L'Attaque du car scolaire d'Avivim était une attaque terroriste contre un bus scolaire israélien, le 22 mai 1970, dans laquelle 12 civils israéliens ont été tués, neuf d'entre eux des enfants, et 25 ont été blessés. L'attaque a eu lieu sur la route du Moshav Avivim, près de la frontière d'Israël avec le Liban.
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The Avivim school bus bombing was a terrorist attack on an Israeli school bus on 22 May 1970, in which 12 civilians were killed, nine of them children, and 25 were wounded, one of whom died of a wound sustained in the attack 44 years later. The attack took place on the road to Moshav Avivim, near Israel's border with Lebanon. Two rocket-propelled grenades were fired at the bus. The attack was one of the first carried out by the PFLP-GC.
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Bar'am is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located approximately 300 meters from Israel's border with Lebanon near the ruins of the ancient Jewish village of Kfar Bar'am. Bar'am National Park is known for the remains of one of Israel's oldest synagogues. The kibbutz falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council and had a population of 690 in 2024.
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Bar'am National Park is a national park in Israel, between kibbutz Sasa and moshav Dovev, near the Lebanese border. On the grounds of the park is a two ancient Jewish synagogues from the Talmudic period, and the ruins of the depopulated Palestinian village of Kafr Bir'im, after which the park is named.
The original name of the village in which the synagogue was found is unknown, but it is indicative of the existence of an established Jewish community in the area where it was found.
Deux obus de bazooka ont été tirés sur le bus. L'attaque a été l'un des premiers menée par le Front populaire de libération de la Palestine-Commandement général.