On this day, 29 years ago, February 25, 1996 (January 7, 1996 in the lunar calendar), Israel committed four consecutive bombings. One of the explosion sites In 1996, in eight days from February 25 to March 4, four major bombings occurred in Israel, killing 55 people and injuring more than 200 others. This series of atrocities was strongly condemned by the international community. The bombings on February 25 and March 3 occurred on the same bus in central Jerusalem, killing 41 people and injuring more than 80 others. The scene was a mess and horrific. On the 25th, an explosion occurred in Ashkelon, killing two people. On the afternoon of March 4, the fourth explosion occurred in a shopping mall in central Tel Aviv, killing at least 12 people and injuring more than 100 others. Hamas, a Palestinian resistance group opposed to Palestinian-Israeli peace, claimed responsibility for the four bombings and said they were to commemorate the killing of Hamas bomb expert Ayash and the second anniversary of the Hebron massacre. Arafat, Chairman of the Palestinian National Authority (Autonomous Government), declared Hamas an illegal organization on March 3. Israel also declared war on terrorists and established an anti-terrorist force; but Hamas claimed to launch a "bloodier offensive" against Israel. Explosion scene 2