Major Terror Attacks
(1952-1989)
Jan. 1, 1952 - Jerusalem
7 armed terrorists attacked and killed a 19 year-old girl in her home,
in the neighborhood of Beit Yisrael.
June 7, 1953 - Jerusalem
A youngster was killed and three others were wounded in shooting attacks
on residential areas in southern Jerusalem.
June 9, 1953 - Lod and Hadera
Terrorists killed a resident of Lod, after throwing hand grenades and
spraying gunfire in all directions. On the same night, another group
of terrorists attacked a house in Hadera.
June 11, 1953 - Kfar Hess
Terrorists attacked a young couple in their home and shot them to death.
March 17, 1954 - Maale Akrabim
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.
January 2, 1955 - Judean Desert
2 hikers killed by terrorists.
Mar 24, 1955 - Patish
1 young woman killed and 18 wounded when terrorists threw hand grenades
and opened fire on a crowded wedding celebration.
April 7, 1956 - Ashkelon
1 young woman killed when terrorists threw 3 hand grenades into her
house.
Apr. 7, 1956 - Kibbutz Givat Chaim
2 killed when terrorists opened fire on a car.
Apr. 11, 1956 - Shafrir (Kfar Chabad)
3 children and 1 youth worker killed, and 5 injured, when terrorists
opened fire on a synagogue
full of children and teenagers.
Apr. 29, 1956 - Nahal Oz
Egyptians killed 21-year-old Ro'i Rottenberg.
September 12, 1956 - Ein Ofarim
Terrorists killed 3 Druze guards.
September 23, 1956 - Kibbutz Ramat Rachel
4 archaeologists killed and 16 wounded when terrorists
opened fire from a Jordanian position.
September 24, 1956 - Aminadav
Terrorists killed a
girl in the fields of the farming community of Aminadav, near Jerusalem.
October 4, 1956 - Sdom
5 Israeli workers killed.
October 9, 1956 - Neve Hadasah
2 workers were killed in an orchard of the youth village.
Nov. 8, 1956 - Terrorists opened fire on a train,
attacked cars and blew up wells, in the north and center of Israel.
6 Israelis were wounded.
Feb. 18, 1957 - Nir Yitzhak
2 civilians killed by terrorist landmines.
March 8, 1957 - Kibbutz Beit Govrin
A shepherd from Kibbutz Beit Govrin was killed by terrorists
in a field near the kibbutz.
April 16, 1957 - Kibbutz Mesilot
2 guards killed by terrorists who infiltrated from Jordan.
May 20, 1957 - Arava
A terrorist opened fire
on a truck in the Arava region, killing a worker.
May 29, 1957 - Kibbutz Kisufim
1 killed and 2 wounded when their vehicle struck a landmine.
August 23, 1957 - Kibbutz Beit Govrin
Two guards of the Israeli Mekorot water company killed.
December 21, 1957 - Kibbutz Gadot
A member of Kibbutz Gadot was killed in the kibbutz fields.
Feb 11, 1958 - Kfar Yona
Terrorists killed a resident of Moshav Yanov.
Apr 5, 1958 - Tel Lachish
Terrorists lying in ambush shot and killed two people.
May 26, 1958 - Jerusalem
4 Israeli police officers killed in a Jordanian attack on Mt. Scopus.
Nov 17, 1958 - Mt. of the Beatitudes | Syrian terrorists
killed the wife of the British air attache in Israel, who was staying
at the guesthouse of the Italian Convent.
Dec 3, 1958 - Kibbutz Gonen
A shepherd killed and 31 civilians wounded in an artillery attack.
Jan. 23, 1959 - Kibbutz Lehavot Habashan
A shepherd from Kibbutz Lehavot Habashan was killed.
Feb 1, 1959 - Moshav Zavdiel
3 civilians killed by a terrorist landmine.
April 15, 1959 - Kibbutz Ramat Rahel
A guard was killed at Kibbutz Ramat Rahel.
Apr 27, 1959 - Masada
2 hikers shot and killed at close range.
September 6, 1959 - Nitzana
Bedouin terrorists
killed a paratroop reconnaissance officer near Nitzana.
September 8, 1959 - Negev
Bedouins opened
fire on an army bivouac in the Negev, killing an IDF officer, Captain
Yair Peled.
October 3, 1959 - Kibbutz Yad Hana
A shepherd from Kibbutz Heftziba was killed near Kibbutz Yad Hana.
Apr 26, 1960 - Ashkelon
Terrorists killed a resident of the city.
April 12, 1962 - Eilat
Terrorists fired on an Egged bus on the way to Eilat; one passenger
was wounded.
Jan 1, 1965 - Palestinian terrorists attempted to
bomb the National Water Carrier - the first attack carried out by the
PLO's Fatah
faction.
May 31, 1965 - Musara
Jordanian Legionnaires fired on the neighborhood of Musara in Jerusalem,
killing two civilians and wounding four.
July 5, 1965 - Mitzpe Massua
A Fatah cell planted explosives near Beit Guvrin, and on the railroad
tracks to Jerusalem near Kfar Battir.
May 16, 1966 - Northern Galilee region
Two Israelis killed when their jeep hit a terrorist landmine. Tracks
led into Syria.
Jul 13, 1966 - Almagor
2 soldiers and 1 civilian killed when their truck struck a terrorist
landmine.
July 22, 1968 - Rome, Italy
The Popular Front for the
Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) carries out first hijacking, diverting
an El Al flight to Algiers. 32 Jewish passengers were held hostage for
5 weeks.
Sep 4, 1968 - Tel Aviv, Israel
1 killed and 71 wounded by 3 bombs that exploded in city center.
Oct 1968 - Hijacking of El Al aircraft en route to
Algeria.
Nov 22, 1968 - Jerusalem, Israel
12 killed and 52 injured by a car bomb in the Mahaneh Yehuda market.
Dec 26, 1968 - Athens, Greece
1 killed and 1 wounded in a shooting attack on an El Al aircraft at
the airport, carried out by the PFLP.
Feb 18, 1969 - Zurich, Switzerland
A pilot and 3 passengers killed by terrorists that attacked an El Al
Boeing 707 on the airport runway.
Feb. 21, 1969 - Jerusalem, Israel
2 killed and 20 injured by a bomb detonated in a crowded supermarket.
Oct. 22, 1969 - Haifa,
Israel
4 killed and 20 wounded by terrorist bombs in 5 apartments.
February 10, 1970 - Zurich, Switzerland
1 killed and 11 wounded by 3 Arab terrorists who unsuccessfully attempted
to hijack an El Al flight at Zurich airport.
May 22, 1970 - Avivim, Israel
Terrorists attack schoolbus, killing 12 (9 of whom were children), and
wounding 24.
Sep 6, 1970 - Dawson Field, Jordan
3 airliners holding over 400 passengers were hijacked, and taken to
the Jordanian airport by the PFLP. The hostages were released in exchange
for terrorists held in Germany, Switzerland, and England.
May 8, 1972 - Lod airport, Israel
1 passenger and 5 Israeli soldiers killed during a rescue operation
by Israeli commandos on a hijacked Belgian airliner; the 4 Palestinian
Black September terrorists were killed. The hostages were freed.
May 30, 1972 - Lod airport
26 killed and 78 wounded after PFLP and Japanese Red Army terrorists
open fire in the passenger terminal.
September 5, 1972 - Munich,
Germany
11 members of the Israeli Olympic wrestling team and 1 German policeman
were massacred by Fatah terrorists after an unsuccessful rescue attempt
by West German authorities.
April 11, 1974 - Kiryat Shemona, Israel | 18 killed,
8 of whom were children, by PFLP terrorists who detonated their explosives
during a failed rescue attempt by Israeli authorities.
May 15, 1974 - Maalot, Israel
27 killed, 21 of whom were children, and 78 wounded by PFLP terrorists
in a school, after an unsuccessful rescue attempt.
March 5, 1975 - Tel Aviv, Israel
Terrorists take over the Savoy hotel; 4 people are killed.
July 4, 1975 - Jerusalem, Israel
14 killed and 80 injured in Zion Square bombing attack, in which the
bomb was hidden in a refrigerator.
June 27, 1976 - Entebbe,
Uganda
An Air France airliner was hijacked by a joint German/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.
Aug 11, 1976 - Istanbul, Turkey
4 killed and 20 wounded by PFLP and Japanese Red Army terrorists in
an attack at Istanbul airport.
Mar 11, 1978 - Glilot junction
36 killed, and over 100 injured, in a bus hijacking by a female-led
Palestinian terrorist gang.
Apr 7, 1980 - Kibbutz Misgav-Am, Israel | Terrorists
attack children's house on the kibbutz, leaving 3 dead, one of whom
was a child.
Jun 3, 1982 - London, England
Abu Nidal organization attempts to kill the Israeli ambassador to London,
Shlomo Argov, severely wounding him.
Oct 7, 1985 - PLFP attacks the Achille
Lauro ship en route to Israel, murdering one of the passengers (an
American national).
Sep 6, 1986 - Istanbul, Turkey
Abu Nidal organization attacks the Neveh Shalom synagogue, killing 22
people.
Nov 25, 1987 - Northern Border, Israel (near Kiryat
Shemona)
2 Palestinian terrorists cross into Israel from Lebanon on hang gliders,
killing 6 Israeli soldiers and wounding 8.
Aug 1988 - Haifa
25 wounded in a grenade attack at the Haifa mall.
Jul 6, 1989 - Tel Aviv
14 killed when a terrorist steered a bus into a ravine off the Jerusalem-Tel
Aviv highway.
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