The plane was on its way from Amsterdam to Tel Aviv via Zurich , and was due Causation to take off at Zurich International Airport .

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 .

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 .

The housing Building protests which sparked the first demonstrations began Process_start as a result of a Facebook protest group that initially led Causation hundreds of people to establish Creating tents in the Rothschild Boulevard in the center of Tel Aviv , an act which soon gained Getting momentum , media attention and began Process_start a public discourse in Israel regarding the high cost Cost of housing and living expenses .

Telegrams between the Mossad agents in Baghdad and their superiors in Tel Aviv give Communication the impression Change_sentiment that neither group knew Coming_to_believe who was responsible for the attack Attack .

The plan Arranging was to seize Conquering a luxury hotel in Tel Aviv and take tourists and foreign ambassadors hostage in order to exchange Exchange them for Palestinian prisoners held Arrest by Israel .

The flight , which had originated Coming_to_be in Tel Aviv with the destination of Paris , was diverted Removing after a stopover in Athens via Benghazi to Entebbe , the main airport of Uganda .

The Lod Airport massacre was a terrorist Terrorism attack Attack that occurred Coming_to_be on May 30 , 1972 , in which three members of the Japanese Red Army recruited by the Palestinian group called the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-External Operations ( PFLP-EO ) , attacked Attack Lod Airport ( now Ben Gurion International Airport ) near Tel Aviv , killing Killing 26 people and injuring Bodily_harm 80 others .

From the Israeli perspective , the conquest of the towns , designed , according to Benny Morris , 'to induce civilian panic and flight , ' averted Preventing_or_letting an Arab threat to Tel Aviv , thwarted an Arab Legion advance by clogging the roads with refugees , forcing Causation the Arab Legion to assume a logistical burden that would undermine its military capacities , and helped Assistance demoralize Influence nearby Arab cities .

Tel Aviv was hit Attack for the first time since the 1991 Gulf War , and rockets were fired Use_firearm at Jerusalem .

A bus in Tel Aviv was bombed Attack by an Arab-Israeli , injuring Bodily_harm 28 civilians .

The fighting occurred Coming_to_be at the beginning of the Southern Palestine Offensive , and together with attacks Attack on Hareira and Sheria on 6–7 November and the continuing Battle of Tel el Khuweilfe which had been launched by General Edmund Allenby on 1 November , it eventually broke Destroying the Gaza to Beersheba line defended Defending by the Yildirim Army Group .

Despite having held Defending this line since March 1917 , the Ottoman Army was forced to evacuate Escaping Gaza and Tel el Khuweilfe during the night of 6/7 November .

After the EEF victory at the Battle of Beersheba , the Beersheba to Gaza line was broken Destroying in consequence of a series of attacks Attack , at Tel el Khuweilfe , Hareira and Sheria and Gaza .

The bus was carrying Carry_goods 42 Israelis , mainly youths , from the airport to their hotels , after arriving Arriving on a flight from Tel Aviv .