Major Palestinian Terror Attacks Since Oslo
This is a list of "major" terrorist attacks since the Oslo agreement was signed on September 13, 1993. Victims include citizens from the United States, Israel (Jews and Arabs), Romania, Thailand, Norway, the Former Soviet Union, South Africa, Ethiopia. More than 100 suicide bombings have been carried out since September 2000. To see the complete list of attacks, click here.
Date | Location | Casualities | Responsibilty | Notes |
July 12, 2005 | Netanya | 5 killed, 70+ wounded | Islamic Jihad | Suicide bombing outside shopping mall. |
February 25, 2005 | Tel Aviv | 5 killed, 50 wounded | Islamic Jihad | Bombing outside night club. |
October 7, 2004 | Taba | 12 killed, 120+ wounded | Bombing at Sinai holiday resorts. | |
August 31, 2004 | Beersheba | 16 killed, 100 wounded | Hamas | Two suicide bombings on buses. |
March 14, 2004 | Ashdod | 10 killed, 16 wounded | Hamas and Fatah Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades | Twin suicide bombings at port |
February 22, 2004 | Jerusalem | 8 killed, over 60 wounded | Fatah Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades | Suicide bombing on bus |
January 29, 2004 | Jerusalem | 10 killed, 50 wounded | Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade | Suicide bombing on bus |
October 4, 2003 | Haifa | 19 killed, 60 wounded | Islamic Jihad | Suicide bombing in restaurant owned by Jews and Arabs |
September 9, 2003 | Tel Aviv | 8 killed, 32 wounded | Hamas | Suicide bombing at a hitchhiking post for soldiers |
September 9, 2003 | Jerusalem | 7 killed, 50 wounded | Hamas | Suicide bombing at Cafe Hillel |
August 19, 2003 | Jerusalem | 22 killed, 135 wounded | Hamas | Suicide bombing on a bus |
January 5, 2003 | Tel Aviv | 23 killed, 108 injured | Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade | Two suicide bombers in an immigrant neighborhood |
August 4, 2002 | Safed | 9 killed, 38 injured | Hamas | Suicide bombing on a bus |
June 19, 2002 | Jerusalem | 7 killed, 50 injured | Suicide bombing at a bus stop | |
June 18, 2002 | Jerusalem | 19 killed, 74 were injured | Hamas | Suicide bombing on a bus |
June 5, 2002 | Megiddo | 17 killed, 38 injured | Islamic Jihad | Car bomb next to bus |
May 27, 2002 | Petah Tikvah | 2 killed, 37 injured | Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade | Suicide bomb in shopping mall |
May 22, 2002 | Rishon Lezion | 2 killed, 40 wounded | Suicide bomb on pedestrian mall | |
May 19, 2002 | Netanya | 3 killed, 59 injured | Hamas and the PFLP | Suicide bomb in market |
May 7, 2002 | Rishon Lezion | 16 killed, 55 injured | Hamas | Suicide bomb in pool hall |
Apr 12, 2002 | Jerusalem | 6 killed, 104 injured | Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade | Suicide bomb in Mahane Yehuda market |
Apr 10, 2002 | Kibbutz Yagur | 8 killed, 22 injured | Hamas | Suicide bombing on bus |
March 31, 2002 | Haifa | 14 Killed, 40 Wounded | Hamas | Suicide bombing at restaurant |
March 29, 2002 | Jerusalem | 2 killed, 28 Wounded | Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade | Suicide bombing at supermarket in Kiryat Yovel |
March 27, 2002 | Netanya | 22 killed, 140 Wounded | Hamas | Suicide bombing at Passover seder at Park Hotel |
March 21, 2002 | Jerusalem | 3 killed, 86 Wounded | Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade | Suicide bombing downtown |
March 20, 2002 | Afula | 7 killed, 30 wounded | Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade | Suicide bombing on bus |
March 14, 2002 | Karni-Netzarim road | 3 Killed, 2 Wounded | Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade | Remote Control Mine |
March 12, 2002 | near Kibbutz Matzuva | 6 Killed, 7 Wounded | Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade | Gunmen Ambush Vehicles |
March 12, 2002 | Kiryat Sefer checkpoint | 1 Killed, 1 Wounded | Shooting Attack | |
March 11, 2002 | Ashdod | 1 Wounded | Gunman Opens Fire at Bar Mitzvah | |
March 10, 2002 | Netzarim | 1 Killed | Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade | Shooting Attack |
March 9, 2002 | Jerusalem | 11 Killed, 54 Wounded | Hamas | Suicide Bomber at Cafe |
March 9, 2002 | Netanya | 2 Killed, 50 Wounded | Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade | 2 Gunmen Open Fire on a Promenade |
March 7, 2002 | Atzmona | 5 Killed, 23 Wounded | Terrorist Opens Fire and Throws Grenades | |
March 7, 2002 | Ariel | >6 Wounded | Suicide Bomber in Hotel Lobby | |
March 5, 2002 | Sderot | 1 Baby Wounded | Kassam Rocket | |
March 5, 2002 | Afula | 1 Killed, 10 Wounded | Suicide Bomber on Bus | |
March 5, 2002 | Tel Aviv | 3 Killed, >35 Wounded | Gunman Opens Fire at Restaurants | |
March 5, 2002 | outside Bethlehem | 1 Killed, 1 Wounded | Gunman Ambushes Vehicle | |
March 2, 2002 | Jerusalem | 10 Killed, >50 Wounded | Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade | Suicide Bomber outside Synagogue |
February 27, 2002 | West Bank | 3 Wounded | Fatah | Female Suicide Bomber |
February 25, 2002 | Jerusalem | 1 Killed, 8 Wounded | Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade | Gunman Opens Fire at a Bus Stop |
February 25, 2002 | Gush Etzion | 1 Killed, 1 Pregnant Woman Wounded | Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade | Gunmen Open Fire on a Car |
February 22, 2002 | Efrat | 1 Wounded | Suicide Bomber in Supermarket | |
February 22, 2002 | North of Jerusalem | 1 Killed | Fatah | Drive-by Shooting |
February 19, 2002 | En Arik | 6 Killed, 1 Wounded | Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade | Gunmen Open Fire at Soldiers |
February 18, 2002 | Gush Katif | 3 Killed, 4 Wounded | Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade | Gunfire and Bombs at Cars |
February 18, 2002 | near Jerusalem | 1 Killed, 1 Injured | Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade | Car Bomb |
February 16, 2002 | Karnei Shomron | 2 Killed, 27 Wounded | Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine | Suicide Bomber at Crowded Shopping Mall |
February 14, 2002 | Gaza | 3 Killed, 4 Wounded | Mine Placed Under Tank | |
February 10, 2002 | Be'er Sheva | 2 Killed, 4 Wounded | Hamas | Drive-by Shooting |
February 8, 2002 | Jerusalem | 1 Killed | 4 Teenagers with Knives | |
February 6, 2002 | Moshav Hamra | 2 Killed, 5 Wounded | Hamas | Gunmen Infiltrates Moshav |
January 30, 2002 | Taiba | 2 Wounded | Fatah | Suicide Bomber |
January 27, 2002 | Jerusalem | 1 Killed, >150 Wounded | Fatah | Female Suicide Bomber |
January 25, 2002 | Tel Aviv | 24 Wounded | Islamic Jihad | Suicide Bomber at Crowded Pedestrian Shopping Mall |
January 22, 2002 | Jerusalem | 2 Killed, 40 Wounded | Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade | Guman Opens Fire on Crowd |
January 17, 2002 | Hadera | 6 Killed, 35 Wounded | Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade | Gunman Opens Fire at Bat Mitzvah Celebration |
January 15, 2002 | Beit Jala | 1 Killed | Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade | American Kidnapped and Murdered |
January 9, 2002 | Kerem Shalom | 4 Killed, 2 Wounded | Hamas | Gunfire and Expolsives |
December 12, 2001 | Emmanuel | 10 Killed, 30 Wounded | Fatah & Hamas | Bomb and Gunfire Attack on Bus |
December 9, 2001 | Haifa | 31 Wounded | Suicide Bomber | |
December 2, 2001 | Haifa | 15 Killed, 46 Wounded | Hamas | Suicide Bomber on Bus |
December 1, 2001 | Jerusalem | 10 Killed, >188 Wounded | Hamas | 2 Suicide Bombers and a Car Bomb in a Pedestrian Mall |
November 29, 2001 | near Hadera | 3 Killed, 9 Wounded | Islamic Jihad & Fatah | Suicide Bomber on Bus |
November, 27, 2001 | Afula | 2 Killed, Dozens Wounded | Islamic Jihad & Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade | 2 Gunmen Opened Fire on Crowd near the Central Bus Station |
November, 27, 2001 | Gush Katif | 1 Killed, 3 Wounded | Hamas | Grenades and Gunfire |
November 26, 2001 | Erez Checkpoint | 2 Wounded | Hamas | Suicide Bomber |
November 24, 2001 | Kfar Darom | 1 Killed | Hamas | Morter Shell Landed on a Soccer Field |
November 4, 2001 | Jerusalem | 2 Killed, >50 Wounded | Islamic Jihad | Gunman |
October 28, 2001 | Hadera | 4 Killed, 40 Wounded | Gunman | |
October 28, 2001 | near Kibbutz Metzer | 1 Killed | Tanzim | Drive-By Shooting |
October 17, 2001 | Jerusalem | Israeli Tourism Minister Rehavam Ze'evi Assasinated | Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine | Gunmen in Hotel |
October 7, 2001 | Beit She'an Valley | 1 Killed | Suicide Bomber | |
October 4, 2001 | Afula | 3 Killed, 16 Wounded | Gunman Opens Fire on Crowd | |
October 1, 2001 | Jerusalem | Several Wounded | Car Bomb | |
September 9, 2001 | Nahariya | 3 Killed, 90 Wounded | Hamas | 1st Israeli-Arab Suicide Bomber, at Train Station |
September 9, 2001 | West Bank | 2 Killed, 4 Wounded | Gunmen | |
September 4, 2001 | Jerusalem | 20 Wounded | Suicide Bomber disguised as Orthodox Jew | |
September 3, 2001 | Jerusalem | 3 Wounded | Series of Car Bombs | |
August 12, 2001 | Kiryat Motzkin | 21 Wounded | Islamic Jihad | Suicide Bomber at Cafe |
August 9, 2001 | Jerusalem | 15 Killed, >130 Wounded | Islamic Jihad & Hamas | Suicide Bomber at Pizzaria |
July 16, 2001 | Binyamina | 2 Killed, 11 Wounded | Islamic Jihad | Suicide Bomber at Bus Stop |
June 22, 2001 | Dugit | 2 Killed | Hamas | Suicide Bomber |
June 1, 2001 | Tel Aviv | 21 Killed, 120 Wounded | Hamas | Suicide Bomber at Disco |
May 30, 2001 | Netanya | 8 Wounded | Islamic Jihad | Car Bomb outside School |
May 27, 2001 | Jerusalem | 30 Wounded | Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine & Islamic Jihad | 2 Car Bombs |
May 25, 2001 | Hadera | 65 Wounded | Islamic Jihad | Car Bomb |
May 18, 2001 | Netanya | 5 Killed, >100 Wounded | Hamas | Suicide Bomber at Mall |
May 9, 2001 | Tekoa | 2 Killed | Islamic Jihad | Two 14 year-old Boys Beaten and Stoned to Death, found dismembered in a Cave |
April 23, 2001 | Or Yehuda | 8 Wounded | Islamic Jihad | Car Bomb in Outdoor Market |
April 22, 2001 | Kfar Saba | 1 Killed, 60 Wounded | Hamas | Suicide Bomber at Bus Stop |
March 28, 2001 | near Kfar Saba | 2 Killed, 4 Wounded | Hamas | Suicide Bomber at School Bus Stop |
March 27, 2001 | Jerusalem | 7 Wounded | Islamic Jihad | Car Bomb |
March 27, 2001 | Jerusalem | 28 Wounded | Hamas | Suicide Bomber |
March 26, 2001 | Hevron | 10-Month Old Infant Shalhevet Pass Killed | Sniper from Abu Sneineh | |
March 4, 2001 | Netanya | 3 Killed, >65 Wounded | Hamas | Suicide Bomber |
February 14, 2001 | Azor | 8 Killed, 21 Wounded | Hamas | Bus Driver Plows into Crowd |
January 23, 2001 | Tulkarem | 2 Killed | Hamas | Gunmen Kidnap and Shoot 2 Israelis |
January 1, 2001 | Netanya | >50 Wounded | Hamas | Car Bomb |
December 22, 2000 | Jordan Valley | >3 Wounded | Hamas | Suicide Bomber |
November 22, 2000 | Hadera | 2 Killed, 55 Wounded | Islamic Jihad | Car Bomb next to Bus |
November 20, 2000 | Kfar Darom | 2 Killed, 9 Wounded | School Bus Bombed | |
November 2, 2000 | Jerusalem | 2 Killed, 10 Wounded | Islamic Jihad | Car Bomb in outdoor Market |
October 26, 2000 | Gaza | 1 Wounded | Islamic Jihad | Youth Suicide Bomber on Bike |
November 7, 1999 | Netanya | 27 Wounded | Hamas | 3 Pipe Bombs |
August 10, 1999 | Nahshon Junction | 6 Wounded | Hamas | Car Plows into Crowd (Twice) |
November 6, 1998 | Jerusalem | 2 Killed, 20 Wounded | Islamic Jihad | 2 Suicide Bombers |
October 29, 1998 | Gush Katif | 1 Killed, 8 Wounded | Hamas | Suicide Bomber Attacks School Bus |
October 19, 1998 | Be'er Sheva | 59 Wounded | Hamas | Grenades Thrown at Central Bus Station |
October 11, 1998 | Hevron | 18 Wounded | Hamas | 2 Grenades Injure Palestinians and Israelis |
August 27, 1998 | Tel-Aviv | 14 Wounded | Hamas | Bomb In Dumpster |
August 20, 1998 | Tel Rumeiyda | Rabbi Killed | Hamas | Fire Bomb & Stabbing |
September 4, 1997 | Jerusalem | 4 Killed, 181 Wounded | Hamas | 3 Suicide Bombers at Pedestrian Mall |
July 30, 1997 | Jerusalem | 16 Killed, 178 Wounded | Hamas | 2 Suicide Bombers at Outdoor Market |
March 21, 1997 | Tel-Aviv | 3 Killed, 48 Wounded | Hamas | Bomb at Restaurant |
March 4, 1996 | Tel Aviv | 13 Killed, 130 Wounded | Islamic Jihad | Suicide Bomber at Dizengoff Mall |
March 3, 1996 | Jerusalem | 19 Killed, 6 Wounded | Hamas | Suicide Bomber on Bus |
February 25, 1996 | Ashkelon | 2 Killed | Hamas | Suicide Bomber at Bus Stop |
February 25, 1996 | Jerusalem | 26 Killed, 80 Wounded | Hamas | 2 Suicide Bombers on Bus |
July 24, 1995 | Ramat Gan | 6 Killed, 31 Wounded | Hamas | Suicide Bomber on Bus |
June 25, 1995 | Neve Dekalim | 3 Wounded | Islamic Jihad | Explosives-ladden Cart |
April 9, 1995 | Gaza | 8 Killed, 50 Wounded | Hamas & Islamic Jihad | 2 Suicide Bombers |
January 22, 1995 | Beit Lid Junction | 21 Killed, 69 Wounded | Islamic Jihad | 2 Suicide Bombers at Bus Stop |
December 25, 1994 | Jerusalem | 13 Wounded | Hamas | Suicide Bomber at Bus Stop |
November 11, 1994 | Netzarim Junction | 3 Killed, 6 Wounded | Islamic Jihad | Suicide Bomber on Bike |
October 19, 1994 | Tel Aviv | 22 Killed, 56 Wounded | Hamas | Suicide Bomber on Bus |
October 9, 1994 | Jerusalem | 2 Killed, 14 Wounded | Hamas | 2 Gunmen Open Fire |
April 13, 1994 | Hadera | 5 Killed | Hamas | Suicide Bomber |
April 6, 1994 | Afula | 8 Killed | Hamas | Car Bomb next to Bus |
See also: Hamas, Islamic Jihad, The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Fatah, Tanzim
Source: Newsweek, JTA, Jerusalem Post, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs