List of massacres in Jerusalem

This article constitutes a list of massacres occurring in the city of Jerusalem.

## List[edit]

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (November 2021)

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List of Massacres

Name  | Date  | Casualties  | Perpetrator(s)
Jerusalem riots of 66 | 66  | 6000  | Gessius Florus
Siege of Jerusalem (1099) | 1099  |  | First Crusade
Siege of Jerusalem (1244) | 1244, August 11  | ~5,700[1] | Khwarazmians[2]
1920 Nebi Musa riots | 1920  | 9  | Arab rioters
1948 Ben Yehuda Street bombing | 1948, February 22 | 58  | Arab irregulars and British deserters
Hadassah medical convoy massacre | 1948, April 13 | 79  | Arab forces
Zion Square refrigerator bombing | 1975, July 4 | 15  |  PLO
Ramat Eshkol bus bombing | 1995, August 21 | 6  |  Hamas
Jaffa Road bus bombings | 1996, February 25 - March 3  | 47  |  Hamas
1997 Mahane Yehuda Market bombings | 1997, July 30 | 18  |  Hamas
1997 Ben Yehuda Street Bombing | 1997, September 4 | 8  |  Hamas
1997–99 Jerusalem stabbings | 1997, November 30 – 1999, January 13  | 2-3  | Chaim Perlman (suspected)
Sbarro restaurant bombing | 2001, August 9 | 7  |  Hamas
2001 Ben Yehuda Street Bombings | 2001, December 1 | 13  |  Hamas
Yeshivat Beit Yisrael massacre | 2002, March 2 | 12  | al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
Hebrew University massacre | 2002, July 31 | 9  |  Hamas
Mercaz HaRav massacre | 2008, March 6 | 9  | Alaa Abu Dhein
2014 Jerusalem synagogue attack | 2014, November 18 | 8  | Two Palestinian gunmen

## References[edit]

1. ^ Scott Parker, The Indigenous Christians of the Arabic Middle East in an Age of Crusaders, Mongols, and Mamlūks (1244–1366), PhD diss. (University of London, 2012), p. 45.
2. ^ Peter Jackson (ed.), The Seventh Crusade, 1244–1254: Sources and Documents (Ashgate, 2007), p. 17.

## See also[edit]

* Ben Yehuda Street bombings
* List of massacres in Israel