2008 Jerusalem bulldozer attack

At 12:00 noon on July 2, 2008, three civilians were killed and at least 30 pedestrians were wounded when an Arab resident of East Jerusalem smashed into several cars on Jaffa Road in downtown Jerusalem in a police vehicle-ramming attack using a front-end loader, referred to as a bulldozer. Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev said that an inquiry indicated the attacker had been acting alone. A motive for the attack could not immediately be determined, but at the scene referred to the incident as a terrorist attack.

This attack was the second incident in 2008 in which an Israeli Arab committed a violent act in West Jerusalem while carrying an Israeli identity card (allowing for freedom of movement and travel throughout Israel), the first being the Mercaz HaRav massacre in early March 2008.

Three copycat attacks have occurred since then.

Israel protested to the UN Security Council, stating that the timing, in the middle of negotiations indicates the efforts to hurt Israelis and harm peace efforts.