List of Palestinian suicide attacks

This article contains a non-comprehensive list of Palestinian suicide attacks carried out by Palestinian individuals and militant groups, usually against Israeli civilian targets. The use of indiscriminate attacks on civilian populations is illegal under international law.

The first suicide attack was carried out in 1989. The high point was in 2002 during the Second Intifada. The Al-Aqsa Intifada saw a dramatic upswing in suicide bombings, with A, 40% of the total number originated in East Jerusalem. A 2007 study of Palestinian suicide bombings during the Second Intifada (September 2000 through August 2005) found that 39.9% of the suicide attacks were carried out by Hamas, 26.4% by Fatah, 25.7% by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), 5.4% by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and 2.7% by other organizations. The attacks steeply declined by 2008.Human Capital and the Productivity of Suicide Bombers pdf Journal of Economic Perspectives Volume 21, Number 3, Summer 2007. Pages 223–238

The Simon Wiesenthal Center has advocated classifying suicide bombings as crimes against humanity, a position adopted by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch in 2002.The European Union, Antisemitism, and the Politics of Denial, University of Nebraska Press, by R. Amy Elman, page 90

The criteria used for this list:

successful deliberate attacks committed by Palestinian militant groups or individuals against either civilians or security forces, in which the perpetrators intended to die during the attack. The perpetrator(s) are not included in the death tolls noted in this list.

1980s

1989 Name Date Location Dead Injured Notes Ref. Bus 405 suicide attack July 6, 1989 Near Kiryat Yearim 16 17 Carried out by Palestinian Islamic Jihad. This Week In History: Terror attack on Bus 405, Jerusalem Post

1990s

1993 Name Date Location Dead Injured Notes Ref Mehola Junction bombing April 16, 1993 Mehola junction 1 10 Hamas claimed responsibility. Carried out together with Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The Consequences of Israel Counter Terrorism Policy, Pia Therese Jansen, p.48 Beit El car bomb October 4, 1993 Near Beit El none 29 Hamas member Sulayman Zidan was responsible.

1994 Name Date Location Dead Injured Notes Ref Afula Bus suicide bombing April 6, 1994 Afula 8 40 Hamas claimed responsibility. Carried out together with Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Hadera bus station suicide bombing April 13, 1994 Hadera 5 30 Hamas claimed responsibility. Carried out together with Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Dizengoff Street bus bombing October 19, 1994 Tel Aviv 22 50 Attributed to Hamas. Netzarim Junction bicycle bombing November 11, 1994 Netzarim 3 11 Hamas claimed responsibility. Carried out together with Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Jerusalem bus bombing December 25, 1994 Jerusalem 0 13 Attributed to Hamas. START (National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism). (2022). Global Terrorism Database, 1970-2020

1995 Name Date Location Dead Injured Notes RefBeit Lid massacre January 22, 1995 Beit Lid Junction 21 69 Two bombers. One detonated at rescue party. Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. Kfar Darom bus attack April 9, 1995 Vicinity of Kfar Darom 8 52 Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. Ramat Gan bus 20 bombing July 24, 1995 Ramat Gan 6 30 Hamas claimed responsibility. Ramat Eshkol bus bombing August 21, 1995 Jerusalem 4 100+ Police Chief Noam Eisenman was killed. Hamas claimed responsibility.

1996 Name Date Location Dead Injured Notes RefFirst Jerusalem bus 18 suicide bombing February 25, 1996 Jerusalem Central Bus station 26 48 Hamas claimed responsibility. Ashkelon bus station bombing February 25, 1996 Ashqelon 2 80+ Hamas claimed responsibility. CNN Hamas admits to fatal Israeli bus bombingsSecond Jerusalem bus 18 suicide bombing March 3, 1996 Jaffa street, Jerusalem 19 7 Hamas claimed responsibility. Dizengoff Center suicide bombing March 4, 1996 Tel Aviv 13 130 Attributed to Hamas. Carried out together with Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

1997 Name Date Location Dead Injured Notes Ref Café Apropo bombing March 21, 1997 Tel Aviv 3 47 Hamas claimed responsibility. Netzarim bombingApril 1, 1997Netzarim00Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.Kfar Darom bombingApril 1, 1997Kfar Darom05Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.1st Mahane Yehuda Market attack July 30, 1997 Jerusalem main market 16 170 Hamas claimed responsibility. Ben Yehuda Street Bombing September 4, 1997 Jerusalem Ben Yehuda Street 5 192 Hamas claimed responsibility.

1998 Name Date Location Dead Injured Notes Ref Beitunya car bombing March 30, 1998 Ramallah 2 0 Hamas claimed responsibility. Kfar Darom school bus bombing October 29, 1998 Gaza Strip 1 3 Hamas claimed responsibility. Jerusalem bombing (1998) November 6, 1998 Jerusalem 2 20 20 wounded. Two Islamic Jihad suicide bombers. Jewish Virtual Library Most prominent attacks of the Second Intifada

1999 Name Date Location Dead Injured Notes Ref Egged bus 960 bombing September 5, 1999 Tveria 0 1 Hamas claimed responsibility. Middle East Intelligence Bulletin Israel Confronts the Enemy Within Haifa Central Bus Station bombing September 5, 1999 Haifa 0 0 Hamas claimed responsibility.

2000s 2000 Name Date Location Dead Injured Notes Ref Gaza bombing October 26, 2000 Gaza Strip 0 1 Youth suicide bomber on bike. Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. Human Rights Watch Erased In A Moment: Suicide Bombing Attacks Against Israeli Civilians 2000 Mahane Yehuda Market attack November 2, 2000 Jerusalem 2 9 Booby-trapped car. Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. Mehola bombing December 22, 2000 Mehola Junction 0 3 Hamas claimed responsibility.

2001 Name Date Location Dead Injured Notes Ref. Netanya centre bombing January 1, 2001 Netanya 0 60 Hamas claimed responsibility. Netanya bombing attackJanuary 8, 2001Netanya024Hamas claimed responsibility.Mei Ami junction bombing March 1, 2001 Vadi Ara 1 9 Hamas claimed responsibility. Netanya bombing March 4, 2001 Netanya 3 60 Hamas claimed responsibility. Egged bus 6 bombing March 27, 2001 French Hill, Jerusalem 0 28 Hamas claimed responsibility. Mifgash Shalom attack March 28, 2001 Kfar Saba 2 4 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. Kfar Saba bombing April 22, 2001 Kfar Saba 1 50 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. Or Yehuda bombing April 23, 2001 Near Ben Gurion Airport 0 8 Hamas claimed responsibility. Nablus school bus bombing April 29, 2001 Nablus, West Bank 0 0 Hamas claimed responsibility. Human Rights Watch Erased In A Moment: Suicide Bombing Attacks Against Israeli Civilians (Appendix) 1st HaSharon Mall suicide bombing May 18, 2001 Netanya 5 100 Hamas claimed responsibility. Hadera bus station suicide bombing May 25, 2001 Central bus station, Hadera 0 65 2 Palestinians within a car bomb. Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. Gaza Strip suicide bombingMay 29, 2001Gaza Strip00No group claimed responsibility. Dolphinarium discotheque suicide bombing June 1, 2001 Tel Aviv 21 100+ Hamas claimed responsibility. Dugit bombing June 22, 2001 Gaza Strip 2 0 Car explosion. Hamas claimed responsibility. Kissufim bombing July 9, 2001 Southern Gaza Strip crossing point 0 0 Hamas claimed responsibility. Binyamina train station suicide bombing July 16, 2001 Binyamina 2 11 Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. Moshav Beka'ot bombing August 8, 2001 Northern Jordan Valley 0 1 Hamas claimed responsibility. Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing August 9, 2001 Jerusalem 16 130 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. Wall Street Cafe bombing August 12, 2001 Kiryat Motzkin 0 21 Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. Hanevi'im street bombing September 4, 2001 Jerusalem 0 21 Hamas claimed responsibility. Jerusalem car bombings September 4, 2001 Jerusalem 0 23 Series of car bombs. Nahariya train station suicide bombing September 9, 2001 Nahariya Railway Station 3 94 Suicide bomber was an Arab Israeli citizen. Hamas claimed responsibility. Beit Lid junction bombing September 9, 2001 Near Netanya 0 11 Hamas claimed responsibility. Kibbutz Shluhot bombing October 7, 2001 Kibbutz Shluhot 1 0 Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. Kibbutz Be'eri Suicide BombingOctober 17, 2001Kibbutz Be'eri02The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility.Erez Crossing attack November 26, 2001 Erez Crossing 0 2 Hamas claimed responsibility. 1st Egged bus 823 bombing November 29, 2001 Haifa 3 9 Carried out by Palestinian Islamic Jihad together with Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades. Ben Yehuda Street Bombing December 1, 2001 Downtown Jerusalem 11 188 Hamas claimed responsibility. http://www.mfa.gov.il Haifa bus 16 suicide bombing December 2, 2001 Haifa 15 40 Hamas claimed responsibility. Hilton Mamilla bombing December 5, 2001 Mamilla, Jerusalem 0 11 Carried out by Palestinian Islamic Jihad together with Hamas. Check Post Junction bus bombing December 9, 2001 Haifa 0 30 A second unexploded device was found nearby. Neve Dekalim bombing December 12, 2001 Neve Dekalim 0 4 Hamas claimed responsibility.

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