Avivim school bus bombing
The Avivim school bus bombing was a terrorist attack on an Israeli school bus on 22 May 1970, in which 12 civilians were killed, nine of them children, and 25 were wounded, one of whom died of a wound sustained in the attack 44 years later. The attack took place on the road to Moshav Avivim, near Israel's border with Lebanon. Two rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) were fired at the bus. The attack was one of the first carried out by the PFLP-GC.
| Avivim school bus bombing | |
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| Part of the Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon | |
Avivim school bus. | |
The attack site | |
| Location | Near Avivim |
| Coordinates | 33°03′43″N 35°25′24″E |
| Date | 22 May 1970 |
| Target | Israeli school bus |
Attack type | Ambush |
| Weapons | Rocket propelled grenades, gunfire |
| Deaths | 12 civilians (including 9 children) |
| Injured | 25 |
| Perpetrator | PFLP-GC |
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