Lev HaMifratz Mall

Lev HaMifratz Mall (Hebrew: קניון לב המפרץ, Kanyon Lev HaMifratz, lit. Heart of the Bay Mall),
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LocationHaifa, Israel
Address55 HaHistadrut Ave, Lev Hamifratz Junction
Opening date1991
No. of stores and services83
No. of floors3
Websitewww.israelmalls.net/mall.asp?mid=21
Lev Hamifratz Mall, officially known as Cinemall.
Interior of Lev HaMifratz Mall.

Lev HaMifratz Mall (Hebrew: קניון לב המפרץ, Kanyon Lev HaMifratz, lit. Heart of the Bay Mall), officially branded Cinemall, is a shopping mall located in Haifa, Israel.[1]

Lev HaMifratz has three floors of stores, a food court, an underground parking garage, and an above ground parking garage. In the past, it included an amusement park, a miniature golf course and an ice skating rink.[citation needed]

The area around Lev HaMifratz is also a transportation hub. Behind it is a train station, with trains to Nahariya and Tel Aviv. The entrance to the station is from the above ground parking garage.[citation needed] It is also adjacent to the Haifa Bay Central Bus Station, which is the main junction between the Krayot and the city of Haifa.[citation needed]

During construction, the mall was hit by an Iraqi Scud missile in the course of the 1991 Gulf War.[2][3]

Attempted bombing

On March 21, 2009, the mall was the target of a failed terrorist bombing attack, which was thwarted when police sappers disarmed a bomb weighing at least a few dozen kilograms in a vehicle outside the mall on that Saturday night. Israeli police suspect that Hezbollah or another Iran-backed terrorist organization was attempting to perpetrate the bombing.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Lev HaMifratz Mall". IsraelMalls.net. Archived from the original on 25 December 2008. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  2. ^ David Ratner, Uri Ash, Ha'aretz Correspondents, Haifa Found Lacking Sufficient Bomb Shelters in Case of Attack, Apr 09, 2002 12:00 AM
  3. ^ A missile in the Mall
  4. ^ Amos, Harel. "Iran-Backed Group May Be Behind Haifa Bomb Attempt". Haaretz. Haaretz. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
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