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]
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| Location | Haifa, Israel |
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| Address | 55 HaHistadrut Ave, Lev Hamifratz Junction |
| Opening date | 1991 |
| No. of stores and services | 83 |
| No. of floors | 3 |
| Website | www |
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
editOn March 21, 2009, terrorists attempted to bomb the mall. The terror attack was thwarted when police sappers disarmed a bomb weighing dozens of kilograms in a car outside the mall Saturday night. Israeli police suspect Hezbollah or another organization with links to Iran was behind the attempted bombing.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Lev HaMifratz Mall". IsraelMalls.net. Archived from the original on 25 December 2008. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
- ^ David Ratner, Uri Ash, Ha'aretz Correspondents, Haifa Found Lacking Sufficient Bomb Shelters in Case of Attack, Apr 09, 2002 12:00 AM
- ^ A missile in the Mall
- ^ Amos, Harel. "Iran-Backed Group May Be Behind Haifa Bomb Attempt". Haaretz. Haaretz. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
