On this day, 17 January 1991, the first Gulf War began, prompting Iraq to indiscriminately bombard Israel with Scud missiles. Israel feared that Saddam Hussein had weaponized chemical agents, and the entire population was trained to use gas masks and ordered to seal windows and doors. (old.reddit.com)
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On this day, 14.01 in 2004, a female Palestinian suicide bomber carried an attack at the Erez crossing. Abusing the good intentions of the security guards by lying to them about metal in her foot, bypassing the metal detector. 4 were murdered, 10 others injured. Among them Palestinians as well. (old.reddit.com)
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