Stage Club Bombing
A documented incident page covering the suicide bombing outside the Stage Club on Tel Aviv’s beachfront promenade on 25 February 2005.
Incident Overview
What happened
On 25 February 2005, a suicide bomber detonated outside the Stage Club while people were waiting to enter the beachfront venue in Tel Aviv.
Contemporary reports describe the target as a queue outside a popular seafront nightclub. The incident was later recorded by official and academic sources as a multi-casualty bombing.
The fatality count changed over time: early reports gave four deaths, while later official and follow-up sources record five after Odelia Hubara died of wounds on 28 February 2005.
Location
Stage Club, Tel Aviv
Venue: Stage Club / “Stage” nightclub.
Area: Tel Aviv beachfront promenade.
Street reference: the corner of Herbert Samuel and Yonah Hanavi streets, Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Disputed Details
What does not line up cleanly
The key differences are mostly time-based reporting changes and early uncertainty, not necessarily permanent contradictions.
Immediate reporting gave four deaths in several accounts. Later official and follow-up reporting records five deaths after Odelia Hubara died of wounds on 28 February 2005.
The Guardian/AP, VOA and ABC reports gave four or provisional figures in the first reporting window.
Gov.il and Haaretz follow-up sources record five fatalities.
This is best treated as an updated casualty count rather than a true unresolved conflict.
Some early reports said Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. Other reports noted Islamic Jihad leaders denying knowledge or pointed to other groups.
Some sources reported a West Bank Islamic Jihad cell or Damascus-based Islamic Jihad leadership claiming responsibility.
Other immediate reports noted denials, uncertainty, or possible claims by Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades.
Later retrospective sources commonly record Islamic Jihad as the claiming organisation.
Not Verified
Outstanding gaps
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