The 2011 Tel Aviv nightclub attack Attack was a combined vehicular assault Attack and stabbing Attack attack Attack carried out Attack at 01:40 ( GMT+2 ) 29 August 2011 in which a Palestinian attacker stole Theft an Israeli taxi cab and rammed Destroying it into a police checkpoint guarding the popular nightclub , Haoman 17 , in Tel Aviv which was filled Filling with 2,000 Israeli teenagers .