General Information and Statistics

Major Palestinian Terrorist Attacks Since September 2000

Sources: Israel Defense Forces, updated 25/02/2004

 

29 September 2000 - Palestinians riot on Jerusalem's Temple Mount, hurling rocks at Jewish worshippers at the Western Wall and Israeli policemen. Fire bombs are also thrown.


12 October 2000 - Two IDF reservists are brutally lynched by a Ramallah mob after taking a wrong turn on the way to their base. The body of one of the soldiers was tied to a car and dragged through the streets.


19 October 2000
- Shooting of Israeli civilians on an outing on Mt. Eival, near Nablus. Rescue efforts continued for several hours under heavy Palestinian gunfire. The civilians could only be evacuated under the cover of darkness. One Israeli was killed and four were wounded.


2 November 2000 - Terror attack near the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem. A car loaded with ten kilograms of explosives blows up on a side street near the market, killing two Israelis and injuring 11 others. The terrorists managed to escape.


20 November 2000 - An explosive charge and a missile were fired at a bus carrying children on their way to school in the Gaza Strip. Two Israelis were killed and nine were injured, among them small children whose legs were blown off. Following the attack, Israeli naval ships and IAF helicopters struck installations of the Palestinian Authority and its security apparatus.


14 February 2001 - An "Egged" bus driven by a Palestinian rammed into a group of Israelis waiting at a bus stop south of Tel Aviv. Eight Israelis were killed and three female IDF soldiers were seriously wounded.

4 March 2001 - A suicide bomber blew himself up in Netanya, killing three Israelis and injuring more than 80.

18 March 2001 - For the first time since 1967, mortar bombs fired from the Gaza Strip fell inside the pre-1967 borders of the State of Israel.


26 March 2001 - An Israeli infant is shot in her head and killed by a Palestinian sniper in Hebron. The infant's father, who was holding her at the time, was moderately injured.

18 May 2001 - A suicide bomber kills 5 Israeli citizens and wounds 110 near the Netanya Mall.


1 June 2001 - A suicide bomber blew himself up among hundreds of Israeli teenagers waiting outside a popular nightclub at the Dolphinarium, in Tel Aviv. The blast kills 21 youths and injures 106 others.


9 August 2001 - A Palestinian suicide bomber detonates himself in the Sbarro pizzeria in downtown Jerusalem, killing 15 and wounding scores of others.


9 September 2001 - A Palestinian terrorist shot at a bus carrying teachers to school. The driver and a female teacher were killed and three additional teachers were wounded. After several hours, an Israeli Arab resident of the Galilee detonated himself at the entrance of a train station in Nahariya. Three Israelis were killed and another 80 were injured. A short time afterwards, a suicide bomber exploded in a car at Beit-Lid junction, wounding 13 Israelis.


2 October 2001 - Terrorists infiltrate into Elei-Sinai in the Gaza Strip, killing two Israeli youngsters.


4 October 2001 - Shooting attack at the central bus station in Afula: a Palestinian dressed as an IDF soldier opened fire on a bus and killed 3 civilians.


17 October 2001 - Israel Cabinet Minister Rehavam Ze'evi is murdered by terrorists belonging to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Israel issues an ultimatum to the Palestinian Authority for the arrest of those responsible.


18 October 2001 - The IDF enters the major Palestinian towns in "Area A".


28 October 2001 - A terror attack in the center of Hadera kills 4 Israeli women.


4 November 2001 - Shots fired at civilian passengers on an Israeli bus at Jerusalem's French Hill intersection, killing two teenagers.


24 November 2001 - Mortar bombs fired at Kfar Darom in the Gaza Strip kill a soldier. The IDF responds the next day with strikes on Palestinian Police targets throughout the Gaza Strip.


27 November 2001 - Shots fired at civilians in the central bus station in Afula. 2 Israeli civilians were killed and 31 wounded.


29 November 2001 - A terrorist explodes himself near the "Camp 80" junction in central Israel, killing 3 civilians, seriously wounding 2 and one other lightly.


1 December 2001 - 2 terrorists and a booby-trapped car exploded in the Ben Yehuda pedestrian mall in Jerusalem. 10 Israeli civilians were killed and 183 were wounded. One youth died later from his wounds.


2 December 2001 - A terror attack on a bus in Haifa kills 15 civilians.


12 December 2001 - A terror attack on a bus traveling to Emanuel in Samaria kills 10 people and wounds 30.


25 December 2001 - A terror attack on the Jordanian border. A soldier is killed and 2 officers and 2 soldiers wounded during exchanges of fire near the border.


3 January 2002 - The interception of the "Karine A," a Palestinian ship loaded in
Iran, containing approximately 50 tons of arms and ammunition intended for the Palestinian Authority.


9 January 2002 - A terror attack against the "Kerem Shalom" position in southern Israel - terrorists penetrated the position and killed 4 soldiers. The Hamas claimed responsibility.


17 January 2002 - A terrorist bursts into a Bat Mitzvah celebration held at a Hadera catering hall, shooting 6 civilians dead and wounding dozens more.


22 January 2002 - A Tanzim shooting attack in Jerusalem kills 2 women and wounds dozens of civilians.


27 January 2002
- A female suicide bomber detonates herself in Jerusalem, killing one Israeli was killed and wounding over 100.


16 February 2002 - The Hamas launches a Qassam 2 rockets into Israeli territory. The rocket lands near Kibbutz Kfar Azza, but there were no casualties.


17 February 2002 - Two Israelis killed and 29 wounded in a suicide bombing in the Yovelim Mall in Karnei Shomron.


20 February 2002 - A terrorist attack on a military position near the Ein Arik checkpoint, west of Ramallah, kills 6 soldiers and wounds an additional soldier.


3 March 2002 - An attack near the Kissufim checkpoint in southern Israel kills one soldier and wounds 4 others.


4 March 2002 - Suicide bomber explodes in the Beit Israel neighborhood of Jerusalem, killing 11.


4 March 2002 - Seven soldiers and three civilians are shot and killed by a sniper at a roadblock near Ofra in Samaria.


6 March 2002 - A terrorist opens fire at Tel Aviv's "Seafood Market" restaurant, killing three civilians. The terrorist also threw two grenades, which did not explode, and stabbed other patrons.


6 March 2002
- A suicide bomber explodes on a bus in Afula, killing one and wounding 15 others.


6 March 2002 - Shooting incident on the Tunnel Road south of Jerusalem kills an Israeli civilian.


8 March 2002 - Eighteen Israelis were wounded, 5 seriously, in a gun battle with a terrorist cell that infiltrated into Atzmona.


10 March 2002 - Two Israeli civilians are shot and killed by three Palestinians near the Netanya hotel district.


10 March 2002 - A suicide terrorist explodes himself at the entrance to Jerusalem's Moment Cafe near the Prime Minister's residence. The blast kills 11 people and wounds some 50 others.


10 March 2002 - Terrorists attack a paratroop corps encampment in the northern Jordan Valley, killing an officer and wounding three soldiers.


21 March 2002
- A suicide bomber explodes in a bus at a stop near the village of Mous, in northern Israel killing 7, including 4 civilians and three soldiers, as well as injuring 29 others.


25 March 2002
- An Israeli woman was killed from shots fired at the armored bus she was traveling in near Ateret in the West Bank.


27 March 2002 - Suicide bomber explodes himself in the midst of a Passover Seder at the Park Hotel in Netanya, killing 29 and wounding over 130 others.


29 March 2002 - Suicide bombing in Jerusalem kills two.


31 March 2002 - Suicide bomber strikes a Haifa restaurant killing 15 and wounding another 45 civilians. IDF forces enter Kalkilya.


10 April 2002 - Suicide bomber blew himself up at Yagour Junction in northern Israel, killing 8 and wounding 20 others.


12 April 2002 - A female suicide bomber blew herself up at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem, killing 6 and wounding 85 others.


12 April 2002
- Shooting incident at the Erez Checkpoint, killing one and wounding 2.


27 April 2002 - Three terrorists infiltrate the village of Adura in the West Bank, and begin a shooting spree. As a result 4 civilians are killed, among them a 5 year old girl.


7 May 2002 - A suicide bomber blew himself up in a club in Rishon Le'Zion killing 15 people and wounding over 40.


19 May 2002 - A suicide bomber blew himself up in a market in the city of Netanya killing three people and wounding dozens more.


22 May 2002 - A suicide bomber explodes himself in a crowded sidewalk in Rishon Le'Zion killing 2 people and wounding 33 others.


23 May 2002 - A bomb exploded against a fuel tank at the Pi Glilot fuel terminal in Hertzelia. There were no casualties.


23 May 2002 - An attempt to carry out a terror attack at 'Club 49' in northern Tel-Aviv. 3 people were lightly wounded by the blast. The car exploded after a security officer fired at it.


27 May 2002 - A suicide terror attack at the 'Em Hamoshavot' Mall in Petach Tiqva. Two Israeli citizens were killed and 53 were wounded.


28 May 2002 - A shooting terror attack towards a car near Ofra in the West Bank. One Israeli citizen was killed and another one was injured.


28 May 2002 - During the night, a Palestinian terrorist entered the community of Itamar in the West Bank and shot at students of a high school Yeshiva, killing 3 students and wounding 2.


5 June 2002 - A powerful car bomb struck a bus in the Megido Junction. As a result 17 Israelis were killed, 13 of which were soldiers. Dozens more were injured.


8 June 2002 - Two terrorists infiltrated the community of Karmei Tzur in the West Bank and opened fire towards caravans. Three civilians were killed and six were injured.


11 June 2002 - A 14 -year-old girl was killed and 15 others were wounded when a Palestinian suicide bomber set off a pipe bomb at a restaurant in Herzliya.


18 June 2002 -19 people were killed and 74 injured -six seriously - in a suicide bombing on a bus in Jeruasalem. The bus, which was completely destroyed, was carrying many students on their way to school. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.


19 June 2002
- Seven people were killed and 50 injured - three of them in critical condition - when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a crowded bus stop and hitchhiking post at the French Hill intersection in northern Jerusalem. The Fatah Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claimed responsibility for the attack.


20 June 2002 - Five people, among them a mother and her three children, were murdered when a terrorist infiltrated the community of Itamar in the West Bank, and began a shooting spree.


16 July 2002 - Terrorists detonated an explosive charge towards a bus traveling to Emmanuel in the West Bank. When the passengers exited the bus the terrorist began shooting towards them at close range. Nine Israelis were killed, among them small children.


17 July 2002
- A double suicide bombing near the old central bus station in Tel-Aviv killed 4 citizens, of which three were foreign workers.


31 July 2002 - An explosive charge laid in a busy cafeteria on the Mt. Scopus cam
pus of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem kills eight people, five of them foreign students.


4 August 2002 - An explosive device explodes at the Meron Junction inside a bus travelling from Haifa to Safad. Nine people were killed, and dozens others injured.


4 August 2002
- A shooting attack at the Nablus Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem. Two people were killed, a security guard and a resident of eastern Jerusalem. Seventeen people were injured.


18 September 2002 - A policeman was killed and three people were wounded in a suicide bombing at a bus stop at the Umm al Fahm junction in northern Israel. The terrorist set the charge off early when approached by the police for questioning. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.


19 September 2002 - Six people were killed and some 70 injured when a suicide bomber detonated a bomb aboard a bus on Allenby Road in Tel-Aviv. The Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.


10 October 2002 - An Israeli woman was killed and some 30 other people injured when a suicide bomber, who tried to board a bus on the Geha highway near Bar-Ilan University in central Israel, blew himself up. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.


21 October 2002 - 14 people were killed and some 50 were injured when a car bomb containing about 100 kilograms of explosives was detonated next to a bus traveling along Wadi Ara en route to Tel-Aviv at the Karkur junction. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.


27 October 2002 - Two IDF officers and a non-commissioned officer were killed and about 20 people were injured in a suicide bombing at a gas station in Ariel.


4 November 2002 - Two people - a security guard and a teenage boy - were killed and about 70 were wounded in a suicide bombing at a shopping mall in Kfar Sava. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.


10 November 2002 - A terrorist infiltrated Kibbutz Metzer in the Sharon and shot to death 5 people, among them a mother and her two young children. The terrorist managed to escape before security forces arrived on the scene. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade claimed responsibility for the attack.


15 November 2002 - Armed terrorists began shooting toward an IDF force and Border police force escorting Jewish worshippers to Kiryat Arba. In the ensuing battle, 12 Israeli security personnel were killed.


21 November 2002 - Six people were killed and 43 wounded in a Palestinian terror attack on the Liku
d headquarters in Beit She'an.


28 November 2002 - A suicide bomber exploded within a municipal bus in Jerusalem, killing 11 people and injuring 50.


12 December 2002 - Two IDF soldiers were killed in Hebron.


20 December 2002
- A resident of the Israeli community of Netzer Hazani, in the Gaza Strip, was shot to death while traveling along the Kissufim Corridor.


27 December 2002 - Four Yeshiva students were killed and four others were injured in the Israeli community of Othniel from terrorist gunshots. In addition, six IDF soldiers were wounded in this incident. The Islamic Jihad terrorist organization claimed responsibility for the terror attack.


5 January 2003 - Two suicide bombers detonated two explosive charges near the old bus station in Tel-Aviv. 23 people were killed and over 100 were injured. Many of the casualties were foreign residents. The Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade claimed responsibility for the suicide attacks.


12 January 2003 - A resident of the Israeli community of Gadish, near Afula, was shot to death by two terrorists. Six other people were injured in the incident, including two Border Policemen.


18 January 2003 - An Israeli citizen was killed and three others were wo
unded when Palestinian gunmen opened fire towards the IDF post they were manning near Hebron.


5 March 2003 - A suicide bomber blew himself aboard an Egged commuter bus in the Carmel neighborhood in Haifa, killing 17 Israelis and wounding dozens more. Among the victims were two IDF soldiers and school children on their way home.


30 March 2003
- Suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance to a caf? in Netanya.


24 April 2003 - Suicide bomber attempting to enter the Kfar Saba railway station, was stopped by the security guard, and blew himself up in the entrance, killing the guard and wounding 14 people.


30 April 2003 - Suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance to a pub in Tel Aviv-killing 3 and wounding 60 others.


May 17, 2003, Kriyat Arba

4 May 2003 - The body of a resident of Beit Aryeh was discovered in a garage in Rosh Ha'ayin with numerous stab wounds. The suspect, the victim's boyfriend, a 21-year-old Arab resident of Kafr Qasem, is believed to have carried out the murder as part of a "loyalty test" administered by Palestinian terrorist organizations.


5 May 2003 - An Israeli driver was killed and two other passengers were seriously wounded when terrorists fired shots at their vehicle near Shvut Rachel, in Samaria.


11 May 2003 - A Givat Ze'ev resident was killed by Palestinian terrorists in a roadside ambush half a kilometer from Ofra.

17 May 2003 - A Kiryat Arba couple was killed by a suicide bomber in Hebron.

 


18 May 2003 - Seven people were killed and 20 wounded in a suicide bombing on Egged bus no. 6 near French Hill in Jerusalem. A second suicide bomber detonated his bomb when intercepted by police in northern Jerusalem. The terrorist was killed; no one else was injured.


19 May 2003
- Three people were killed and about 70 people were wounded in a suicide bombing at the entrance to the Amakim Mall in Afula.

5 June 2003 - Two bodies of Jerusalem residents were found near Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital in Jerusalem, brutally beaten and stabbed to death.


8 June 2003 - Four people were killed and four were wounded when Palestinian terrorists wearing IDF uniforms opened fire on an IDF outpost near the Erez checkpoint and industrial zone in the Gaza Strip.


8 June 2003 - A soldier was killed in Hebron while pursuing two Palestinian gunmen who earlier had wounded a Border Policeman on guard at the Tomb of the Patriarchs.


11 June 2003 - Seventeen people were killed and over 100 wounded in a suicide bombing on Egged bus #14A outside the Klal building on Jaffa Road in the center of Jerusalem.

12 June 2003 - A Netanya man was found shot to death in his car near Yabed in northern Samaria.

13 June 2003 - A soldier was shot to death in Jenin by a Palestinian sniper as his jeep patrol passed by.

17 June 2003 - A seven year old girl from Yemin Orde was killed and three members of her family wounded in a shooting attack near the Kibbutz Eyal junction on the Trans-Israel Highway. The terrorist fired from the outskirts of the West Bank city of Kalkilya.


19 June 2003 - A resident of Moshav Sde Trumot was killed when a suicide bomber blew up inside his grocery.


20 June 2003 - An Eli man was killed when his car was fired upon in an ambush by Palestinian terrorists near Ofra. His parents, visiting from from New York, were seriously wounded and his wife lightly injured.


26 June 2003 - A Hadera man and Bezeq employee, was killed in a shooting attack in the Israeli Arab town of Baka al-Garbiyeh.


27 June 2003 - An Israeli navy commando, was killed in an operation in Gaza to capture a Hamas cell, believed responsible for several bombings and the firing of anti-tank missiles in the Netzarim area.


30 June 2003 - A construction worker from Bulgaria was killed in a shooting attack on the Yabed bypass road in northern Samaria while driving a truck.


7 July 2003 - A 65 year old woman from Moshav Kfar Yavetz was killed in her home on and three of her grandchildren lightly wounded in a terrorist suicide bombing.


15 July 2003 - A Bat Yam resident was killed when a Palestinian armed with a long-bladed knife stabbed passersby on Tel Aviv's beachfront promenade, after a security guard prevented him from entering the Tarabin cafe and was wounded.


8 Aug 2003 - An Israel Navy commando was shot in the head and killed in an assault on a Hamas bomb factory in Nablus.


12 Aug 2003 - A Rosh Ha'ayin resident was killed by a teenaged Palestinian suicide bomber who detonated himself in the local supermarket.


12 Aug 2003
- Two people were killed by a teenaged Palestinian suicide bomber who detonated himself at a bus stop outside Ariel less than half an hour after the Rosh Ha'ayin attack.


19 Aug 2003 - Twenty-three people were killed and over 130 wounded when a Palestinian suicide bomber detonated himself on a No. 2 Egged bus in Jerusalem's Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood.


29 Aug 2003 - A Homesh resident was killed in a shooting attack while driving northeast of Ramallah. His seven month pregnant wife, sustained moderate injuries, and gave birth to a baby girl by Caesarean section.

 

September 9, 2003, Rishon Letzion

Palestinian Hamas supporter laughs while throwing sweets during celebration in Gaza city following the double terror attacks in Jerusalem and Rishon Letzion on Tuesday Sept. 10, 2003.

4 Sept 2003 - A soldier was killed by a terrorist sniper in Jenin.

5 Sept 2003 - A Naval Commando was killed in a clash with armed Palestinians in Nablus. A senior Hamas bomb-maker, believed to have orchestrated several fatal suicide bombings, was also killed in the clash. Four soldiers were wounded, one seriously.


9 Sept 2003 - Eight IDF soldiers were killed and 32 people were wounded in a suicide bombing at a hitchhiking post for soldiers outside a main entrance to the Tzrifin army base and Assaf Harofeh Hospital.


9 Sept 2003 - Seven people were killed and over 50 wounded when a suicide bomber at Cafe Hillel in the German Colony neighborhood in Jerusalem.


25 Sept 2003 - A soldier was killed and six soldiers wounded in an IDF operation to arrest wanted Islamic Jihad and Hamas terrorists in the El Boureij refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip.


26 Sept 2003 - A man and baby, both of Negohot, south of Hebron, were killed during the holiday meal on the eve of Rosh Hashana when a Palestinian terrorist infiltrated the settlement and opened fire with an M-16 assault rifle after he knocked on the door of a house and the door was opened.

 

4 Oct 2003 - Twenty-one people were killed, including four children, and 60 wounded in a suicide bombing carried out by a female terrorist from Jenin in the Maxim restaurant in Haifa.


19 Oct 2003 - Three soldiers were killed and another soldier was seriously wounded while on patrol in Ein Yabrud, north of Ramallah, when terrorists fired on them from behind.


24 Oct 2003 - Three soldiers were killed and another two soldiers seriously wounded when terrorists infiltrated the community of Nezarim in the Gaza Strip

Nov 3 2003 - A suicide bomber blew himself up in the West Bank village of Azun, near Kafr Qasem, when he saw Israeli security officials searching for him. One IDF soldier was lightly wounded. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade claimed responsibility for the failed attack.

Dec 25 2003 - Four Israelis were killed and over 20 wounded in a suicide bombing at a bus stop at the Geha Junction, east of Tel Aviv, near Petah Tikva. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility for the attack.


Jan 14 2004
- Four Israelis - three soldiers and one civilian - were killed and 10 wounded when a female suicide bomber detonated a bomb at the Erez Crossing in the Gaza Strip. Hamas and the Fatah Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed joint responsibility for the attack.


Jan 29 2004 - Eleven people were killed and over 50 wounded, 13 of them seriously, in a suicide bombing of an Egged bus no. 19 at the corner of Gaza and Arlozorov streets in Jerusalem. Both the Fatah-related Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades and Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.


Feb 22 2004 - Eight people were killed and over 60 wounded, 11 of them school pupils, in a suicide bombing on a No. 14A Jerusalem bus near the Liberty Bell Park. The Fatah Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.

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