Dizengoff Center , designed by Israeli architect Yitzhak Yashar , was Israel 's first mall . The center was built on the site of the Nordiya neighborhood . Construction began in 1972 , and the first store opened five years later in 1977 . The rest of the mall was finished in 1983 . On March 4 , 1996 , during the Jewish holiday of Purim , the Dizengoff Center suicide bombing outside Dizengoff Center killed 13 people , many of them youngsters in costume
Dizengoff Center suicide bombing
Dizengoff Center suicide bombing
Dizengoff Center