1977 Petah Tikva bombing

According to police, the bomb consisted of explosives in a metal pipe which was hidden under a fruit vendor's cart on Baron Hirsch Street in the center of town. ==Reaction==

The bombing at the Petah Tikva marketplace started nationwide alarm, with security forces searching public places for other concealed bombs. Security forces rounded up dozens of Arabs in response. According to a police spokesman, some were held to protect them from angry Israeli stallholders. == Perpetrators ==

Responsibility for the attack was claimed by the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) and by Fatah. ==References==