Terror Bombing in Jerusalem

A bomb blew up outside the Jerusalem convention center, near the central bus station. It's an always-crowded site, where lots…

By March 23, 2011

A bomb blew up outside the Jerusalem convention center, near the central bus station. It’s an always-crowded site, where lots of people transfer busses.

At the moment, Haaretz reports 25 injuries no fatalities so far. The bomb struck wo busses. One of the busses was no. 74, a line my wife and daughter sometimes take (they’re not near the bus station today).

Developing . . .

UPDATE 4:07 pm: See liveblogging updates at Israel Matzav and The Muqata.

© Divuach Ne’eman R”A, 2025

Pesach Benson

Pesach Benson

A Baltimore native, Pesach was with HonestReporting from 2011 to 2020. He edited the Israel Daily News Stream and authored the e-book, Red Lines: HonestReporting’s 8 Categories of Media Bias. Before moving to Israel in 1995, he worked as a reporter for the Baltimore Jewish Times. Pesach has a B.A. in political science from the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, where he was executive editor of the campus newspaper.

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