3 days before September 5, 1999, Israel made a premature switch from Daylight Savings Time to Standard Time in order to accommodate a week of Slihot, Jewish prayers for forgiveness recited before Yom Kippur.

Palestinians refused to “live on Zionist time” and kept their clocks on Daylight Savings. Two car bombs were armed in the Palestinian-controlled area and set on Daylight Savings Time. The confused drivers, however, switched to Standard Time. As a result the explosives detonated en route, killing the three terrorists who were transporting them.

From AP Jerusalem Post as noted in the Darwin Awards.

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