This page is a partial listing of incidents of violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in 2007. IDT = Israeli (civilians/soldiers) killed by Palestinians; cumulative PDT = Palestinians (civilians/militants) killed by Israelis; cumulative.

The shaky six-month cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinians collapsed when the military wing of Hamas, one of the leading Palestinian factions, resumed rocket attacks against Israel on May 15 in an apparent attempt to draw Israel into the ongoing Palestinian factional violence. Hundreds of rockets were fired since then, many of them landing around Sderot, causing several frightened residents to flee and others are treated for wounds and shock.

In the months since November 2006, smaller Palestinian factions continued to fire rockets at Israel. They included Islamic Jihad, which rejected the cease-fire, and Al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades, which is nominally affiliated with the mainstream Fatah faction headed by the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas. Israel said it was ending its policy of restraint against the rocket fire on May 16. Since then, the air force has struck mainly at Hamas structures and cells that the army said were involved in terrorist activity.

Representatives from some Palestinian factions have denounced the rocket attacks. A Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine official called it "stupid" and Fatah president Mahmoud Abbas called it "pointless and needless" after a meeting with then European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana. The rival Hamas party rejected the statement, saying "Abbas hates the rockets just like we hate the Jews." Hamas suspects that Israel's attacks are part of an effort to weaken Hamas in favor of Fatah. Then Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert said that no one involved in terrorist activities is immune. The position of the United States State Department is that the conflict "all started with Hamas not only attacking the legitimate security forces in the Gaza Strip, but also starting a stepped-up campaign of rocket launches against Israel." Israel does not target Fatah's security forces, although it has had clashes with the al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, a violent offshoot of the group.

January January 4 Yusef Muhammad 'Abd al-Qader 'Adur – 24-year-old resident of Bani Na'im. Killed by IDF forces in Ramallah. Not participating in hostilities when he was killed.Palestinians killed by Israeli security forces in Israel, 29.9.2000 - 26.12.2008 B'Tselem - The Israeli information center for human rights in the Occupied Territories Khalil Mustafa Darwish al-Bayruti – 36-year-old resident of Ramallah. Killed by IDF forces in Ramallah. Not participating in hostilities when he was killed. 'Alaa Fawaz Muhammad Homran – 16-year-old resident of Arrabah. Killed by IDF forces in Ramallah. Not participating in hostilities when he was killed. Jamal Jamil 'Abd al-Jalil Jweiles – 29-year-old resident of Shuafat. Killed by IDF forces in Ramallah. Not participating in hostilities when he was killed. January 15 Kamal Mu'in Amin Khader – 18-year-old resident of the Jabalia refugee camp. Killed by IDF forces near Beit Hanoun while participating in hostilities. Mussa Muhammad Mussa Kermutt – 21-year-old resident of Beit Lahiya. Killed by IDF forces near Beit Hanoun while participating in hostilities. January 18 – Muhannad Muhammad 'Abd Rabo Gahndur – 32-year-old resident of Nablus. Killed by IDF forces in Nablus while participating in hostilities. January 19 – 'Abir Bassam 'Abd Rabo 'Aramin – 10-year-old resident of 'Anata. Shot with rubber coated bullets by IDF forces in 'Anata on January 16 and died of those injuries on January 19. Not participating in hostilities when she was shot. January 24 – Mahran Zakaria Salman Abu Nseir – 16-year-old resident of Deir alBalah. Killed by IDF forces in Deir al-Balah. Not participating in hostilities when he was killed. January 25 – Fadel Mutlaq Daji Balawaneh – 17-year-old resident of Tulkarm. Killed by IDF forces in Tulkarm. Not participating in hostilities when he was killed. January 29 – Eilat bakery bombing – Mohammed Saksak is the first suicide bomber to carry out an attack in Eilat, killing 3 civilians.

February

February 20 – A would-be bomber and his accomplices are arrested by Israeli security forces in Bat Yam. Explosives are uncovered in a dumpster in Rishon LeZion. It was sponsored by Islamic Jihad. February 25 – Two 18-year-old Palestinian men (Mudar Abu Diya and Mussa Ahlil) stab a 42-year-old Israeli father as he prayed in a forest outside of Bat Ayin. Early next day, the youths are arrested by the IDF and Shin Bet and confess to the killing for "nationalist" reasons, and did not proclaim affiliation to any Palestinian group. February 24 – "The Israel Defense Forces are continuing in their efforts to foil the militants infrastructure which has benefited from renewed momentum in Nablus. The operation, code named 'Operation Hot Winter,' yielded the discovery of a warehouse used to manufacture explosive devices. IDF soldiers found gas tanks as well as significant quantities of spray chemicals inside the warehouse on Saturday morning." (Brigadier-General Golan).Anti-terror operations in Nablus 27-Feb-2007 February 25 – Israel launches Operation Warm Winter and raids Nablus, where 117 of the 190 would-be bombers of 2006 were produced. Israeli forces uncover three factories containing explosive devices, antitank rockets, materials for preparation of explosive devices and additional weapons, including military equipment and ammunition, a LAW missile, five pipe bombs, a large explosive device and four sacks of fertilizers used for manufacturing bombs. Soldiers also found recording equipment used by suicide bombers to record their final words before they go on their deadly missions. The equipment also included computers and video machines.Israeli army withdrawing from Nablus Palestinian assailants hurl Molotov cocktails at the soldiers near the scene of the two laboratories. During the operation, an explosive device is hurled at the soldiers. Two troops are lightly injured by shrapnel. Seven Palestinians youths were lightly injured after hurling stones at IDF forces.IDF troops raid Nablus, ynetnews.com, 02.25.07 February 26 – 1 Palestinian civilian, Anan al-Tibi (41), is killed by shots fired from a passing Israeli army jeep while attempting to escape a surrounded house. Dozens of Palestinians are injured as they clashed with troops.IDF kills Palestinian in Nablus, ynetnews.com, 02.26.07 IDF bombs two houses, including the home of a senior al-Aqsa commander. February 28 Residents of Nablus are confined to their homes as Israeli troops move house to house in search of wanted militants. Ten people are wounded as youths throwing stones clash with troops. Fifty people were detained, although most were released, and troops surrounded hospitals to check people going in and out. Israeli army arrests five wanter militants suspects and uncovers three explosives labs. Undercover troops in a black car shoot and kill 3 militants in a Jenin parking lot, including the chief spokesman for the Islamic Jihad.Israeli force kills three Palestinians in West Bank – Monsters and Critics A total of 26 Palestinians are arrested during the operation.People's Daily Online - Israeli operation continues in W. Bank, three Palestinian militants killed

March

March 16 – Egyptian police arrest Salah Adnan Saleh, a Palestinian student at al-Azhar University, who belonged to Hamas and planned to blow himself up in Israel. March 18 – al-Quds Brigades Palestinians fire five Qassam rockets from the Gaza Strip to Israel in three different barrages after a relative period of calm. One of the rockets landed in Ashkelon's southern industrial zone, near a strategic facility. The rest of the rockets landed south of Ashkelon and in open areas in the western Negev. There were no reports of injuries. March 19 – A Hamas sniper near the Karni terminal shoots at Israeli utility workers, moderately wounding Koby Ohayon, 42, while he was conducting repair work at a gas terminal near Kibbutz Nahal Oz. Since a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians was declared in November, 2006, more than 40 explosive devices have been uncovered near the Gaza fence. March 21 – Israeli soldiers patrol the West Bank in search for wanted Palestinian militants. A Palestinian man was killed during a gun battle in Nablus. The clashes in the area had been sparked by a grenade attack on IDF troops. An Israeli military spokeswoman said troops patrolling Nablus came under fire from a gunman and shot him. The man was an al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades operative that was behind several shooting attacks in Nablus. Palestinian hospital personnel claim he was an unarmed man hit by Israeli fire when troops clashed with Fatah gunmen in the Askar refugee camp near Nablus. Reuters reported the man was Fadi abu Keshek, and confirmed that he was a member of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade. Two Palestinians, one armed with a rifle and the other with grenades, attack Israeli soldiers outside Ramallah. The troops shot the gunman dead. Twenty Palestinian fugitives are arrested. March 28 Seven Qassam rockets land across the western Negev. The Color Red alert system was activated and no injuries were reported although agricultural products were damaged. Six rockets landed near Ashkelon and one in Sderot. One of the Qassams fell near a strategic facility in the Ashkelon industrial area. The al-Quds Brigades claimed responsibility. A senior official in the organization said that the Qassam fire was in response to the Arab summit in Riyadh; the organization did not accept the initiative. IDF strikes a Qassam launching cell in northern Gaza Strip comprising three militants, who were apparently hit before launching the rockets toward Israel. Palestinians reported four injuries, saying they were civilians. Since the ceasefire came into force, the IDF has refrained from responding to the ongoing rocket fire, even after spotting cells. Some 185 rockets have been fired since then, 152 of them landing on Israeli territory. The strike was Israel's first action since the agreed cease-fire in November 2006. Exchanges of fire in Nablus leave two al-Aqsa Brigades members dead. March 29 – Israeli soldiers search for two al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades brothers south of Jenin, arresting one. A group of teenagers confront soldiers and hurl rocks at them; soldiers fire back, killing one.

April

April 7 Israeli helicopter fires two missiles along the border near Jabalya after spotting militants trying to plant a bomb, killing 1 of them (Foad Abu Marof of DFLP) and wounding two other ones. Militants had been spotted planting explosives there two days earlier. Israeli army said militants have planted more than 40 bombs along the border since the cease-fire declaration.Israel fires into Gaza, Abbas urges rocket halt By Nidal al-Mughrabi , Thestar.com, April 8, 2007 Jihad Ziyara, 46, an Arab-Israeli from Jaffa, is kidnapped in Gaza by four men outside his family house. April 8 Egyptian police uncover a tunnel from Gaza and arrest a Palestinian man who crossed it. A 17-year-old Palestinian stabs two Border Policemen near the Cave of the Patriarchs; another policemen shoots the assailant in the leg. The soldiers and the Palestinian are taken to Hadassah University Hospital in Jerusalem for treatment. April 10 Recent interrogations of arrested members of Hamas in the West Bank town of Qalqilya produced information that the Islamic organization there was planning imminent militant attacks against Israel, including one using a large truck bomb, said the Shin Bet. A Palestinian in a passing car shoot and moderately wounds an Israeli man standing at a hitchhiking stop near Karnei Shomron. April 13