List of massacres committed during the Al-Aqsa Intifada
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The following is a partial list of Israeli civilian casualties of the Second Intifada.
Name | Date | Location | Responsible party | Death toll | Refs |
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Death of Asel Asleh Asel Asleh The death of Asel Asleh occurred on 2 October 2000 when an Arab citizen of Israel and peace activist was killed at the onset of the Second Intifada by the Israel security forces. Asleh was 17 years old at the time of his death.-Background:... |
October 2, 2000 | Arraba Arraba Arraba is Israel's fourth largest local council and largest Israeli Arab local council. It is located in the Lower Galilee in the North District, to the north of Nazareth and adjacent to Sakhnin and Deir Hanna... |
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Murder of Ofir Rahum Ofir Rahum The murder of Ofir Rahum was a shooting attack which occurred on January 17, 2001, in which Palestinian militants killed 16-year-old Israeli high school student Ofir Rahum.... |
January 17, 2001 | Ramallah Ramallah Ramallah is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank located 10 kilometers north of Jerusalem, adjacent to al-Bireh. It currently serves as the de facto administrative capital of the Palestinian National Authority... |
Tanzim Tanzim Tanzim is a militant faction of the Palestinian Fatah movement.-Overview:The Tanzim militia, founded in 1995 to counter Palestinian Islamism, is widely considered to be an armed offshoot of Fatah with its own leadership structure... |
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Murder of Shalhevet Pass | March 26, 2001 | Hebron Hebron Hebron , is located in the southern West Bank, south of Jerusalem. Nestled in the Judean Mountains, it lies 930 meters above sea level. It is the largest city in the West Bank and home to around 165,000 Palestinians, and over 500 Jewish settlers concentrated in and around the old quarter... |
Palestinian Palestinian people The Palestinian people, also referred to as Palestinians or Palestinian Arabs , are an Arabic-speaking people with origins in Palestine. Despite various wars and exoduses, roughly one third of the world's Palestinian population continues to reside in the area encompassing the West Bank, the Gaza... sniper |
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Dolphinarium discotheque suicide bombing | June 1, 2001 | Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with... |
Hamas Hamas Hamas is the Palestinian Sunni Islamic or Islamist political party that governs the Gaza Strip. Hamas also has a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades... |
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Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing | August 9, 2001 | Downtown Jerusalem | Hamas and Islamic Jihad Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine known in the West as simply Palestinian Islamic Jihad , is a small Palestinian militant organization. The group has been labelled as a terrorist group by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, Australia and Israel... |
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Ben Yehuda Street Bombing Ben Yehuda Street Bombing The Ben Yehuda Street bombings refer to a series of attacks by Palestinians and suicide bombers on civilians in downtown Jerusalem, Israel in 1948... |
December 1, 2001 | Downtown Jerusalem | Hamas | 11 | |
Haifa bus 16 suicide bombing Haifa bus 16 suicide bombing The Haifa bus 16 suicide bombing was a suicide bombing which occurred on December 2, 2001 on an Egged bus in Haifa. 15 people were killed in the attack and 40 people were injured.... |
December 2, 2001 | Haifa Haifa Haifa is the largest city in northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country, with a population of over 268,000. Another 300,000 people live in towns directly adjacent to the city including the cities of the Krayot, as well as, Tirat Carmel, Daliyat al-Karmel and Nesher... |
Hamas | 15 | |
Tel Aviv outdoor mall bombing 2002 Tel Aviv outdoor mall bombing The 2002 Tel Aviv outdoor mall bombing was a terrorist attack which occurred on 25 January 2002 in which a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself in Tel-Aviv, Israel, injuring at least 24 civilians.... |
January 25, 2002 | Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with... |
Hamas | 15 | |
Yeshivat Beit Yisrael massacre Yeshivat Beit Yisrael massacre The Yeshivat Beit Yisrael massacre was a suicide bombing which occurred on March 2, 2002 at the entrance of the ultra-Orthodox Yeshiva "Beit Yisrael" located in downtown Jerusalem... |
March 2, 2002 | Beit Yisrael, Jerusalem | Fatah Fatah Fataḥ is a major Palestinian political party and the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization , a multi-party confederation. In Palestinian politics it is on the left-wing of the spectrum; it is mainly nationalist, although not predominantly socialist. Its official goals are found... al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades is a coalition of Palestinian nationalist militias in the West Bank. The group's name refers to the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem... |
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Café Moment bombing Café Moment bombing The Café Moment bombing was a Palestinian terrorist attack in a coffee shop in downtown Jerusalem, Israel, on March 9, 2002, in which 11 civilians were killed and 54 wounded.- The attack :... |
March 9, 2002 | Rehavia, Jerusalem | Hamas | 11 | |
Passover massacre Passover massacre The Passover massacre was a suicide bombing carried out by Hamas at the Park Hotel in Netanya, Israel on March 27, 2002, during a Passover seder. Thirty civilians were killed in the attack and 140 were injured... |
March 27, 2002 | Park Hotel, Netanya Netanya Netanya is a city in the Northern Centre District of Israel, and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. It is located north of Tel Aviv, and south of Haifa between the 'Poleg' stream and Wingate Institute in the south and the 'Avichail' stream in the north.Its of beaches have made the... |
Hamas | 30 | |
Kiryat HaYovel supermarket bombing Kiryat HaYovel supermarket bombing The Kiryat HaYovel supermarket bombing was a suicide bombing which occurred on March 29, 2002 in which Ayat al-Akhras, an 18-year-old Palestinian female suicide bomber, blew herself up at the entrance of Kiryat HaYovel's main supermarket, killing two people and injuring 28... |
March 29, 2002 | Kiryat HaYovel, Jerusalem | Hamas | 2 | |
Matza restaurant suicide bombing | March 31, 2002 | Haifa | Hamas | 15 | |
Rishon LeZion attack | May 7, 2002 | Rishon Lezion | Hamas | 16 | |
Pi Glilot bombing Pi Glilot bombing The Pi Glilot bombing was an attempt by a Palestinian terrorist to cause a massive explosion in the Pi Glilot LPG depot north of Tel Aviv. It occurred on May 23, 2002... |
May 23, 2002 | Herzliya Herzliya Herzliya is a city in the central coast of Israel, at the western part of the Tel Aviv District. It has a population of 87,000 residents. Named after Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism, Herzliya covers an area of 26 km²... |
Hamas | 0 | |
Egged bus 830 massacre Egged bus 830 massacre The Megiddo Junction bus bombing was the suicide bombing of an Egged bus at Megiddo Junction in northern Israel on June 5, 2002. 17 people were killed in the attack and 43 people were injured.... |
June 5, 2002 | Megiddo Junction Megiddo Junction The Megiddo Junction is an intersection of Highways 65 and 66 in northern Israel, located near kibbutz Megiddo. A major landmark is a large prison . Nearby are the sites of some ancient battles of Megiddo and the ruins of Megiddo .The five kilometre stretch of Highway 65 east towards Afula is... |
Islamic Jihad | 17 | |
Patt junction bus bombing | June 18, 2002 | Jerusalem | Hamas | 19 | |
French Hill attacks French Hill attacks French Hill attacks refer to numerous attacks by Palestinians near the Jerusalem neighborhood of the French Hill, a Jewish neighborhood in north-central Jerusalem. It is located in territory captured by Israel during the Six-Day War in 1967... |
June 19, 2002 | Jerusalem | al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades | 10 | |
Egged bus 841 suicide bombing Egged bus 841 suicide bombing The Karkur junction bus bombing was a suicide attack on October 21, 2002 at the Karkur junction near Wadi Ara, Israel. The attack, carried out by Islamic Jihad, killed 14 passengers and wounded 50.- The attack :... |
October 21, 2002 | Wadi Ara | Islamic Jihad | 14 | |
Kiryat Menachem bus bombing | November 21, 2002 | Kiryat Menahem, Jerusalem | Hamas | 11 | |
Tel-Aviv central bus station massacre Tel-Aviv central bus station massacre The Tel-Aviv central bus station massacre was a terrorist attack which occurred on January 5, 2003 in which two Palestinian suicide bombers blew themselves up outside the Tel Aviv Central Bus Station in Tel-Aviv, Israel, killing 23 civilians and injuring over 100.After the attack, the Islamist... |
January 5, 2003 | Southern Tel Aviv | Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades | 23 | |
Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing | March 5, 2003 | Carmel section, Haifa | Hamas | 17 | |
Jerusalem bus 14A bombing | June 11, 2003 | Downtown Jerusalem | Hamas | 17 | |
Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing | August 19, 2003 | Shmuel HaNavi Shmuel HaNavi (neighborhood) Shmuel HaNavi is a neighborhood in Jerusalem, Israel. It is located in the north of the city bordering Ramat Eshkol, Maalot Dafna and Sanhedria.... , Jerusalem |
Hamas | 23 | |
Tzrifin bus stop attack Tzrifin bus stop attack The Tzrifin attack was a suicide bombing which occurred on September 9, 2003 in a bus stop in central Israel next to the military base Tzrifin. 9 people were killed in the attack and more than 15 people were injured.... |
September 9, 2003 | Tzrifin | Hamas | 8 | |
Café Hillel bombing Café Hillel bombing The Café Hillel bombing was a Palestinian suicide bombing carried out on September 9, 2003 in a coffee shop in the German Colony neighborhood in Jerusalem... |
September 9, 2003 | Jerusalem | Hamas | 7 | |
Maxim restaurant suicide bombing Maxim restaurant suicide bombing The Maxim restaurant suicide bombing was a suicide bombing which occurred on October 4, 2003 in the beachfront "Maxim" restaurant in Haifa, Israel. 21 people were killed in the attack and 51 were injured... |
October 4, 2003 | Haifa | Islamic Jihad | 21 | |
Jerusalem bus 19 suicide bombing | January 29, 2004 | Rehavia, Jerusalem | Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades | 11 | |
Ashdod Port massacre Ashdod Port attack The 2004 Ashdod Port bombings were two suicide bombings carried out nearly simultaneously on March 14, 2004 at the Port of Ashdod in Ashdod, Israel. 10 people were killed in the attack, and 16 were injured... |
March 14, 2004 | Port of Ashdod | Hamas and Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades | 10 | |
Murder of Tali Hatuel and her four daughters | May 2, 2004 | Gaza strip Gaza Strip thumb|Gaza city skylineThe Gaza Strip lies on the Eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The Strip borders Egypt on the southwest and Israel on the south, east and north. It is about long, and between 6 and 12 kilometres wide, with a total area of... |
Islamic Jihad gunmen | 5 | |
2004 Be'er Sheva attack | August 31, 2004 | Rager Yitzhak Rager Yitzhak "Ijo" Rager was an Israeli journalist, diplomat, and a Likud mayor of Beersheba.Rager was born in Cairo, though immediately after his birth, his family moved to Mandate Palestine and settled in Jerusalem... Boulevard, Beersheba Beersheba Beersheba is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. Often referred to as the "Capital of the Negev", it is the seventh-largest city in Israel with a population of 194,300.... |
Hamas | 16 | |
Qassam rocket attack. Victim Alaya Abukasis | 15 January 2005 critically wounded 21 January 2005 died |
Sderot Sderot Sderot is a western Negev city in the Southern District of Israel. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2009 the city had a total population of 20,700. The city has been an ongoing target of Qassam rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip... |
Hamas? | 1 | |
The Shefa-'Amr massacre | 4 August 2005 | Shefa-'Amr Shefa-'Amr Shefa-'Amr, also Shfar'am is a predominantly Arab city in the North District of Israel. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2009 the city had a population of 35,300.-Etymology:... |
Eden Natan-Zada Eden Natan-Zada Eden Natan-Zada was an Israeli terrorist who was born to a Jewish family that immigrated to Israel from Iran. He was an AWOL Israeli soldier who opened fire in a bus in Shefa-Amr in northern Israel on 4 August 2005, killing four Arab citizens of Israel and wounding twelve others. He was restrained,... |
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Tel Aviv suicide bombing | April 17, 2006 | Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with... |
Islamic Jihad and al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades | 11 | |
Eilat suicide bombing Eilat bakery bombing The Eilat bakery bombing occurred on 29 January 2007 when a Palestinian suicide bomber from the Gaza Strip infiltrated the northern suburbs of Eilat, Israel... |
January 29, 2007 | Eilat | Islamic Jihad and al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades | 3 | |
Dimona suicide bombing | February 4, 2008 | Dimona Dimona Dimona is an Israeli city in the Negev desert, to the south of Beersheba and west of the Dead Sea above the Arava valley in the Southern District of Israel. Its population at the end of 2007 was 33,600.-History:... |
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Mercaz HaRav massacre Mercaz HaRav massacre The Mercaz HaRav massacre, also called the Mercaz HaRav shooting, was an attack that occurred on 6 March 2008, in which a lone Palestinian gunman shot multiple students at the Mercaz HaRav yeshiva, a religious school in Jerusalem, Israel, after which the gunman himself was shot dead. Eight students... |
March 6, 2008 | Kiryat Moshe Kiryat Moshe Kiryat Moshe is a neighborhood in western Jerusalem, Israel named for the British Jewish philanthropist Moses Montefiore. Kiryat Moshe is bordered by Givat Shaul.-History:... , Jerusalem |
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See also
- Israel casualties of warIsrael casualties of war-Israeli casualties:Casualties suffered by Israel in war or conflict. Bold indicates conflicts considered wars by the Israeli Ministry of Defense :Note: Table is not comprehensive-Israel casualties since 1948:...
- List of Palestinian civilian casualties in the Second Intifada
- List of Palestinian suicide attacks
External links
- Major Palestinian Terror Attacks Since Oslo at Jewish Virtual LibraryJewish Virtual LibraryJewish Virtual Library is an online encyclopedia published by the American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise . Established in 1993, it is a comprehensive website covering Israel, the Jewish people, and Jewish culture.-History:...
- Victims of Palestinian Violence and Terrorism since September 2000 at The Israeli Ministry of Foreign AffairsMinistry of Foreign Affairs (Israel)The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs is one of the most important ministries in the Israeli government. The ministry's role is to implement Israel's foreign policy, and promote economic, cultural, and scientific relations with other countries....