On June 1st, 2001, a Hamas-affiliated terrorist blew himself up outside the Dolphinarium nightclub in Tel Aviv. Twenty-one Israelis, 16 of whom were teenagers, were killed while they stood in line waiting to enter the club. Many of the victims were young women who had recently immigrated to Israel from the former Soviet Union. According to survivors, the bomber, 22-year-old Saeed Hotari, had dressed as an Orthodox Jew and was taunting his targets as he stood in line with them. At 11:27 p.m., he detonated the explosive device strapped to his body. The charge contained metal objects, like balls and screws, that were placed on top of the explosive to worsen the injuries. Seventeen people were killed instantly, 120 were wounded, and four others died later from their injuries. Following the attack, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon chose to tighten the closure of both the West Bank and Gaza, which were still under Israeli control at the time, and all Palestinian workers from the territories were to return to their homes. Since the creation of stabilized security fences between Israel and the West Bank, as well as in the Gaza Strip, the number of suicide attacks inside Israel has dramatically reduced. The site of the attack was abandoned and remained on the Tel Aviv beachfront until 2018, when it was demolished despite the families of the victims’ advocating for the site to be monumentalized.