Remembering the victims of Dalal Mughrabi

On this day in 1978, 42 years ago, Palestinian terrorists including Dalal Mughrabi, carried out the Coastal Road Massacre, killing 39 Israelis including 13 children and wounding 71 others.

On March 11, 1978, twelve members of a Palestinian terrorist cell led by Dalal Mughrabi landed on a beach north of Tel Aviv.  Armed with Kalashnikov rifles, mortars and explosives, they walked to a nearby highway, where they opened fire at passing vehicles before hijacking a bus.

The terrorists shot the passengers on the bus and fired at passing cars.

Among the victims of the terror attack (may their memories be for a blessing):

Revital (Tali) Aharonovitch (14)
Naomi Elichai (18)
Erez Alfred (5)
Yitzhak Alfred (44)
Galit Ankwa  (2)
Yitzhak (Yitzik) Ankwa (10)
Haviv Ankwa (38)
Mathilda (Mathy) Askenazy-Daniel (68)
Yehuda Basterman (32)
Rina Bushkenitch (34)
Dov Bushkenitch (36)
Liat Gal-On (6)
Shim'aon Glotman (43)
Amnon Drori (43)
Naama Hadani (5)
Ilan Hohman  (3)
Roi Hohman  (6)
Rebecca Hohman (28)
Mordechai (Moti) Zit  (9)
Josef Kheloani (66)
Malka Leibovitch-Wiess (58)
Tzyona Lozia-Cohen (32)
Abraham Lozia (37)
Otari Mansurov (37)
Yoav (Yoavi) Meshkel (6)
Tuvia Rozner (53)
Gail Rubin (40)
Meir Segal (73)
Katy (Rina) Sosensky (49)
Joseph Sosensky  (56)
Zvi (Zvika) Eshet  (46)
Omry Tel-Oren (14)

Today, Palestinian textbooks describe Dalal Mughrabi "as a central female role model for Palestinian girls". There are 5 Palestinian schools named after her.  In 2018, a textbook for Palestinian 5th graders devoted an entire chapter to her, writing

"Our Palestinian history is filled with many names of shahids (martyrs) who sacrificed their souls for the homeland, among them is the shahid Dalal Mughrabi, who in her struggle marked one of the images of opposition and bravery, and for that her memory remains forever etched in our hearts and minds," 

Read Palestinian Media Watch for more information on the glorification of terrorist Dalal Mughrabi in the Palestinian territories.

This is considered the deadliest terrorist attack in Israel's history.

 Dalal Mughrabi's handiwork