Tragic Tel Aviv: A free walking tour through tragedy, terror - and resilience - on Tel Aviv's most famous street

What will we visit on this tour?

• Meeting point:

  Mikhoels Square, Tel Aviv-Jaffa

  Mikhoels Square, Tel Aviv-Jaffa

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  Tour starts at Mikhoels Square (corner of King George / Ben Tsiyon Blvd). In front of the big "Max20" dollar store. I will stand there with my green folder and probably a T-shirt with a silly slogan on it. *If you don't see me, or you're arriving a little bit late, my Whatsapp is: +972 52 954 2742 and my name is Jeffrey

• 1
  Outside visit

  Mikhoels Square

  Ground zero (with memorial) of the WWII Italian airforce bombing that utterly devastated downtown Tel Aviv and resulted in huge civilian casualties.

• 2
  Outside visit

  Dizengoff Center

  Dizengoff Center, the location of a 1996 Purim holiday suicide bombing that targeted children. There's a memorial here, still frequently covered in flowers.

• 3
  Outside visit

  Rav Hen Dizengoff

  This movie theatre suffered a grenade attack upon the audience during a film screening in 1974, followed by a riot. No memorial here, but I show photos and tell the story.

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• 4
  Outside visit

  Dizengoff Square

  Just a block from Dizengoff Square, we visit the location of the first-ever major suicide bombing, in 1994, which happened on a bus. There is a memorial here.

• 5
  Outside visit

  Dizengoff Street 111

  The Egyptian airforce bombed a mini-market that stood here in 1948 during one of their many air raids that followed Israel's declaration of independence.

• 6
  Outside visit

  Simta

  This bar was the site of a New Years day 2016 shooting attack...it's our final stop...but for those interested, the next block further down has another bar that was attacked in a similar manner, and a block after that is a corner where three pedestrians were shot in the head...the tour, sadly, never really ends...