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.

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

[2][3] 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.