Due to its centrality and large concentration of visitors and entertainment venues , the Downtown Triangle has been the target of numerous bombing attacks and attempted attacks . On 22 February 1948 , three British Army trucks led by an armored car driven by Arab irregulars and British deserters exploded on Ben Yehuda Street , killing 58 Jewish civilians and injuring 140 . On 4 July 1975 , a refrigerator containing of explosives detonated in Zion Square , killing 15 and wounding 77 . On 24 March 1979 , a bomb exploded in a trash can in Zion Square , killing one and wounding 13
detonated in Zion Square
Zion Square refrigerator bombing
Downtown Triangle (Jerusalem)