing.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 1 Sept. 2026, en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dolphinarium_discotheque_bombing&oldid=1372704166.

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