This article contains a non-comprehensive list of Palestinian suicide attacks carried out by Palestinian individuals and militant groups, usually against Israeli civilian targets. The use of indiscriminate attacks on civilian populations[1] is illegal under international law.[2]
The first suicide attack was carried out in 1989. The high point was in 2002 during the Second Intifada.[3] The Al-Aqsa Intifada saw a dramatic upswing in suicide bombings, with A, 40% of the total number originated in East Jerusalem.[a] A 2007 study of Palestinian suicide bombings during the Second Intifada (September 2000 through August 2005) found that 39.9% of the suicide attacks were carried out by Hamas, 26.4% by Fatah, 25.7% by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), 5.4% by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and 2.7% by other organizations. The attacks steeply declined by 2008.[3]
The Simon Wiesenthal Center has advocated classifying suicide bombings as crimes against humanity, a position adopted by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch in 2002.[5]
The criteria used for this list:
Name | Date | Location | Dead | Injured | Notes | Ref. |
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Bus 405 suicide attack | July 6, 1989 | Near Kiryat Yearim | 16 | 17 | Carried out by Palestinian Islamic Jihad. | [6] |
Name | Date | Location | Dead | Injured | Notes | Ref |
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Mehola Junction bombing | April 16, 1993 | Mehola junction | 1 | 10 | Hamas claimed responsibility. Carried out together with Palestinian Islamic Jihad. | [7] [8] |
Beit El car bomb | October 4, 1993 | Near Beit El | none | 29 | Hamas member Sulayman Zidan was responsible. | [9][10] |
Name | Date | Location | Dead | Injured | Notes | Ref |
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Afula Bus suicide bombing | April 6, 1994 | Afula | 8 | 40 | Hamas claimed responsibility. Carried out together with Palestinian Islamic Jihad. | [11] |
Hadera bus station suicide bombing | April 13, 1994 | Hadera | 5 | 30 | Hamas claimed responsibility. Carried out together with Palestinian Islamic Jihad. | [12] |
Dizengoff Street bus bombing | October 19, 1994 | Tel Aviv | 22 | 50 | Attributed to Hamas. | [13] |
Netzarim Junction bicycle bombing | November 11, 1994 | Netzarim | 3 | 11 | Hamas claimed responsibility. Carried out together with Palestinian Islamic Jihad. | [14][15] |
Jerusalem bus bombing | December 25, 1994 | Jerusalem | 0 | 13 | Attributed to Hamas. | [16][17] |
Name | Date | Location | Dead | Injured | Notes | Ref |
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Beit Lid massacre | January 22, 1995 | Beit Lid Junction | 21 | 69 | Two bombers. One detonated at rescue party. Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. | [15] |
Kfar Darom bus attack | April 9, 1995 | Vicinity of Kfar Darom | 8 | 52 | Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. | [15] |
Ramat Gan bus 20 bombing | July 24, 1995 | Ramat Gan | 6 | 30 | Hamas claimed responsibility. | |
Ramat Eshkol bus bombing | August 21, 1995 | Jerusalem | 4 | 100+ | Police Chief Noam Eisenman was killed. Hamas claimed responsibility. |
Name | Date | Location | Dead | Injured | Notes | Ref |
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First Jerusalem bus 18 suicide bombing | February 25, 1996 | Jerusalem Central Bus station | 26 | 48 | Hamas claimed responsibility. | [15] |
Ashkelon bus station bombing | February 25, 1996 | Ashqelon | 2 | 80+ | Hamas claimed responsibility. | [18] |
Second Jerusalem bus 18 suicide bombing | March 3, 1996 | Jaffa street, Jerusalem | 19 | 7 | Hamas claimed responsibility. | |
Dizengoff Center suicide bombing | March 4, 1996 | Tel Aviv | 13 | 130 | Attributed to Hamas. Carried out together with Palestinian Islamic Jihad. |
Name | Date | Location | Dead | Injured | Notes | Ref |
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Café Apropo bombing | March 21, 1997 | Tel Aviv | 3 | 47 | Hamas claimed responsibility. | [19] |
Netzarim bombing | April 1, 1997 | Netzarim | 0 | 0 | Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. | [20] |
Kfar Darom bombing | April 1, 1997 | Kfar Darom | 0 | 5 | Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. | [21] |
1st Mahane Yehuda Market attack | July 30, 1997 | Jerusalem main market | 16 | 170 | Hamas claimed responsibility. | [22] |
Ben Yehuda Street Bombing | September 4, 1997 | Jerusalem Ben Yehuda Street | 5 | 192 | Hamas claimed responsibility. | [23] |
Name | Date | Location | Dead | Injured | Notes | Ref |
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Kfar Darom school bus bombing | October 29, 1998 | Gaza Strip | 1 | 3 | Hamas claimed responsibility. | [24][25] |
Jerusalem bombing (1998) | November 6, 1998 | Jerusalem | 2 | 20 | 20 wounded. Two Islamic Jihad suicide bombers. | [26] |
Name | Date | Location | Dead | Injured | Notes | Ref |
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Egged bus 960 bombing | September 5, 1999 | Tveria | 0 | 1 | Hamas claimed responsibility. | [27][28] |
Haifa Central Bus Station bombing | September 5, 1999 | Haifa | 0 | 0 | Hamas claimed responsibility. | [27][29] |
Name | Date | Location | Dead | Injured | Notes | Ref |
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Gaza bombing | October 26, 2000 | Gaza Strip | 0 | 1 | Youth suicide bomber on bike. Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. | [30] |
2000 Mahane Yehuda Market attack | November 2, 2000 | Jerusalem | 2 | 9 | Booby-trapped car. Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. | [31][32][ambiguous][verification needed] |
Mehola bombing | December 22, 2000 | Mehola Junction | 0 | 3 | Hamas claimed responsibility. | [33] |
Name | Date | Location | Dead | Injured | Notes | Ref. |
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Netanya centre bombing | January 1, 2001 | Netanya | 0 | 60 | Hamas claimed responsibility. | [34][35] |
Netanya bombing attack | January 8, 2001 | Netanya | 0 | 24 | Hamas claimed responsibility. | [36] |
Mei Ami junction bombing | March 1, 2001 | Vadi Ara | 1 | 9 | Hamas claimed responsibility. | [37][38] |
Netanya bombing | March 4, 2001 | Netanya | 3 | 60 | Hamas claimed responsibility. | [39] |
Egged bus 6 bombing | March 27, 2001 | French Hill, Jerusalem | 0 | 28 | Hamas claimed responsibility. | [40][41] |
Mifgash Shalom attack | March 28, 2001 | Kfar Saba | 2 | 4 | Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. | [42][40][43] [44] |
Kfar Saba bombing | April 22, 2001 | Kfar Saba | 1 | 50 | Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. | [45][46] |
Or Yehuda bombing | April 23, 2001 | Near Ben Gurion Airport | 0 | 8 | Hamas claimed responsibility. | [47] |
Nablus school bus bombing | April 29, 2001 | Nablus, West Bank | 0 | 0 | Hamas claimed responsibility. | [48] |
HaSharon Mall suicide bombing | May 18, 2001 | Netanya | 5 | 100 | Hamas claimed responsibility. | [49] |
Hadera bus station suicide bombing | May 25, 2001 | Central bus station, Hadera | 0 | 65 | 2 Palestinians within a car bomb. Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. | [48] |
Gaza Strip suicide bombing | May 29, 2001 | Gaza Strip | 0 | 0 | No group claimed responsibility. | [50] |
Dolphinarium discotheque suicide bombing | June 1, 2001 | Tel Aviv | 21 | 100+ | Hamas claimed responsibility. | [51] |
Dugit bombing | June 22, 2001 | Gaza Strip | 2 | 0 | Car explosion. Hamas claimed responsibility. | [48][52] |
Kissufim bombing | July 9, 2001 | Southern Gaza Strip crossing point | 0 | 0 | Hamas claimed responsibility. | [53] |
Binyamina train station suicide bombing | July 16, 2001 | Binyamina | 2 | 11 | Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. | [54] |
Moshav Beka'ot bombing | August 8, 2001 | Northern Jordan Valley | 0 | 1 | Hamas claimed responsibility. | [55] |
Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing | August 9, 2001 | Jerusalem | 16 | 130 | Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. | [56] |
Wall Street Cafe bombing | August 12, 2001 | Kiryat Motzkin | 0 | 21 | Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. | [57][58][59] |
Hanevi'im street bombing | September 4, 2001 | Jerusalem | 0 | 21 | Hamas claimed responsibility. | [60] |
Jerusalem car bombings | September 4, 2001 | Jerusalem | 0 | 23 | Series of car bombs. | [61] [62] |
Nahariya train station suicide bombing | September 9, 2001 | Nahariya Railway Station | 3 | 94 | Suicide bomber was an Arab Israeli citizen. Hamas claimed responsibility. | [63] |
Beit Lid junction bombing | September 9, 2001 | Near Netanya | 0 | 11 | Hamas claimed responsibility. | [64][65] |
Kibbutz Shluhot bombing | October 7, 2001 | Kibbutz Shluhot | 1 | 0 | Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. | [30][66] |
Kibbutz Be'eri Suicide Bombing | October 17, 2001 | Kibbutz Be'eri | 0 | 2 | The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility. | [67] |
Erez Crossing attack | November 26, 2001 | Erez Crossing | 0 | 2 | Hamas claimed responsibility. | [68] |
1st Egged bus 823 bombing | November 29, 2001 | Haifa | 3 | 9 | Carried out by Palestinian Islamic Jihad together with Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades. | [69][70] |
Ben Yehuda Street Bombing | December 1, 2001 | Downtown Jerusalem | 11 | 188 | Hamas claimed responsibility. | [71] |
Haifa bus 16 suicide bombing | December 2, 2001 | Haifa | 15 | 40 | Hamas claimed responsibility. | [72] |
Hilton Mamilla bombing | December 5, 2001 | Mamilla, Jerusalem | 0 | 11 | Carried out by Palestinian Islamic Jihad together with Hamas. | [55] |
Check Post Junction bus bombing | December 9, 2001 | Haifa | 0 | 30 | A second unexploded device was found nearby. | [68] |
Neve Dekalim bombing | December 12, 2001 | Neve Dekalim | 0 | 4 | Hamas claimed responsibility. | [73] |
Name | Date | Location | Dead | Injured | Notes | Ref. |
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Tel Aviv outdoor mall bombing | January 25, 2002 | Tel Aviv | 0 | 25 | Double Suicide attack, carried out by Palestinian Islamic Jihad together with Fatah. | [74] |
2002 Hadera attack | January 17, 2002 | Hadera | 6 | 33 | Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility. | [75][76] |
Jaffa Street bombing | January 27, 2002 | Jerusalem | 1 | 100+ | First female suicide bomber in the second intifada, Wafa Idris. Fatah claimed responsibility. | [77] |
Tayibe bombing | January 30, 2002 | Tayibe | 0 | 2 | Fatah claimed responsibility. | [78] |
Karnei Shomron Mall suicide bombing | February 16, 2002 | Karnei Shomron, West Bank | 3 | 30 | PFLP claimed responsibility. | [79] |
Hadera suicide bombing attack | February 17, 2002 | Hadera | 0 | 4 | Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility. | [80][81] |
Maale Adumim - Jerusalem road bombing | February 18, 2002 | Jerusalem | 1 | 1 | Soldier killed by an explosive that was detonated by the driver of the car he was checking. Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility. | [82] |
Kissufim bombing | February 18, 2002 | Kissufim Crossing | 3 | 3 | Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades is suspected in the incident. | [83] |
Mehola bombing | February 19, 2002 | Mehola | 0 | 0 | Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility. | [84] |
Efrat supermarket bombing attack | February 22, 2002 | Efrat, West Bank | 0 | 1 | Suicide bomber in supermarket. | [85] |
Maccabim bombing | February 27, 2002 | Maccabim | 0 | 2 | No group claimed responsibility. | [86] |
Modi'in bombing | February 28, 2002 | Modi'in Illit | 0 | 0 | No group claimed responsibility. | [87][88] |
Yeshivat Beit Yisrael massacre | March 2, 2002 | Jerusalem | 11 | 50+ | Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility. | [89] |
2nd Egged bus 823 bombing | March 5, 2002 | Afula | 1 | 5 | Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. | [62][90] |
Ariel hotel lobby bombing | March 7, 2002 | Ariel, West Bank | 0 | 15 | PFLP claimed responsibility. | [62] |
Café Moment bombing | March 9, 2002 | Rehavia, Jerusalem | 11 | 54 | Hamas claimed responsibility. | [62] |
Egged bus 22 bombing | March 17, 2002 | Jerusalem | 0 | 25 | Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. | [62][91] |
3rd Egged bus 823 bombing | March 20, 2002 | Vadi Ara | 7 | ~30 | Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. | [62] |
King George Street bombing | March 21, 2002 | Jerusalem | 3 | 42+ | Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility. | [92] |
Jenin bombing | March 22, 2002 | Jenin | 0 | 1 | Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility. | [93] |
Jerusalem bombing | March 26, 2002 | Jerusalem | 0 | 0 | Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility. | [94] |
Passover massacre | March 27, 2002 | Netanya | 30 | 140 | Suicide attack on Passover seder in Park Hotel. Carried out by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. | [95] |
Kiryat HaYovel supermarket bombing | March 29, 2002 | Kiryat Yovel | 2 | 28 | Hamas claimed responsibility. | [62][96] |
Allenby Street coffee shop bombing | March 30, 2002 | Tel Aviv | 1 | ~30 | Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility. | [62] |
Matza restaurant suicide bombing | March 31, 2002 | Haifa | 16 | 31 | Hamas claimed responsibility. | [97][98] |
Efrat Medical Center | March 31, 2002 | Efrat, West Bank | 0 | 4 | Hamas claimed responsibility. | [62][99] |
Jerusalem Roadblock bombing | April 1, 2002 | Jerusalem | 1 | 0 | Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility. | [62] |
Yagur Junction bombing | April 10, 2002 | Yagur | 8 | 19 | Hamas claimed responsibility. | [100] |
2002 Mahane Yehuda Market bombing | April 12, 2002 | Jerusalem | 6 | 112 | Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility. | [62][101] |
Gush Katif bombing | April 19, 2002 | Gush Katif | 0 | 2 | Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. | [102] |
2002 Rishon LeZion bombing | May 7, 2002 | Rishon LeZion | 16 | 55 | Hamas claimed responsibility. | [62][103] |
Netanya Market bombing | May 19, 2002 | Netanya | 3 | 59 | Carried out by Hamas together with PFLP | [62][104] |
Afula road bombing | May 20, 2002 | Afula | 0 | 0 | Hamas claimed responsibility. | [62] |
Rothschild Street bombing | May 22, 2002 | Rishon Lezion | 3 | 40 | Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility. | [105][62][106] |
Pi Glilot bombing | May 23, 2002 | North of Tel Aviv | 0 | 0 | A bomb exploded underneath a fuel truck. The truck burst into flames, but the blaze was quickly contained. | [62] |
Studio 49 Disco bombing | May 24, 2002 | Tel Aviv | 0 | 2 | 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. Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility. | [62][107] |
Petah Tikva Mall bombing | May 27, 2002 | Petah Tikva | 2 | 37 | Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility. | [62] |
Megiddo Junction bus bombing | June 5, 2002 | Megiddo Junction | 17 | 38 | Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. | [62] |
Herzliya shawarma restaurant bombing | June 11, 2002 | Herzliya | 1 | 15 | No group claimed responsibility. | [62][108] |
Kafr Salem bombing | June 17, 2002 | Kafr Salem | 0 | 0 | No group claimed responsibility. | [109] |
Patt Junction Bus Bombing | June 18, 2002 | Jerusalem | 19 | 74+ | Hamas claimed responsibility. | [110][111] |
French Hill Junction massacre | June 19, 2002 | French Hill, Jerusalem | 6 | 35 | Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility. | [112][113] |
Immanuel bus attack | July 16, 2002 | Emmanuel-Bnei Brak bus 189 | 9 | 20 | Detonation of an explosive device and shooting. Hamas claimed responsibility. | [114] |
Neve Shaanan Street bombing | July 17, 2002 | Southern Tel Aviv | 5 | 40 | Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. | [115] |
Nevi'im Street bombing | July 30, 2002 | Jerusalem | 0 | 5 | Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility. | [116] |
Hebrew University massacre | July 31, 2002 | Hebrew University, Jerusalem | 9 | 80 | Included American and French casualties. Bomber was from East Jerusalem. Hamas claimed responsibility. | [117] |
Meron Junction Bus 361 attack | August 4, 2002 | Meron Junction | 9 | 38 | Arab bomber with Israeli citizenship. Hamas claimed responsibility. | [118] |
1st Umm al-Fahm bombing | August 5, 2002 | Umm al-Fahm Junction in Wadi Ara | 0 | 1 | The Palestinian exploded in a taxi killing himself and wounding an Israeli-Arab driver from Nazareth. | [119] |
2nd Umm al-Fahm bombing | September 18, 2002 | Umm al-Fahm Junction in Wadi Ara | 1 | 3 | Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. | [120] |
Allenby Street bus bombing | September 19, 2002 | Tel Aviv | 6 | ~70 | Hamas claimed responsibility. | [121] |
Geha road bombing | October 10, 2002 | Bar-Ilan interchange, Geha road | 1 | 12 | Hamas claimed responsibility. | [122] |
Karkur junction suicide bombing | October 21, 2002 | Karkur Junction | 14 | 40+ | 2 Suicide bombers used a booby-trapped jeep with 100 kg TNT. Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. | [122] |
Sonol gas station bombing | October 27, 2002 | Ariel, West Bank | 3 | ~18 | Victims killed while trying to prevent the Palestinian from detonating the bomb. Hamas claimed responsibility. | [123] |
Kfar Saba shopping mall bombing | November 4, 2002 | Kfar Saba | 2 | ~70 | Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. | [122] |
Kiryat Menachem bus bombing | November 21, 2002 | Kiryat Menachem, Jerusalem | 11 | 50+ | Hamas claimed responsibility. | [124] |
Erez Crossing bombing | November 22, 2022 | Erez Crossing | 2 | 0 | Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. | [125] |
Name | Date | Location | Dead | Injured | Notes | Ref. |
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Tel-Aviv central bus station massacre | January 5, 2003 | Southern Tel Aviv | 23 | ~120 | Carried out by two members of the Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, with the help of Palestinian Islamic Jihad. | [126] |
Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing | March 5, 2003 | Carmeliya neighborhood, Haifa | 17 | 53 | Hamas claimed responsibility | [122] |
London Cafe bombing | March 30, 2003 | Netanya | 0 | 26 | Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. | [127] |
Kfar Saba train station bombing | April 24, 2003 | Kfar Saba | 1 | 24 | PFLP claimed responsibility jointly with Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades. | [122] |
Mike's Place suicide bombing | April 30, 2003 | Mike's Place pub, Tel Aviv | 3 | 50+ | Carried out by Hamas using a British Muslim citizen of Pakistani descent and together with al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades. | [122] |
Gross square attack | May 17, 2003 | Gross square, Hebron, West Bank | 2 | 0 | Hamas claimed responsibility. | [122] [128] |
Jerusalem bus 6 bombing | May 18, 2003 | Jerusalem | 7 | 20 | Hamas claimed responsibility. | [129] |
3rd Kfar Darom bombing | May 19, 2003 | Gaza Strip | 0 | 3 | A Palestinian suicide bomber riding a bicycle blew up himself next to a military jeep. Hamas claimed responsibility. | [122] |
Afula mall bombing | May 19, 2003 | Afula shopping center | 3 | 70 | Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Fatah claimed responsibility | [122] |
Davidka Square bus bombing | June 11, 2003 | Downtown Jerusalem | 17 | 100+ | Hamas claimed responsibility. | [122] |
Sdei Trumot bombing | June 19, 2003 | Moshav Sdei Trumot | 1 | 0 | Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. | [122] |
Kfar Yavetz bombing | July 7, 2003 | Kfar Yavetz | 1 | 3 | Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. | [122] |
Ariel bus station bombing | August 12, 2003 | Ariel, West Bank | 1 | 2 | Victims were soldiers waiting at a bus station. | [130] |
Rosh HaAyin bombing | August 12, 2003 | Rosh HaAyin | 1 | 0 | Palestinian suicide bomber at a supermarket | [122] |
Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing | August 19, 2003 | Shmuel Hanavi, Jerusalem | 23 | 130+ | Hamas claimed responsibility. | [122] |
Tzrifin bus stop attack | September 9, 2003 | Tzrifin | 9 | 30 | Hamas claimed responsibility. | [122] |
Café Hillel bombing | September 9, 2003 | Jerusalem | 7 | 50+ | Hamas claimed responsibility. | [122][131] |
Maxim restaurant suicide bombing | October 4, 2003 | Haifa | 21 | 60 | Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. | [132] |
Tulkarem bombing | October 9, 2003 | Tulkarem, West Bank | 0 | 3 | Fatah claimed responsibility. | [133] |
Azzoun bombing | November 3, 2003 | Azzoun, West Bank | 0 | 0 | Responsibility remains unclaimed. | [134] |
Geha Interchange bus stop bombing | December 25, 2003 | Geha Junction | 4 | 20+ | PFLP claimed responsibility. | [122] |
Name | Date | Location | Dead | Injured | Notes | Ref |
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3rd Erez Crossing attack | January 14, 2004 | Gaza Strip | 4 | 10 | Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade and Hamas claimed joint responsibility. | |
Gaza Street bus bombing | January 29, 2004 | Rehavia, Jerusalem | 11 | 50+ | Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade and Hamas claimed responsibility. | |
Liberty Bell Park bus bombing | February 22, 2004 | Liberty Bell Garden, Jerusalem | 8 | 60 | Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade claimed responsibility. | |
4th Erez Crossing attack | March 6, 2004 | Gaza Strip | 2 | 20 | Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the military wing of Fatah claimed responsibility. | [62][135] |
Ashdod Port massacre | March 14, 2004 | Port of Ashdod | 10 | 16 | Double suicide bombing. Carried out by Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade together with Hamas. | |
5th Erez Crossing attack | April 17, 2004 | Gaza Strip | 1 | 3 | No group claimed responsibility. | [62][136] |
Beka'ot checkpoint bombing | May 22, 2004 | Beka'ot checkpoint, Jordan Valley, West Bank | 0 | 1 | PFLP claimed responsibility. | |
Beersheba bus bombings | August 31, 2004 | Downtown Beersheba on buses 7 and 12 | 16 | 100+ | Hamas claimed responsibility. | |
Sinai bombings | October 7, 2004 | Sinai peninsula, Egypt | 34 | 171 | 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 | 30 | PFLP claimed responsibility. | [137][139] |
Name | Date | Location | Dead | Injured | Notes | Ref |
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Karni border crossing attack | January 13, 2005 | Karni crossing, Gaza Strip | 6 | 5 | Carried out together by Hamas with Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades and Popular Resistance Committees. | |
Stage Club bombing | February 25, 2005 | Tel Aviv sea promenade | 5 | 50+ | Carried out together with Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades and with Hizballah involvement. | |
1st HaSharon Mall suicide bombing | July 12, 2005 | Netanya | 5 | 90+ | Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. | |
Hadera Market bombing | October 26, 2005 | Hadera | 7 | 55 | Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. | |
2nd HaSharon Mall suicide bombing | December 5, 2005 | Netanya | 5 | 40+ | Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. |
Name | Date | Location | Dead | Injured | Notes | Ref |
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1st Rosh Ha'ir restaurant bombing | January 19, 2006 | Near Tel Aviv old central bus station | 0 | 32 | Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. | |
Kedumim bombing | March 30, 2006 | Kdumim, West Bank | 4 | 0 | Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility. | |
2nd Rosh Ha'ir restaurant bombing | April 17, 2006 | Near Tel Aviv old central bus station | 11 | 68 | Carried out by Palestinian Islamic Jihad together with Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades. |
Name | Date | Location | Dead | Injured | Notes | Ref |
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Eilat bakery bombing | January 29, 2007 | Eilat | 3 | 2 | Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claim joint responsibility. | [140] |
Name | Date | Location | Dead | Injured | Notes | Ref |
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Dimona bombing | February 4, 2008 | Dimona | 1 | 9 | The Damascus leadership of Hamas claimed responsibility, but it has been argued they knew nothing of it, and that the operation was undertaken at the initiative of Hamas leaders in Gaza. | [141] [142] |
Kerem Shalom suicide bombing | April 19, 2008 | Kerem Shalom border crossing, Gaza Strip | 0 | 13 | 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. | [143][144] |
Name | Date | Location | Dead | Injured | Notes | Ref |
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Ma'ale Adumim attempted bombing | October 11, 2015 | Jerusalem | 0 | 1 | Palestinian female bomber detonates a bomb in her car after being stopped by traffic cops, on the road from the Israeli settlement of Ma'ale Adumim to Jerusalem. | [145] |
Name | Date | Location | Dead | Injured | Notes | Ref |
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2016 Jerusalem bus bombing | April 18, 2016 | Jerusalem | 0 | 20 | A member of Hamas was involved, but Hamas, while praising the act, did not claim responsibility. | [146][147][148] |
Name | Date | Location | Dead | Injured | Notes | Ref |
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2024 Tel Aviv - Lehi Street bombing | August 18, 2024 | Tel Aviv | 1 | 1 | Hamas and Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. Israel confirmed it was a terrorist attack involving a powerful explosive. | [149] |
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