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Today in History: Shooting at Tel Aviv LGBT center leaves two dead

8/1/2025

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On August 1, 2009, a shooting at the Tel Aviv branch of the Israeli LGBT Association, known as the Aguda, left two people dead and at least fifteen injured. A 26-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl were killed in the attack, which targeted the community center on Nahmani Street. The incident later contributed to the tragic suicide of survivor Chen Langer in 2020.

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On August 1, 2009, a shooting at the Tel Aviv branch of the Israeli LGBT Association, known as the Aguda, left two people dead and at least fifteen injured. A 26-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl were killed in the attack, which targeted the community center on Nahmani Street. The incident later contributed to the tragic suicide of survivor Chen Langer in 2020.