List of massacres in Palestine since the Persian conquest

List of massacres in Palestine

Palestine is a name, among others, for the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, and various adjoining lands.^[1] The region is also known as the Land of Israel and the Holy Land.^[2][3]

Name	Date	Location	Responsible Party	Deaths	Notes
Siege of Jerusalem (614)	614	Jerusalem	Persian Amy ordered by Shahrbaraz	66,509[4]	Christians were massacred by Persian invaders
Siege of Jerusalem (1099)	15 July 1099	Jerusalem	European Crusaders	over 10,000 Muslims, Jews and Christians
1517 Hebron attacks	1517	Hebron	Turkish soldiers	Unknown	Jews were attacked, beaten, and raped, and many were killed in their homes[5]
1517 Safed attacks	1517	Safed	Muslim mobs	Unknown	Many Jews subsequently fled the city[6]
1660 destruction of Tiberias	1660	Tiberias	Druze rebels	Unknown	Resulted in Jewish population abandoning Tiberias[7][8]
1660 destruction of Safed	1660	Safed	Arab rioters	Unknown, estimated thousands[9]
Siege of Jaffa	7 March 1799	Jaffa	Napoleon's Army	2,440-4,100	Ottoman prisoners were executed on the beaches south of the town
Taking of Hebron by Egypt/ 1834 Hebron massacre	1834	Hebron	Egyptian troops	Over 500	Egyptian soldiers did not distinguish between inhabitants; for three hours, troops plundered, killed, raped and maimed Muslim and Jew alike.[10]
1834 looting of Safed	1834	Safed	Arab rioters	unknown	Reports detail torture and mass-rape of Jewish population[11]
1838 Druze attack on Safed	1838	Safed	Druze rebels	Unknown	Druze rebels and Muslim mobs plundered Jewish quarters for three days[10][12]

List of killings and massacres committed in Mandate Palestine[edit]

Name	Date	Responsible party	Casualties	notes
Battle of Tel Hai	March 1, 1920	Arabs	13	8 Jews killed;[1] 5 Arabs killed.
Nebi Musa riots	April 4–7, 1920	Arabs	9	5 Jews, 4 Arabs killed; 216 Jews, 18 Arabs, 7 Britons wounded[1][2][3]
Jaffa riots	May 1–7, 1921	Arabs	95	48 Arabs, 47 Jews killed; 140 Jews, 73 Arabs wounded.
NA	November 2, 1921	Arabs	5	5 Jews killed in Jerusalem in stabbing attack. Multiple wounded, including women and children.[4]
Palestine Riots	August 23–26, 1929	Arabs	249	133 Jews, 116 Arabs killed; 339 Jews, 232 Arabs wounded [5][1][2][3][6]
Hebron massacre	August 24, 1929	Arabs	67	67 Jews killed; 58 Jews wounded
Safed massacre	August 29, 1929	Arabs	20	18–20 Jews killed; 80 Jews wounded (included in previous entry)[6]
1933 Palestine riots	October 28, 1933	Arabs	20
The Bloody Day in Jaffa (Hebrew: יום הדמים ביפו)	April 19–20, 1936	Arabs	21	9 Jews killed, 40 Jews wounded (11 critically) in Arab attack in Jaffa. Police killed two attackers. Further 7 Jews and 3 Arabs killed the next day[7][8][9]
Labor Strike Revolt	April 20 – October 12, 1936	Arabs, Jews, British authorities	253	138 Arabs, 82 Jews, 33 British killed, 369 Jews wounded (110 critically)[1][10]
NA	July 7, 1937	Unknown	27	6 Jews and 21 Arabs killed in Haifa when bomb is thrown into a crowd at a marketplace. 11 Jews and 52 Arabs wounded [11][12]
NA	August 13, 1937	Arabs	4	4 members of a Jewish family, 3 children, shot dead by Arabs who broke into their home in Safed[13]
NA	November 9, 1937	Arabs	5	5 Jewish Keren Kayemet workers killed near Har Haruach by an Arab ambush. Ma'ale HaHamisha was named in their honor.[14]
N/A	November 14, 1937	Jewish militants (Irgun)	10	10 Arabs killed by Irgun units launching attacks around Jerusalem, ("Black Sunday")[15][16]
N/A	28 March 1938	Arabs	6	6 Jewish passengers killed by Arabs while traveling from Haifa to Safed.[17]
N/A	April 12, 1938	Jewish militants (Irgun)	4	2 Arabs and 2 British policemen were killed by a bomb in a train in Haifa.[16]
N/A	May 24, 1938	Jewish militants (Irgun)	3	3 Arabs were shot and killed in Haifa.[16]
N/A	June 26, 1938	Jewish militants (Irgun)	7	7 Arabs were killed by a bomb in Jaffa.[16]
N/A	June (late), 1938	Jewish militants (Irgun)	0	Unknown number of Arabs killed by a bomb that was thrown into a crowded Arab market place in Jerusalem.[18]
N/A	July 5, 1938	Jewish militants (Irgun)	7	7 Arabs were killed in several shooting attacks in Tel-Aviv.[16]
N/A	July 5, 1938	Jewish militants (Irgun)	3	3 Arabs were killed by a bomb detonated in a bus in Jerusalem. Further Arab killed in another attack in Jerusalem[16]
N/A	July 6, 1938	Jewish militants (Irgun)	23	18 Arabs and 5 Jews were killed by two simultaneous bombs in the Arab melon market in Haifa. More than 60 people were wounded.[16][19][20]
N/A	July 8, 1938	Jewish militants (Irgun)	4	4 Arabs were killed by a bomb in Jerusalem.[16]
N/A	July 16, 1938	Jewish militants (Irgun)	10	10 Arabs were killed by a bomb at a marketplace in Jerusalem.[16]
N/A	July 25, 1938	Jewish militants (Irgun)	43	43 Arabs were killed by a bomb at a marketplace in Haifa.[16][21]
N/A	August 16, 1938	Arabs	3	A Jewish family was kidnapped by Arabs in Atlit. 3 killed.[22][23]
N/A	August 26, 1938	Jewish militants (Irgun)	24	24 Arabs were killed by a bomb at a marketplace in Jaffa.[16]
N/A	September 14, 1938	Arabs	3	3 Jews killed in a bomb attack and ambush on a private vehicle near Nir David then: Tel Amal)[24] Several attackers killed by Britons.
N/A	February 27, 1939	Jewish militants (Irgun)	33	33 Arabs were killed in multiple attacks, incl. 24 by bomb in Arab market in Suk Quarter of Haifa and 4 by bomb in Arab vegetable market in Jerusalem.[25]
N/A	May 29, 1939	Jewish militants (Irgun)	5	5 Arabs were killed by a mine detonated at the Rex cinema in Jerusalem.[16]
N/A	May 29, 1939	Jewish militants (Irgun)	5	5 Arabs were shot and killed during a raid on the village of Biyar 'Adas.[16]
N/A	June 2, 1939	Jewish militants (Irgun)	5	5 Arabs were killed by a bomb at the Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem.[16][26]
N/A	June 16, 1939	Jewish Militants (Irgun)	6	6 Arabs were killed in several attacks in Jerusalem.[16]
N/A	June 19, 1939	Jewish Militants (Irgun)	20	20 Arabs were killed by explosives mounted on a donkey at a marketplace in Haifa.[16][27]
N/A	June 29, 1939	Jewish Militants (Irgun)	13	13 Arabs were killed in several shooting attacks around Jaffa during a one-hour period.[16][28]
N/A	July 20, 1939	Jewish Militants (Irgun)	6	6 Arabs were killed in several attacks in Tel-Aviv.[16]
N/A	July 20, 1939	Jewish Militants (Irgun)	3	3 Arabs were killed in Rehovot.[16]
1938 Tiberias pogrom	October 2, 1938	Arabs	19	19 Jews were killed.[29]
NA	June 11, 1941	Frenchmen	20	20 Jews killed in Tel Aviv during French air raid [30]
N/A	September 27, 1944	Jewish militants (Irgun)	0	Unknown number of casualties, around 150 Irgun members attacked four British police stations[31]
N/A	November 1, 1945	Jewish militants (Irgun)	0	5 locomotives destroyed in Lydda station. Two staff, one soldier and one policeman killed.[32]
N/A	December 27, 1945	Jewish militants (Irgun)	7	3 British policemen and 4 Basuto soldiers killed during the bombing of British CID headquarters in Jerusalem; 1 British soldier killed during attack of British army camp in north Tel Aviv[33][34]
King David Hotel bombing	July 22, 1946	Jewish militants (Irgun)	91	91 killed, including 41 Arabs, 28 Britons, and 17 Jews; 40-45 wounded[35][36]
N/A	January 12, 1947	Jewish militants (Irgun)	4	4 killed in bombing of British headquarters.[37]
N/A	March 1, 1947	Jewish militants (Irgun)	17	17 British officers killed, during raid and explosion.[38]
N/A	September 26, 1947	Jewish militants (Irgun)	4	4 British policemen killed in Irgun bank robbery.[37]
N/A	September 29, 1947	Jewish militants (Irgun)	13	13 killed, 53 wounded in attack on British police station.[37]
1947 Jerusalem riots	December 2, 1947	Arabs	14	8 Jews Reported Killed[39][40]
al-Tira	December 12, 1947	Jewish militants	13	13 Arabs killed, 10 wounded[41][42]
N/A	December 12, 1947	Jewish militants (Irgun)	20	20 killed, 5 wounded by barrel bomb at Damascus Gate.[43]
N/A	December 13, 1947	Jewish militants (Irgun)	16	16 Arabs killed; 67 Arabs wounded from bombings in Jerusalem and Jaffa; Irgun also burns down 100 Arab homes in Jaffa[1]
N/A (See Beit Nabala)	December 14, 1947	Arab Legion	13	13 Jews killed (some sources say 14); 9 Jews, 2 Britons, 1 Arab wounded in attack on military convoy near Lydda[1]
N/A	December 16, 1947	Jewish militants (Irgun)	10	10 killed by bomb at Noga Cinema in Jaffa.[44]
al-Khisas massacre	December 18, 1947	Jewish militants (Haganah)	10	10 Arabs killed[1]
N/A	December 24, 1947	Arab snipers, Jewish militants	8	4 Jews killed in Haifa by snipers, 4 Arabs killed in reprisals[1]
N/A	December 26, 1947	Arab militants	0	7 Jews killed while driving in convoy to Jerusalem[1]
N/A	December 28, 1947	Arab Snipers, Jewish militants	5	5 Jews killed in Bab el Wad by snipers, 5 Arabs killed in reprisals[1]
N/A	December 29, 1947	Arab militants, Jewish militants (Irgun)	4	4 Jews killed in Tel Aviv from mortar and sniper fire, 13 Arabs killed in Jerusalem in Irgun bombing[1][1][45]
Bomb thrown on Damascus GateCafé in Jerusalem	December 29, 1947	Jewish militants (Irgun)	13	11 Arabs, 2 Britons killed[1][46] Uri Milstein reported 15 casualties from the bombing in the Palestine Post.[47]
Haifa Oil Refinery massacre	December 30, 1947	Jewish militants (Irgun), Arabs	39	Arabs beat 39 Jews to death and injured 49 after an Irgun bombing which killed 6[1]
Balad al-Shaykh massacre	January 1, 1948	Jewish militants (Palmach)	50	17–70 Arabs killed in Haifa[1]
N/A	January 3, 1948	Arab militants	4	4 Jews killed in Haifa[1]
N/A	January 3, 1948	Arab militants	4	3 Jews, 1 Briton killed in Jerusalem[1]
Bombing of Arab National Committee HQ	January 4, 1948	Jewish militants (Stern Gang)	14	14 Arabs killed; 100 Arabs wounded[46]
Semiramis Hotel bombing	January 5, 1948	Jewish militants (Haganah)	20	20 Arabs killed in Jerusalem[48]
N/A	January 5, 1948	Jewish militants (Irgun)	14	14 Arabs killed and 19 injured by truck bomb outside the 3-storey 'Serrani', Jaffa's built Ottoman Town Hall[49]
N/A	January 5, 1948	Arabs, Jews	4	4 Arabs killed after attacking Jewish quarter in Safed[1]
Jaffa Gate bombing in Jerusalem	January 7, 1948	Jewish militants (Irgun)	18	15–20 Arabs killed[1][50]
N/A	January 9, 1948	Arab militants	35	35 Jews killed near Kfar Etzion[1]
N/A	January 10, 1948	Arab militants	11	11 Jews killed, 1 decapitated near Yavne[1]
N/A	January 14, 1948	Arab militants	7	7 Jews, 2 Britons killed in Haifa[1]
The 35 Heroes of Gush Etzion (Hebrew: ל"ה גיבורי גוש עציון)	January 15, 1948	Arab militants	35	35 Jewish members of a relief force to Gush Etzion killed near Hebron by Arab militants.[51]
N/A	January 20, 1948	Arab militants	8	8 Jews killed in Yehiam[1]
N/A	January 22, 1948	Arab militants	7	7 Jews killed near Yazur[1]
N/A	January 25, 1948	Arab militants	10	10 Jews killed[1]
N/A	January 27, 1948	British soldiers	4	4 Arabs killed in Gaza[1]
N/A	February 3, 1948	Arab militants	6	6 Jews killed while riding buses in Haifa[1]
N/A	February 7, 1948	Arabs, Jews	6	3 Arabs, 3 Jews killed in Haifa[1]
N/A	February 8, 1948	Arabs	6	6 Jews killed in Jerusalem[1]
N/A	February 8, 1948	Arab militants	3	3 Jews killed in Tel Aviv[1]
N/A	February 10, 1948	Jewish militants (Irgun)	7	7 Arabs killed near Ras el Ain after selling cows in Tel Aviv[52]
N/A	February 12, 1948	Arabs	4	4 Jews killed in Jerusalem[1]
N/A	February 15, 1948	Arab militants, Jewish militants	8	5 Arabs, 3 Jews killed[1]
Sa'sa' village ambush in the Safaddistrict	February 14, 1948	Jewish militants (Palmach)	11	11 Arabs killed[53]
N/A	February 17, 1948	Arab militants, Jewish militants	8	5 Arabs, 3 Jews killed[1]
N/A	February 17, 1948	Arab militants	57	57 Arabs killed while taking part in attack on Jewish settlements Tirat Tzvi, Sde Eliahu, Ein HaNatziv[1]
Ramla vegetable market bombing	February 18, 1948	Jewish militants (Irgun)	12	12 killed, 43 wounded[54]
N/A	February 19, 1948	Arab militants	4	4 Jews killed while riding buses in Haifa[1]
N/A	February 21, 1948	Jewish militants	4	4 Arabs killed in Haifa[1]
Ben Yehuda Street bombing	February 23, 1948	Arab militants, British deserters	55	55 Jews killed[1]
N/A	February 25, 1948	Arab militants	3	3 Jews killed on road between Ramle and Tel Aviv[1]
N/A	February 28, 1948	Arab militants	7	6 Arabs, 1 Jew killed during attack on Jewish village Kfar Sava[1]
N/A	February 18, 1948	Arab militants	4	4 Arabs killed while participating in attack on Jewish settlement Mitzpe[1]
Rehovot Train bombing	March 1, 1948	Jewish militants	28	28 Britons killed[1]
Bevingrad Officers Club bombing	March 1, 1948	Jewish militants (Irgun)	20	20 Britons killed; 30 Britons wounded[2]
N/A	March 1, 1948	Arab militants	4	4 Jews killed on Tel Aviv-Jerusalem road[1]
N/A	March 2, 1948	Arab militants	9	6 Arabs, 3 Jews killed during Arab attack on Tel-Aviv Jerusalem road[1]
N/A	March 4, 1948	Arab militants	16	16 Jews killed on Jerusalem-Atarot road[1]
N/A	March 9, 1948	Arab militants	3	3 Arabs killed while participating in attack on Jewish settlement Yehiam[1]
N/A	March 11, 1948	Jews, Arabs	5	4 Arabs, 1 Jew killed in Tiberias[1]
Jewish Agency bombing	March 11, 1948	Arab militants	13	13 Jews killed[1]
N/A	March 14, 1948	Arab militants	7	7 Jews killed near Faluja[1]
N/A	March 14, 1948	Jews, Arabs	5	4 Arabs, 1 Jew killed in Tiberias[1]
N/A	March 18, 1948	Arab militants	9	5 Britons, 4 Jews killed in convoy near Acre[1]
N/A	March 20, 1948	Arabs	7	7 Jews killed at Ein Harod[1]
N/A	March 21, 1948	Arabs	6	6 Jews killed on Rosh Pinna-Safed road[1]
N/A	March 22, 1948	Arab militants	24	4 Jews, 20 Arabs during attack on Jewish settlement Nitzanim[1]
N/A	March 24, 1948	Jewish militants	36	36 Arabs killed near Tulkarem[1]
N/A	March 26, 1948	Arab militants	8	6 Arabs, 2 Jews killed in attack on Jewish convoy near Gaza[1]
N/A	March 28, 1948	Arab militants	6	6 Arabs killed while participating in attack on Jewish convoy near Rehovot[1]
N/A	March 28, 1948	Arab militants	6	6 Arabs killed while participating in attack on Jewish convoy near Safed[1]
Cairo-Haifa train bombing	March 31, 1948	Jewish militants (Lehi)	40	40 Arabs killed; 60 Arabs wounded[1]
Massacre in an orange grove in Lydda	April 1, 1948	Jewish militias	11	11 Arab laborers killed[55]
Deir Yassin massacre	April 9, 1948	Jewish militants (Irgun)	100-250	100-254 Arabs killed[56][57][58]
Hadassah medical convoy massacre	April 13, 1948	Arab militants	78	78 Jews (nurses, doctors, and patients) killed[59][60]
Cairo-Haifa Train bombing	April 23, 1948	Jewish militants (Lehi)	8	8 Britons killed; 27 Britons wounded[2]
Sorona Police Station bombing	April 25, 1948	Jewish militants (Lehi)	4	4 Britons killed[2]
Ein al Zeitun massacre	May 3, 1948	Jewish militants (Palmach)	55	37–70 Arab prisoners
Kfar Etzion massacre	May 13, 1948	Arab militants andArab Legion	140	127–157 Jews killed[1]
Abu Shusha	May 14, 1948	Israeli	52	52

See also[edit]

1980s[edit]

1989 (1 attack)[edit]

Name	Date	Location	Death toll	Notes
Bus 405 suicide attack	July 6, 1989	Near Kiryat Yearim	16	Carried out by Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

1990s[edit]

1993 (2 bombings)[edit]

Name	Date	Location	Death toll	Notes
Mehola Junction bombing	April 16, 1993	Mehola junction	1	Hamas claimed responsibility.[6] Carried out together with Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Beit El car bomb	October 4, 1993	Near Beit El	29 injured	Hamas member Sulayman Idan was responsible.[7][8]

1994 (5 bombings)[edit]

Name	Date	Location	Death toll	Notes
Afula Bus suicide bombing	April 6, 1994	Afula	8	Hamas claimed responsibility. Carried out together with Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Hadera bus station suicide bombing	April 13, 1994	Hadera	5	Hamas claimed responsibility. Carried out together with Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Dizengoff Street bus bombing	October 19, 1994	Tel Aviv	22	Attributed to Hamas.
Netzarim Junction bicycle bombing	November 11, 1994	Netzarim	3	Hamas claimed responsibility. Carried out together with Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Jerusalem Binyanei Hauma suicide bombing	December 25, 1994	Jerusalem	13 injured	Attributed to Hamas.

1995 (4 bombings)[edit]

Name	Date	Location	Death toll	Notes
Beit Lid massacre	January 22, 1995	Beit Lid Junction	21	Two bombers. One detonated at rescue party. Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Kfar Darom bus attack	April 9, 1995	Vicinity of Kfar Darom	8	Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Ramat Gan bus 20 bombing	July 24, 1995	Ramat Gan	6	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Ramat Eshkol bus bombing	August 21, 1995	Jerusalem	4	Police Chief Noam Eisenman was killed. Hamas claimed responsibility.

1996 (4 bombings)[edit]

Name	Date	Location	Death toll	Notes
Ashkelon bus station bombing	February 25, 1996	Ashqelon	1	Hamas claimed responsibility.
First Jerusalem bus 18 suicide bombing	February 25, 1996	Jerusalem Central Bus station	26	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Second Jerusalem bus 18 suicide bombing	March 3, 1996	Jaffa street, Jerusalem	19	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Dizengoff Center suicide bombing	March 4, 1996	Tel Aviv	13	Attributed to Hamas. Carried out together with Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

1997 (3 bombings)[edit]

Name	Date	Location	Death toll	Notes
Café Apropo bombing	March 21, 1997	Tel Aviv	3	Hamas claimed responsibility.
1st Mahane Yehuda Market attack	July 30, 1997	Jerusalem main market	16	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Ben Yehuda Street Bombing	September 4, 1997	Jerusalem Ben Yehuda Street	5	Hamas claimed responsibility.

1998 (2 bombings)[edit]

Name	Date	Location	Death toll	Notes
1st Kfar Darom bombing	October 29, 1998	Gaza Strip	1	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Jerusalem bombing	November 6, 1998	Jerusalem	2	20 wounded. Two Islamic Jihad suicide bombers.[9]

1999 (2 bombings)[edit]

Name	Date	Location	Death toll	Notes
Egged bus 960 bombing	September 5, 1999	Tveria	None	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Haifa Central Bus Station bombing	September 5, 1999	Haifa	None	Hamas claimed responsibility.

2000s[edit]

2000 (5 bombings)[edit]

Name	Date	Location	Death toll	Notes
Gaza bombing	October 26, 2000	Gaza Strip	1 injured	Youth suicide bomber on bike. Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
2nd Mahane Yehuda Market attack	November 2, 2000	Jerusalem	2	Booby-trapped car. Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
2nd Kfar Darom bombing	November 20, 2000	Gaza Strip	2	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Hadera main street bombing	November 22, 2000	Hadera	2	Booby-trapped car. Hamas claimed responsibility.
Mehola bombing	December 22, 2000	Mehola Junction	3 injured	Hamas claimed responsibility.

2001 (40 bombings)[edit]

Name	Date	Location	Death toll	Notes
Netanya centre bombing	January 1, 2001	Netanya	60 injured	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Tayibe Bridge bombing	January 30, 2001	Tayibe	2 injured	Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Beit Yisrael bombing	February 8, 2001	Jerusalem	2 injured	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Mei Ami junction bombing	March 1, 2001	Vadi Ara	1	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Netanya bombing	March 4, 2001	Netanya	3	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Talpiot industrial zone bombing	March 27, 2001	Jerusalem	7 injured	Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Egged bus 6 bombing	March 27, 2001	French Hill, Jerusalem	28 injured	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Mifgash Shalom attack	March 28, 2001	Mifgash Shalom gas station, Kfar Saba	2	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Kfar Saba bombing	April 22, 2001	Kfar Saba	1	Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Or Yehuda bombing	April 23, 2001	Near Ben Gurion Airport	8 injured	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Nablus school bus bombing	April 29, 2001	Nablus, West Bank	None	Hamas claimed responsibility.
HaSharon Mall suicide bombing	May 18, 2001	HaSharon shopping mall, Netanya	5	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Hadera Mall bombing	May 25, 2001	Hadera	None	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Hadera bus station suicide bombing	May 25, 2001	Central bus station, Hadera	65 injured	2 Palestinians within a car bomb. Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Jerusalem Center bombing	May 27, 2001	Jerusalem	None	PFLP claimed responsibility.
Jaffa Road bombing	May 27, 2001	Jerusalem	30 injured	Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Netanya school bombing	May 30, 2001	Netanya	8 injured	Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Dolphinarium discotheque suicide bombing	June 1, 2001	Tel Aviv	21	Hamas claimed responsibility.[10]
Dugit bombing	June 22, 2001	Gaza Strip	2	Booby trapped car's explosion. Hamas claimed responsibility.
Yehud suburb bombing	July 2, 2001	Tel Aviv	6 injured	Explosion of two separate bombs. PFLP claimed responsibility.
Kissufim bombing	July 9, 2001	Southern Gaza Strip crossing point	None	Explosion of two separate bombs. Hamas claimed responsibility.
Binyamina train station suicide bombing	July 16, 2001	Binyamina	2	Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Moshav Beka'ot bombing	August 8, 2001	Northern Jordan Valley	1 injured	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing	August 9, 2001	Downtown Jerusalem	15	Carried out by Hamas together with Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Wall-Street Restaurant bombing	August 12, 2001	Kiryat Motzkin	21 injured	Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Russian Compound bombing	August 21, 2001	Downtown Jerusalem	1 injured	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Jerusalem car bombings	September 3, 2001	Jerusalem	3 injured	Series of car bombs.
Hanevi'im street bombing	September 4, 2001	Jerusalem	20 injured	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Nahariya train station suicide bombing	September 9, 2001	Nahariya train station	3	Suicide bomber was an Arab Israeli citizen. Hamas claimed responsibility.
Beit Lid junction bombing	September 9, 2001	Near Netanya	17 injured	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Talpiot neighborhood bombing	October 1, 2001	Jerusalem	None	Hamas claimed responsibility.
1st Erez Crossing attack	October 7, 2001	Erez Passage near Gaza	None	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Kibbutz Shluhot bombing	October 7, 2001	Kibbutz Shluhot	1	Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
2nd Erez Crossing attack	November 26, 2001	Gaza Strip	2 injured	Hamas claimed responsibility.
1st Egged bus 823 bombing	November 29, 2001	Wadi Ara Junction	3	Carried out by Palestinian Islamic Jihad together with Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades.
Ben Yehuda Street Bombing	December 1, 2001	Downtown Jerusalem	11	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Haifa bus 16 suicide bombing	December 2, 2001	Haifa	15	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Hilton Mamilla bombing	December 5, 2001	Mamilla, Jerusalem	11 injured	Carried out by Palestinian Islamic Jihad together with Hamas.
Check Post Junction bombing	December 9, 2001	Check Post Junction in the direction of Tel Hanan (Haifaarea)	30 injured	Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Neve Dekalim bombing	December 12, 2001	Neve Dekalim	4 injured	Hamas claimed responsibility.

2002 (47 bombings)[edit]

Name	Date	Location	Death toll	Notes
Tel Aviv outdoor mall bombing	January 25, 2002	Tel Aviv	25 injured	Double Suicide attack, carried out by Palestinian Islamic Jihad together with Fatah.
Jaffa Street bombing	January 27, 2002	Jerusalem	1	First female suicide bomber in Al-Aqsa Intifada, Wafa Idris. Hamas claimed responsibility.
Tayibe bombing	January 31, 2002	Tayibe	None	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Karnei Shomron Mall suicide bombing	February 16, 2002	Karnei Shomron, West Bank	3	About 30 injuries (6 seriously). PFLP claimed responsibility.[11][12]
Maale Adumim - Jerusalem road bombing	February 18, 2002	Jerusalem	1	Soldier killed by an explosive that was detonated by the driver of the car he was checking. Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.
Efrat supermarket bombing attack	February 22, 2002	Efrat, West Bank	1 injured	Suicide bomber in supermarket.
Maccabim bombing	February 27, 2002	Maccabim	3 injured	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Yeshivat Beit Yisrael massacre	March 2, 2002	Yeshiva in Jerusalem	11	Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.
2nd Egged bus 823 bombing	March 5, 2002	Afula	1	Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.[12]
Ariel hotel lobby bombing	March 7, 2002	Ariel, West Bank	15 injured (1 seriously)	PFLP claimed responsibility.[12]
Café Moment bombing	March 9, 2002	Rehavia, Jerusalem	11	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Egged bus 22 bombing	March 17, 2002	Jerusalem	25 Injured	Hamas claimed responsibility.
3rd Egged bus 823 bombing	March 20, 2002	Vadi Ara, Muzmuz Junction	7	Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
King George Street bombing	March 21, 2002	Jerusalem	3	Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.
Passover massacre	March 27, 2002	Netanya	30	Suicide attack on Passover seder in Park Hotel. Carried out by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Kiryat HaYovel supermarket bombing	March 29, 2002	Kiryat Yovel in Jerusalem	2	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Allenby Street coffee shop bombing	March 30, 2002	Tel Aviv	1	Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.
Baqa al-Gharbiyah bombing	March 30, 2002	Baqa al-Gharbiyah	1	Booby-trapped vehicle that Palestinians tried to sneak into Israel.
Matza restaurant suicide bombing	March 31, 2002	Haifa	15	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Efrat Medical Center	March 31, 2002	Efrat, West Bank	4 injured (1 seriously)	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Jerusalem Roadblock bombing	April 1, 2002	Jerusalem	1	Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.
Yagur Junction bombing	April 10, 2002	Yagur	8	Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
3rd Mahane Yehuda Market attack	April 12, 2002	Jerusalem	6	Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.
Rishon LeZion bombing	May 7, 2002	Rishon LeZion	15	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Netanya Market bombing	May 19, 2002	Netanya	3	Carried out by Hamas together with PFLP.
Afula road bombing	May 20, 2002	Afula	None	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Rothschild Street bombing	May 22, 2002	Rishon Lezion	2	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Pi Glilot bombing	May 23, 2002	North of Tel Aviv	None	A bomb exploded underneath a fuel truck. The truck burst into flames, but the blaze was quickly contained.
Studio 49 Disco bombing	May 24, 2002	Tel Aviv	5 injured	The security guard opened fire on a Palestinian attempting to detonate a car bomb. The Palestinian was killed, but the bomb exploded prematurely, injuring bystanders.
Petah Tikva Mall bombing	May 27, 2002	Petah Tikva	2	Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.
Megiddo Junction bus bombing	June 5, 2002	Megiddo Junction	17	Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Herzliya shawarma restaurant bombing	June 11, 2002	Herzliya	1	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Patt Junction Bus Bombing	June 18, 2002	Jerusalem	19	Hamas claimed responsibility.
French Hill Junction massacre	June 19, 2002	French Hill, Jerusalem	7	Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.
Immanuel bus attack	July 16, 2002	Emmanuel-Bnei Brak bus 189	9	Detonation of an explosive device and shooting. Hamas claimed responsibility.
Neve Shaanan Street bombing	July 17, 2002	Southern Tel Aviv	5	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Nevi'im Street bombing	July 30, 2002	Jerusalem	5 injured	Apparently the bomb exploded prematurely.
Hebrew University massacre	July 31, 2002	Hebrew University, Jerusalem	9	Included American and French casualties. Bomber was from East Jerusalem. Hamas claimed responsibility.
Meron Junction Bus 361 attack	August 4, 2002	Meron Junction	9	Arab bomber with Israeli citizenship. Hamas claimed responsibility.
1st Umm al-Fahm bombing	August 5, 2002	Umm al-Fahm Junction inWadi Ara	1 injured	The Palestinian exploded in a taxi killing himself and wounding an Israeli-Arab driver from Nazareth.
2nd Umm al-Fahm bombing	September 18, 2002	Umm al-Fahm Junction inWadi Ara	1	Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Allenby Street bus bombing	September 19, 2002	bus 4, near the Great Synagogue, Tel Aviv	6	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Geha road bombing	October 10, 2002	Bar-Ilan interchange, Geha road	1	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Karkur junction suicide bombing	October 21, 2002	Carcur Junction	14	2 Suicide bombers used a booby-trapped jeep with 100 kg TNT. Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Sonol gas station bombing	October 27, 2002	Ariel, West Bank	3	Victims killed while trying to prevent the Palestinian from detonating the bomb. Hamas claimed responsibility.
Kfar Saba shopping mall bombing	November 4, 2002	Kfar Saba	2	Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Kiryat Menachem bus bombing	November 21, 2002	Kiryat Menahem, Jerusalem	11	Hamas claimed responsibility.

2003 (23 bombings)[edit]

Name	Date	Location	Death toll	Notes
Tel-Aviv central bus station massacre	January 5, 2003	Southern Tel Aviv	23	Carried out by two members of the Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, with the help of Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing	March 5, 2003	Carmeliya neighborhood, Haifa	17	Carried out by Hamas member and attributed to Hamas, yet never acknowledged.
London Cafe bombing	March 30, 2003	Netanya	54 injured	Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Kfar Saba train station bombing	April 24, 2003	Kfar Saba	1	13 injured (2 seriously). PFLP claimed responsibility jointly with Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades.[12][13]
Mike's Place suicide bombing	April 30, 2003	Mike's Place pub, Tel Aviv	3	Carried out by Hamas using a British Muslim citizen of Pakistani descent and together with al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades.
Gross square attack	May 17, 2003	Gross square, Hebron, West Bank	2	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Jerusalem bus 6 bombing	May 18, 2003	Jerusalem	7	Hamas claimed responsibility.
3rd Kfar Darom bombing	May 19, 2003	Gaza Strip	3 injured	A Palestinian suicide bomber riding a bicycle blew up himself next to a military jeep. Hamas claimed responsibility.
Afula mall bombing	May 19, 2003	Afula shopping center	3	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Netzarim bus bombing	May 22, 2003	Netzarim, Gaza Strip	9 injured	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Davidka Square bus bombing	June 11, 2003	Downtown Jerusalem	17	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Sdei Trumot bombing	June 19, 2003	Moshav Sdei Trumot	1	Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Kfar Yavetz bombing	July 7, 2003	Kfar Yavetz	1	Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Ariel bus station bombing	August 12, 2003	Ariel, West Bank	2	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Rosh HaAyin bombing	August 12, 2003	Rosh HaAyin	1
Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing	August 19, 2003	Shmuel Hanavi, Jerusalem	23	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Tzrifin bus stop attack	September 9, 2003	Bus stop near Tzrifin army base	9	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Café Hillel bombing	September 9, 2003	Hillel Cafe, Jerusalem	7	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Maxim restaurant suicide bombing	October 4, 2003	Haifa	21	Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Tulkarem bombing	October 9, 2003	Tulkarem, West Bank	3 injured	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Beit Hanoun Junction bombing	October 15, 2003	Gaza Strip	3	The victims were part of a US diplomatic convoy.
Azzoun bombing	November 3, 2003	Azzoun, West Bank	1 injured	Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.
Geha Interchange bus stop bombing	December 25, 2003	Geha Junction	4	Over 20 injured. PFLP claimed responsibility.[12][13]

2004 (17 bombings)[edit]

Name	Date	Location	Death toll	Notes
3rd Erez Crossing attack	January 14, 2004	Gaza Strip	4	Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade and Hamas claimed joint responsibility.
Gaza Street bus bombing	January 29, 2004	Rehavia, Jerusalem	11	Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade and Hamas claimed responsibility.
Liberty Bell Park bus bombing	February 22, 2004	Liberty Bell Garden, Jerusalem	8	Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade claimed responsibility.
4th Erez Crossing attack	March 6, 2004	Gaza Strip	3	The victims were Palestinian policemen who died in a shooting spree and suicide car bomb attack. Two of the vehicles exploded on the Palestinian side of the crossing. Four Palestinians were killed. There were no IDF casualties. Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the military wing of Fatah claimed responsibility.
Ashdod Port massacre	March 14, 2004	Port of Ashdod	10	Double suicide bombing. Carried out by Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade together with Hamas.
5th Erez Crossing attack	April 17, 2004	Erez Crossing, Gaza Strip	1	Carried out by Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade together with Hamas.
Deir al-Balah suicide attack	April 26, 2004	Gaza Strip	2	The victims were Palestinians killed when a suicide bomber detonated himself on the way to carry out an attack in Israel.
Beka'ot checkpoint bombing	May 22, 2004	Beka'ot checkpoint,Jordan Valley, West Bank	1 injured	PFLP claimed responsibility.[12][14]
Tel Aviv bus stop bombing	July 11, 2004	Tel Aviv	1	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Kalandia checkpoint attack	August 11, 2004	Kalandia, West Bank	2	The victims were Palestinian bystanders. 18 people (including six Border Policemen) were injured.
Beersheba bus bombings	August 31, 2004	DowntownBeersheba on buses 7 and 12	16	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Baka al-Sharkiyeh checkpoint attack	September 8, 2004	Near the Green Lineborder with the West Bank	None	Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.
Kalandia Gate suicide bombing	September 14, 2004	South of Kalandia,West Bank	2 injured	A suicide bomber riding on a bicycle blew himself up near an armored IDF jeep at an agricultural gate.
French Hill Junction bombing	September 22, 2004	French Hill, Jerusalem	2	Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.
Sinai bombings	October 7, 2004	Sinai peninsula,Egypt	34	Suicide bombing at two Sinai holiday resorts frequented by Israeli tourists: thirty-one died at the Taba Hilton and three at Ras a-Satan. Among the dead were 12 Israelis; over 120 were wounded. The attack was masterminded by Iyad Saleh and carried out by a Palestinian group.
Carmel Market bombing	November 1, 2004	Tel Aviv	3	Over 30 injured. PFLP claimed responsibility.[12][15]
Karni Crossing attack	December 7, 2004	Karni Crossing, Gaza Strip	1	An IDF soldier of the Oketz canine unit was killed by a bomb, along with his dog, when a booby-trapped chicken coup exploded northwest of the Karni Crossing. Four soldiers were wounded in the exchange of fire while evacuating him. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.

2005 (9 bombings)[edit]

Name	Date	Location	Death toll	Notes
Morag attack	January 12, 2005	Morag, Southern Gaza Strip	1	One Israeli civilian was killed and three IDF soldiers wounded when a bomb was detonated against a military vehicle patrolling the route near Morag. Two Palestinians were killed by IDF forces. The area was booby-trapped with explosive devices, in addition to the bomb that exploded. Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Karni border crossing attack	January 13, 2005	Karni crossing, Gaza Strip	6	Carried out together by Hamas with Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades and Popular Resistance Committees.
Gush Katif checkpoint attack	January 18, 2005	Gush Katif, Gaza Strip	1	Hamas claimed responsibility.
Stage Club bombing	February 25, 2005	Tel Aviv sea promenade	5	Carried out together with Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades and with Hizballah involvement.
1st HaSharon Mall suicide bombing	July 12, 2005	Netanya	5	Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Beersheba central bus station bombing	August 28, 2005	Beersheba	50 injured, 2 critically	Carried out by Palestinian Islamic Jihad together with Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades.
Hadera Market bombing	October 26, 2005	Hadera	7	Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
2nd HaSharon Mall suicide bombing	December 5, 2005	Netanya	5	Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Tulkarem roadblock bombing	December 29, 2005	NearTulkarem,West Bank	3	One Israeli soldier was killed when a Palestinian en route to carry out an attack in Israel was discovered and detonated himself at a checkpoint. A second intended suicide bomber was also killed in the blast as well as the driver and a third passenger. Three soldiers and seven Palestinians were also wounded.

2006 (3 bombings)[edit]

Name	Date	Location	Death toll	Notes
1st Rosh Ha'ir restaurant bombing	January 19, 2006	Near Tel Aviv old central bus station	31 injured	Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Kedumim bombing	March 30, 2006	Kdumim, West Bank	4	Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.
2nd Rosh Ha'ir restaurant bombing	April 17, 2006	Near Tel Aviv old central bus station	11	68 injured. Carried out by Palestinian Islamic Jihad together with Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades.

2007 (1 bombing)[edit]

Name	Date	Location	Death toll	Notes
Eilat bakery bombing	January 29, 2007	Eilat	3	Both Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claim joint responsibility.

2008 (2 bombings)[edit]

Name	Date	Location	Death toll	Notes
Dimona bombing	February 4, 2008	Dimona	1	9 injuries. Carried out by Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades together with Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).[16]
Kerem Shalom suicide bombing	April 19, 2008	Kerem Shalom border crossing, Gaza Strip	13 injured	Three Palestinian suicide bombers broke through the border fence to attack the Kerem Shalom IDF post, blowing themselves up and wounding several Israeli soldiers. Hamas claimed responsibility.

Total number of fatalities, by year