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On 28 February 1984, two hand grenades exploded outside a clothing store on Jaffa Road, a busy commercial street in Jerusalem, injuring 21 people.

Attack

Jerusalem police said that four hand grenades were concealed in a bag that was planted near the store on Jaffa Road, but that only two of them exploded, at 9:40 a.m. Police said they had detained a number of Arab suspects in connection with the attack, while Israeli radio said that three Arabs who had been detained were later placed under arrest.

Responsibility for the attack was claimed by the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) and the Abu Nidal Organization (ANO). The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Chairman Yasser Arafat referred to the attack as a "military operation," and said that it "means that whoever thinks our Palestinian people can be stopped is mistaken because the Palestinian revolution is a giant."

References

1. ^ "21 Hurt in Grenade Explosions Outside a Store in Jerusalem". The Washington Post. 29 February 1984.
2. "21 PEOPLE WOUNDED BY 2 HAND GRENADES ON JERUSALEM STREET". The New York Times. 29 February 1984.
3. "21 People Injured in Grenade Blast". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 29 February 1984.

v t e Prominent Palestinian militancy attacks in the 1980s
Within Israel	Misgav Am hostage crisis (April 7, 1980) Murder of Danny Katz (December 8, 1983) Egged bus 300 hostage crisis (April 12, 1984) Night of the Gliders (November 25, 1987) Mothers' Bus attack (March 7, 1988) Kidnapping and murder of Avi Sasportas and Ilan Saadon (February 16, 1989) Death of Binyamin Meisner (February 24, 1989) Tel Aviv–Jerusalem bus 405 suicide attack (July 6, 1989)
Worldwide	Antwerp summer camp attack (July 28, 1980) Paris synagogue bombing (October 3, 1980) Norfolk Hotel bombing (December 31, 1980) Vienna synagogue attack (August 29, 1981) Antwerp synagogue bombing (October 20, 1981) Berlin restaurant bombing (January 15, 1982) Assassination attempt of the Israeli ambassador in London (June 3, 1982) Goldenberg restaurant attack (August 9, 1982) Pan Am Flight 830 (August 11, 1982) Great Synagogue of Rome attack (October 19, 1982) Frankfurt airport bombing (June 19, 1985) Madrid airline office attacks (July 1, 1985) Kuwait City bombings (July 11, 1985) Copenhagen bombings (July 22, 1985) Rome Café de Paris attack (September 16, 1985) Achille Lauro hijacking (October 7, 1985) Rome and Vienna airport attacks (December 27, 1985) Pan Am Flight 73 hijacking (September 5, 1986) Neve Shalom Synagogue attack (September 6, 1986) City of Poros ship attack (July 11, 1988) Nicosia Israeli Embassy bombing (May 11, 1988) Khartoum attacks (May 15, 1988)
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