Over Half A Century of Palestinian Terrorism

A Remembrance for October 7

Some of you may have noticed I haven’t published over the last  month. I apologize, but  I’ve been under the weather.  I’ve not been inactive, however.

I contemplated what would be meaningful to write on the October 7 anniversary of the Hamas massacre of 1,200 innocent men, women and children.

And, of course, there were the other atrocities committed that dark day by Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and other terrorists’ groups -- including the  mass raping and murdering of women and children as well as the taking of hundreds of civilian hostages, many of whom today hang on in dark, suffocating tunnels.

After some  serious reflection, I decided simply to compile a list describing the violent Arab, Palestinian and Islamic Jihadi attacks on innocent, unarmed civilians since 1948 when the state of Israel was born.

As this long, long, long list shows below, October 7 was not an anomaly.  It was part of a major, cowardly strategy used by Palestinian and Islamic Jihadi radicals to terrorize and instill fear in a civilian populace. 

I use the word cowardice because there is no honor or courage in killing, raping and maiming innocent, unarmed people. It is pure cowardice and their pattern of deploying these unspeakable weapons of pure terror exposes the significant weakness of the Palestinian cause. 

Further, I have decided only to list those incidents that involved Palestinian or Arab attacks on unarmed  and clearly innocent civilians.  I do not list any Palestinian attacks on soldiers, security personnel, diplomats or military bases.  Those attacks are on people who have security, are armed, and can fight back.

No.  I decided only to list those attacks that were committed against innocent, unarmed civilians who have no way to defend themselves against guns, bombs or other weapons.

Four Geneva Conventions and associated Protocols have tried to make it a war crime to intentionally kill or torture civilians, take civilians hostage, intentionally destroy civilian property, use sexual violence as an act of war, as well as mass killings. But since Hamas and Hezbollah have not accepted any of these international laws of civil behavior, they believe they can disregard them, which they have.

I note that the Simon Wiesenthal Center has advocated classifying suicide bombings against civilians as crimes against humanity, a position apparently adopted by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch in 2002.

I decided to limit the list to those attacks in which there are multiple casualties and especially where children are the victims.

This list shows that the Palestinian, Arab, and Islamic Jihadi radical organizations – of whom there are many currently operating throughout the Middle East, North Africa and Central Africa – regularly use terror, the killing of innocents, rape and hostage-taking as primary weapons of war.  It’s revolting.

I relied on a number of sources to create this large and depressing list: the amazing database of the Jewish Virtual Library, Wikipedia, among others. Through these sources, I have tried to piece together a chronology that is accurate.

I have bolded some of those events that I concluded were particularly dreadful or historically important. The number of the massacres against Israeli and Jewish civilians by Palestinian terrorists and their allies still is overwhelming.

In many instances, you will see that the public was so appalled by a specific terrorist attack that the incident was publicly referred to as a “massacre.”  There are countless numbers of these massacres you will see below such as the Avivim school bus massacre, the Lod Airport massacre,  the Kiryat Shmona massacre and, of course, the Munich massacre where Israeli Olympic athletes were taken hostage, then murdered by the Palestinian Liberation Organization’s Black September.

This project was a revelation to me as well as depressing.

This list is not geographically limited to Israel.  It includes hijackings from Europe, bombings in Argentina and terrorist attacks outside of Israel in which the tactic is to terrorize Jews and Israelis.

May we understand that October 7 was not a rare occurrence. Terrorism is the main weapon used in the world of Islamic Jihadi revolution.

Terrorism against innocent civilians has become the prime strategy for Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, Syria, the Muslim Brotherhood, ISIS and Iran.

The long history of terrorism against innocents is outlined below. But the terrorism of October 7 especially stands out for its depravity, immorality and sheer evil.

Your responses and reflections are most appreciated.

Terrorist Attacks Against Jews and Israelis 1948 to 2024:

1948 – According to historians, Palestinians launched up to 70 massacres during the 1948 war of Independence, the worst of which was the Haifa Oil Refinery massacre where 39 Jews were killed by Arab workers.

1951 - 118 Israelis, including 48 civilians, were killed by Arabs. According to Israeli army records, an average of 36 Jews were killed each month during 1951.

June 7, 1953 - Jerusalem, Israel - Arabs killed a youngster and three others were wounded in shooting attacks on residential areas in southern Jerusalem.

March 17, 1954 - In Maale Akrabim, Israel Arab terrorists ambushed a bus traveling from Eilat to Tel Aviv, opening fire at short range. The terrorists boarded the bus and shot each passenger, one by one, murdering 11.

Mar 24, 1955 - Patish, Israel - One young woman was killed and 18 wounded when terrorists threw hand grenades and opened fire on a crowded wedding celebration.

April 11, 1956 - Shafrir (Kfar Chabad), Israel - Three children and one youth worker were killed and five injured when terrorists opened fire on a synagogue full of children and teenagers.

September 23, 1956 - Kibbutz Ramat Rachel, Israel - Four archaeologists were killed and 16 wounded when Arab terrorists opened fire.

October 4, 1956 - The Negev desert road ambush was a terrorist attack which occurred on Thursday, 4 October 1956 at Highway 25, Israel when a squad of 10 armed Palestinian “Fedayeen” fired at two civilian vehicles. As a result, 5 Israeli civilians were killed and 1 was injured.

November 8, 1956 - Northern and Central Israel - Arab terrorists opened fire on a train, attacked cars, and blew up wells in the north and center of Israel. Six Israelis were wounded.

April 27, 1959 - Masada, Israel - Two hikers were shot and killed at close range at Masada by Arab terrorists.

April 12, 1962 - Eilat, Israel - Arab Terrorists fired on an Egged bus on the way to Eilat; one passenger was wounded.

January 1, 1965 - Israel - Palestinian terrorists attempted to bomb the National Water Carrier - the first attack carried out by the PLO’s Fatah faction.

July 22, 1968 - Rome, Italy - The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) carried out the first hijacking, diverting an El Al flight to Algiers. 32 Jewish passengers were held hostage for 5 weeks.

October 1968 - Aircraft enroute to Algeria - Hijacking of El Al aircraft enroute to Algeria.

November 22, 1968 - Jerusalem, Israel - Palestinians killed 12 and 52 injured by a car bomb in the Mahaneh Yehuda market.

February 18, 1969 - Zurich, Switzerland - A pilot and three passengers were killed by terrorists who attacked an El Al Boeing 707 on the airport runway.

February 21, 1969 - Jerusalem, Israel- Two were killed, and 20 were injured by a bomb detonated in a crowded supermarket.

October 22, 1969 - Haifa, Israel- Four were killed and 20 wounded by terrorist bombs placed in 5 apartments.

February 10, 1970 - Zurich, Switzerland - One was killed and 11 wounded by 3 Arab terrorists who unsuccessfully attempted to hijack an El Al flight at Zurich airport.

May 8, 1970 - Avivim school bus massacre: Palestinian militants from Lebanon attacked an Israeli school bus, killing 12 (mostly children) and wounding another 19.

May 8, 1972 - A Sabena airplane flying from Vienna to Tel Aviv was hijacked by four members of Black September and held at Lod Airport. The hijackers demanded the release of 100 Palestinian prisoners. Israeli paratroopers disguised as mechanics entered the aircraft, killed two of the hijackers and released 90 passengers.

May 30, 1972 - Lod Airport massacre. Acting on behalf of the Marxist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Japanese Red Army members entered Lod Airport's waiting area and fired indiscriminately at staff, passengers and visitors. 24 people were killed and 78 injured.

September 6, 1972 =- The Munich massacre of Israeli Olympic athletes by Palestinian militant group, Black September. The terrorists demanded the release of 250 Palestinian and Lebanese prisoners held in Israel. All 11 Israeli athletes were killed. 

September 6, 1970 - Dawson Field, Jordan - Three airliners holding over 400 passengers were hijacked and taken to the Jordanian airport by the Marxist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The hostages were released in exchange for terrorists held in Germany, Switzerland, and England.

March 6, 1973 - Black September gunmen attacked the Saudi embassy in Khartoum and murdered the American ambassador, Cleo Noel, the retiring American charge d'affairs, George Moore and a Belgian diplomat, Guy Eid.

April 11, 1974 - Kiryat Shmona massacre. The PFLP–GC militia crossed the border into Israel from Lebanon, entered an apartment building and killed all 18 residents. Half were children.

May 15, 1974 - Ma'alot massacre. The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine attacked a van killing two Israeli Arab women, entered an apartment and killed a family, and took over a local school and held 115 students and teachers hostage. 25 Israelis were killed at the school, including 22 children, and 68 were wounded.

March 4, 1975 - Savoy Operation. Eight Palestinian terrorists in two teams landed by boat in Tel Aviv. Shooting and throwing grenades, they captured the Savoy Hotel and took the guests as hostages. Five hostages were freed and eight killed. Three Israeli soldiers were also killed.

.July 4, 1975 - Jerusalem, Israel - Fourteen were killed and 80 injured in Zion Square bombing attack, in which the bomb was hidden in a refrigerator.

November 13, 1975 - An explosive charge went off near Cafe Naveh on Jaffa Road, near the pedestrian mall. Seven Israeli civilians killed and 45 injured.

June 27, 1976 - Entebbe, Uganda - An Air France airliner was hijacked by a PFLP terrorist group, which diverted the flight to Entebbe airport. About 258 passengers and crew were held hostage until all non-Israeli passengers were released.  On July 4th, Israeli commandos flew to Uganda and rescued the remaining hostages. All terrorists were killed, as well as 3 passengers and operation leader Lieutenant-Colonel Yonatan Netanyahu.

March 11, 1978 - Coastal Road massacre. Fatah Palestinians killed an American photographer, hijacked a loaded bus and killed 38 more Israelis, including 13 children, and wounded 76.

March 14,1979 - An Israeli was killed and 13 people injured when an explosive charge blew up in a trash can in Zion Square, Jerusalem.

April 22, 1979 - Samir Kuntar, a PLO operative, killed four Israelis in Nahariya, including two girls aged four and two.

April 7, 1980 - Kibbutz Misgav-Am, Israel. Terrorists attacked children's houses on the kibbutz, leaving three dead, one of whom was a child.

December 31, 1980 - Nairobi, Kenya - A bomb blast wrecks the Jewish-owned Norfolk Hotel in Nairobi, killing 15 people and wounding over 80.

October 9, 1982 - Great Synagogue of Rome attack. The 1982 Great Synagogue of Rome attack, which was carried out by armed Palestinian militants at the entrance to the Great Synagogue of Rome. A 2-year-old toddler, Stefano Gaj Taché, was killed in the attack, while 37 civilians were injured.

October 7, 1985 - The Palestine Liberation Front hijacked the Achille Lauro, redirecting the cruise ship to Syria and holding its passengers and crew hostage, demanding the release of 50 Palestinians in Israeli prisons. Leon Klinghoffer, a Jewish American, who was celebrating his 36th wedding anniversary with his wife upon the Achille Lauro was shot in the forehead and chest while sitting in his wheelchair. They moved Klinghoffer to a deck outside, where Youssef Majed Molqi, the hijacking team’s leader, shot him in the head and chest, then ordered two of the ship’s crew to throw Klinghoffer’s body and wheelchair into the sea.

December 27, 1985 - Intending to hijack El Al jets and blow them up over Tel Aviv, Fatah – Revolutionary Council gunmen opened fire with rifles and grenades at the international airports in Rome and Vienna, killing 18 civilians and wounding 138. Six of the seven terrorists were either killed or captured.

September 5, 1986 – Pan Am Flight 73 Boeing 747-121, flying between Mumbai-Karachi-Frankfurt-New York, was hijacked while on the ground at Karachi airport, Pakistan, by four armed Palestinian men of the Abu Nidal Organization. 360 passengers were on board. 19 passengers and 2 crew members were killed during the hijacking, including 12 Indians.

December 1987 to October 1991 – The First Intifada lasted from December 1987 until the Madrid Conference of 1991. During the first four years of the First Intifada there were more than 3,600 Molotov cocktail attacks, 100 hand grenade attacks and 600 assaults with guns or explosives accompanied by 138 suicide bombings. More than 1,400 civilians were wounded. Almost all Palestinian suicide bombings targeted civilians.

August 1988 - Haifa, Israel - Twenty-five were wounded in a grenade attack at the Haifa mall.

July 6, 1989 - Tel Aviv, Israel - Fourteen were killed when a terrorist steered a bus into a ravine off the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway.

July 16, 1989 - The Tel Aviv Jerusalem Bus 405 massacre by Abd al-Hadi Ghanim, a 25-year-old militant of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. On a crowded Egged commuter bus line No. 405 enroute from Tel-Aviv to Jerusalem, Ghanim seized the steering wheel of the bus, running it off a steep cliff in the area of Qiryat Ye'arim. Sixteen civilians—including two Canadians and one American—died in the attack, and 27 were wounded.

April 18, 1994 - Hadera bus station suicide bombing by Hamas, killing 8 people.

July 18, 1994 - Buenos Aires, Argentina:- At least 96 people were killed when a bomb was detonated into a Jewish community center. The Iranian Intelligence Minister at the time, Ali Fallahian, was responsible for its implementation. Iranian Intelligence charged Hezbollah with mounting the attack. Hezbollah's operational unit abroad, led by Imad Mughniya, perpetrated the attack.

October 19, 1994 - 22 Israelis killed by a Hamas suicide attack on a bus in Tel Aviv.

January 22, 1995 - Beit Lid massacre: a double suicide bombing by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad killed 21 in one of the biggest attacks which further divided the Israeli public over the peace process.

April 9, 1995 - Kfar Darom bus attack: eight Israelis were killed and 52 injured in an Islamic Jihad suicide bombing.^[54]

July 24, 1995 - Ramat Gan bus bombing: six Israelis killed and 33 wounded in a Hamas suicide bombing

August 2, 1995 - Ramat Eshkol bus bombing: five Israelis killed in a Hamas suicide bombing and over 100 injured.

February 25, 1996 - A series of suicide attacks in Jerusalem (Jerusalem bus 18 suicide bombings and in the French Hill), and Ashkelon left more than 47 Israelis dead.

March 4, 1996 - Tel Aviv, Israel - A suicide bomber blew himself up outside Dizengoff Center, killing 13 and wounding 130.

March 21, 1997 - Cafe Apropo bombing: Palestinian suicide bomber killed 3 Israeli women and injured 48.

July 30, 1997 - 16 Israelis killed in a double suicide attack in the major market of Jerusalem.

September 4, 1997 - A Hamas suicide bombing at a pedestrian mall in Jerusalem killed five Israelis, including three 14-year-old girls,

September, 2000 to 2005 - the Second Intifada. It began following the 2000 Camp David Summit, which was expected to reach a final agreement on the Israeli–Palestinian peace process in July 2000. Palestinian leaders, including Imhad Falouji the Palestinian Minister of Communication later admitted publicly that the Intifada had been planned since the end of the Camp David negotiations. A campaign of suicide bombings and terrorist attacks began on September 29, 2000, and within five years left 1,068 Israelis dead and more than 7,000 wounded.

October 12, 2000 – Ramallah Palestinian Authority police arrest two Israeli reservists who had accidentally entered .Ramallah.  An angry crowd of more than 1,000 Palestinians gathered in front of the station calling for their death. Both soldiers were beaten, stabbed, and disemboweled, and one body was set on fire.

November 22, 2000 - Two Israeli women killed and 60 civilians wounded in a car bomb attack in Hadera.

March 2001 - In Hebron, a Palestinian sniper killed ten-month-old Israeli baby Shalhevet Pass. The killing sent shock waves through Israel.

May 8, 2001 - Two Israeli teenagers, Yaakov "Koby" Mandell (13) and Yosef Ishran (14), were kidnapped while hiking near their village. Their bodies were discovered the next morning in a cave near where they lived. USA Today reported that, according to the police, both boys had "been bound, stabbed and beaten to death with rocks."

June 1, 2001 - Dolphinarium massacre. An Islamic Jihad suicide bomber detonated himself in the Tel Aviv coastline Dolphinarium dancing club. Twenty-one Israeli civilians, most of them high school students, were killed and 132 injured

August 9, 2001 - Sbarro restaurant massacre. A suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt weighing 5 to 10 kilograms, containing explosives, nails, nuts and bolts, detonated his bomb. In the blast 15 people (including 7 children and a pregnant woman) were killed, and 130 wounded. Both Hamas and the Islamic Jihad initially claimed responsibility.

December 1, 2001 - 11 Israeli civilians, nine of them teenagers, were killed and 188 injured in a Hamas suicide bombing attack.

March 27, 2002 - Passover massacre, the Park Hotel in Netanya held a big Passover dinner for its 250 guests. A Palestinian suicide bomber entered the hotel's dining room and detonated an explosive device, killing 30 people and injuring around 140, all civilians. Hamas claims responsibility.

March 30, 2002 - A suicide bomber exploded in a Tel Aviv café at around 9:30 pm local time, wounding 32 people. President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell (USA) called on Yasir Arafat to condemn the wave of suicide bombings in Arabic, to his own people. Israeli spokespeople made similar demands. Arafat went on television and  applauded the killing. He swore in Arabic that he would "die a martyr, a martyr, a martyr".

March 31, 2002 - Matza restaurant massacre, a Palestinian Hamas bomber blew himself up in an Arab-owned restaurant in Haifa, killing 15 and injuring over 40 people.

April 11, 2002 - Djerba, Tunisia- A truck explodes near an ancient Jewish shrine of El Ghriba synagogue on the Tunisian island of Djerba, killing 14 Germans, five Tunisians and a Frenchman.

April 2, 2002 - Dozens of armed Palestinian gunmen occupied the Church of the Nativity and held the church and its clergy.

June 18, 2002 - Patt junction massacre, a Palestinian Suicide bomber, an Islamic law student and member of Hamas, detonated a belt filled with metal balls for shrapnel on a bus in Jerusalem. 19 Israelis were killed, and over 74 wounded.

July 16, 2002 - 2002 Immanuel bus attack. Palestinian militants ambushed a bus and killed 9 Israeli civilians, including infants.

July 31, 2002 - Hebrew University massacre: nine students—four Israelis and five Americans—were killed by a suicide bomber at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and over 100 injured

October 21, 2002 - Karkur junction suicide bombing, 14 Israelis, including seven civilians, killed in an Islamic Jihad suicide bombing in Wadi Ara.

November 21, 2002 - Jerusalem bus 20 massacre, a Hamas suicide bomber detonated himself on a crowded bus in Jerusalem, killing 11 people, and wounding over 50.

November 28, 2002 - Mombasa, Kenya - Fifteen people, including three suicide bombers, were killed and 80 wounded in an attack on a hotel near the Kenyan port of Mombasa frequented by Israelis. Missiles are also fired at an Israeli Arkia airliner but miss as it takes off from Mombasa airport. All 261 people aboard escaped unharmed.

January 5, 2003 - Tel Aviv central bus station massacre. 23 Israeli civilians killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber.

March 5, 2003 - Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing. 17 Israelis, including 16 civilians and nine children, killed by a Hamas suicide bomber

June 11, 2003 - Davidka Square bus bombing. A Palestinian suicide bomber killed 17 Israeli civilians

August 19, 2003 - Jerusalem bus 2 massacre. A Hamas Palestinian disguised as a Haredi Jew detonated himself with a bomb spiked with ball-bearings on a bus crowded with children. 23 Israelis were killed and over 130 wounded, all civilians.

October 4, 2003 - Maxim restaurant suicide bombing. A 28-year-old Palestinian female suicide bomber, Hanadi Jaradat, exploded herself inside the Maxim restaurant in Haifa. 21 Israelis (Jewish and Arab) were killed, and 51 others wounded. The restaurant was co-owned by Jewish and Christian Arab Israelis and was a symbol of co-existence.

November 15, 2003 - Istanbul, Turkey - Two car bombs exploded outside two synagogues in Istanbul, killing at least 20 people

January 29, 2004 - Gaza Street bus bombing. Ali Yusuf Jaara, a 24-year-old Palestinian policeman from Bethlehem, became a suicide bomber and killed 11 Israeli civilians in Jerusalem

March 14, 2004 - 2004 Ashdod Port bombings. 10 Israeli civilians killed in a suicide bombing. Hamas and Fatah claimed responsibility

May 2, 2004 - Murder of Tali Hatuel and her four daughters. Eight-months pregnant woman and her four young daughters ambushed and killed by Palestinian militants

August 31, 2004 - Beersheba bus bombings. 16 Israeli civilians killed in a suicide bombing.^[87] Hamas claims responsibility

January 13, 2005 - Karni border crossing attack. Palestinian terrorists killed 6 Israeli civilians with 200 pound Explosive device, hand grenades, and AK-47 rifles

February 25, 2005 - Stage Club bombing. Young Israelis arrived for a surprise birthday party at the Stage Club in Tel Aviv. A Palestinian teenage suicide bomber detonated himself at the entrance to the club. Five Israelis killed, and about 50 wounded. Islamic Jihad claims responsibility

July 12, 2005 - HaSharon Mall suicide bombing (July 12, 2005). Five Israeli civilians killed and over 90 injured in a suicide bombing

August 14, 2006 - 2006 Fox journalists kidnapping. Palestinian militants kidnapped Fox journalists Olaf Wiigand Steve Centanni, demanding the U.S. to release all Muslims in prison. The two were eventually released on August 27 after stating they had converted to Islam. They both later said that they were forced to convert to Islam at gunpoint.

February 4, 2008 - one woman was killed and 38 wounded (on July 18, 2012, a suicide bomber in Bulgaria killed five Israelis and a Bulgarian bus driver and wounded 30 people).

March 4, 2010 - A suicide bombing in a motorcycle blast in the city of Haifa, leaving one civilian was killed, 12 others were wounded,

August 31, 2010 - Hamas terrorists shot dead four Israeli civilians near Kiryat Arba, including a pregnant woman

March 11, 2011 - Itamar massacre.^[153] Two Palestinians infiltrated the town of Itamar and murdered five members of the Fogel family in their beds. Among the victims were three young children, including an infant

March 23, 2011 - 2011 Jerusalem bus stop bombing. Hamas bombed a bus station in Jerusalem and killed 1 civilian. 39 injured

April 7, 2011 - Hamas school bus attack. Hamas militants bombed an Israeli school bus and killed a teenager

October 2015 – The Second Intifada - In the latter half of 2015, there were on average three Palestinian attacks per day. Between October 2015 and March 2016 there were 211 stabbings or attempted stabbings of Israelis by Palestinians, 83 shootings and 42 car-ramming attacks killing 30 Israelis and two Americans

October 2015 and March 2016 there were 211 stabbings or attempted stabbings of Israelis by Palestinians, 83 shootings and 42 car-ramming attacks killing 30 Israelis and two Americans.

January 1, 2016 - At a New Years’ celebration at a local pub, an Arab-Israeli opened fire, killing two individuals (including the pub’s manager), and injuring eight. The suspect was located and killed in a shootout on January 8, 2016.

January 5, 2016 - Unknown arsonists set fire to Jewish holy texts in a tent that served as a synagogue at an outpost next to the Karmei Tzur settlement in the West Bank

January 2016 - January 2016 Tel Aviv shooting: An Israeli Arab,^[3] Nashat Milhem (29) of Ar'ara, shot dead two Israeli Jews, Alon Bakal (26) and Shimon Ruimi (30), and wounded six others, two seriously, in a pub on Dizengoff Street, Tel Aviv.

January 25, 2016 - Two Israeli women were stabbed while walking outside of a market in their village. After attacking the women the terrorists, aged 17 and 23, tried to enter the market but were stopped by employees who used shopping carts to block the market entrance. The terrorists were also carrying homemade pipe-bombs and other explosive devices at the time of the attack. One of the victims, 24-year-old Shlomit Krigman, died of her wounds the following morning.

June 8, 2016 - Four Israelis were killed and five injured when two Palestinian terrorists opened fire in the popular Sarona Market in Tel Aviv.

April 14, 2017 - A 23-year-old British female tourist was stabbed to death in a terror attack at IDF square on Jerusalem’s light rail.

July 21, 2017 - A 19-year-old Palestinian assailant climbed a fence and infiltrated the Israeli settlement village of Halamish during Shabbat on July 21, 2017.  The teen attacker broke into a home where an Israeli family had just finished Shabbat dinner and stabbed three of the family members to death, seriously injuring a fourth.

July 26, 2018 - Yotam Ovadia, 31-year-old married father of two, was stabbed to death outside his home in the Jewish settlement of Adam, north of Jerusalem. Two others were severely injured in the attack. The attacker, 17-year-old Muhammed Tarek, snuck into the settlement under the cover of darkness to carry out the attack.  He was shot and killed by Israeli police as he fled the scene.   

October 7, 2018 - Yehezkel, a married mother of a baby, was from Rosh Ha’ayin, and Hajbi was a father of three Rishon Lezion. They were murdered by a Palestinian gunman at the Barkan Industrial Park.

December 9, 2018 - Seven people were wounded when Palestinian gunmen opened fire at a bus stop where soldiers were waiting to hitch rides outside the West Bank town of Ofra. Shira Ish-Ran, 21, was pregnant when she was wounded, and her baby was delivered to save her life. The baby, Amiad Israel, died four days later.

February 7, 2019 - Ansbacher a teen from Tekoa was brutally assaulted and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist while walking in the Ein Yael forest southwest of Jerusalem.

August 8, 2019 - Sorek from the settlement Ofra, a soldier in the IDF Hesder program, was abducted and brutally murdered while returning to his yeshiva from a trip to Jerusalem.

August 23, 2019 - Shnerb was murdered when terrorists detonated an IED device near a popular tourist and recreation site situated near the West Bank settlement of Dolev. Her father and elder brother who were with her were seriously wounded

August 26, 2020 -  Rabbi Shai Ohayon, a father of four, was killed in a stabbing attack in suburban Tel Aviv by a Palestinian assailant.

May 5, 2021 - Yehuda Guetta, a student at the Itamar Yeshiva and resident of Jerusalem, died of wounds sustained in the terror attack at Tapuah Junction on May 2. Two other yeshiva students were wounded in the attack.

May 10, 2021 - Soumya Santosh, a caregiver from India, was killed in the initial Hamas rocket attack on the city of Ashkelon. She was one of thirteen people killed by Palestinian rocket and mortar fire.

May 18, 2021 - Sikharin Sangamram, an agricultural worker from Thailand, was killed by mortar fire from the Gaza Strip at his residence in Moshav Ohad. 

November 21, 2012 - Kay, a recent immigrant from South Africa, was gunned down in a terror attack in Jerusalem on his way to prayer at the Western Wall.

December 16, 2021 - Palestinians ambushed a car driving near Homesh in the West Bank. Dimentman was killed and two other Israelis were wounded.

March 22, 2022 - Four people were killed and two more were injured during a stabbing and vehicle-ramming attack by an Islamic State supporter in Be’er Sheva.

March 29, 2022 - Five people were killed during a series of drive-by shootings in Bnei Brak. The perpetrator was Diaa Hamarsheh who had been imprisoned in 2015 for charges of supporting terrorism as well as arms trafficking.

April 7, 2022 - A shooting at a downtown Tel Aviv bar left three people dead and seven others were wounded and hospitalized. 

May 5, 2022 - A terrorist attack in the city of Elad left three men dead and eight injured, one critically.

November 23, 2022 - Two explosions at a bus station near the entrance to Jerusalem killed two and injured 22. Aryeh Shechopek died on the day of the attack, and Tadese Tashume Ben Ma’ada, several days later.

January 27, 2023 - At the conclusion of Friday night prayers, a Palestinian terrorist opened fire on a crowd in Jerusalem’s Neve Yaakov neighborhood, killing seven and wounding three. 

February 10, 2023 - A Palestinian rammed his car into civilians at a Jerusalem bus stop, immediately killing a 6-year-old boy and a 20-year-old man. The boy’s 8-year-old brother died later from his injuries.

February 26, 2023 - Hallel Yaniv and Yagel Yaniv, two brothers from Har Bracha, were murdered when a Palestinian gunman opened fire from close range at their car while it was caught in a traffic jam on the Route 60 highway near Huwara.

April 7, 2023 - Lucy Dee and her two daughters were killed in a shooting attack in the Gilboa region. Parini was killed when a terrorist rammed a car into people walking on the promenade at the beach in Tel Aviv.

May 11, 2023 - Inga Avramyan, age 80 killed when a rocket fired from Gaza by PIJ scored a direct hit on an apartment in Rehovot.

June 20, 2023 - Palestinian gunmen affiliated with Hamas opened fire at a gas station in the West Bank, killing four Israelis and wounding four others.

August 19,2023 - Aviad Nir and his father Silas were shot and killed at a car wash in the Palestinian town of Huwara.

October 7, 2023 – 1,200 killed, 204 taken hostage and large number of women are raped by Hamas organized attack on Kibbutzim and a music festival southern Israel

January 17, 2024 – Edna Blustein, age 79, killed in car-ramming attack in Ra’anana. Seventeen others were injured.

February 16, 2024 – Uri Yaish, age 27, and Ishay Gertner, age 23, are killed in a terror attack carried out at a bus stop at the Re’em Junction near Gedera

February 22, 2024 – Matan Elmaliach was killed, and ten others were wounded in a terrorist shooting on the Route 1 highway near Ma’ale Adumim.

February 29, 2024 - Two people were shot at a gas station in Eli in Judea & Samaria.

April 4, 2024 – Lidor Levy and two people were shot at a gas station in Eli in Judea & Samaria.

July 27, 2024 – 12 Israeli Druze children killed by a Hezbollah rocket that hit a soccer field in Majdal Shams.

August 11, 2024 - Yonatan Deutsch, age 27, killed in a drive-by terror shooting attack in the West Bank.

September 7, 2024 – Three Israelis, ages 57 to 65are shot by a terrorist from Jordan at the Allenby Bridge Crossing.

October 1, 2024 - Six people were killed, and 16 others were wounded when two terrorists attacked light rail passengers and passers-by near a station in Jaffa.

October 6, 2024 – A shooting attack took place at Beersheba’s central bus station, wounding 10 people and killing Shira Suslik, age 19, of the Border Police.