List of Palestinian suicide attacks#2003

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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{{cite journal|last=Kurz|first=Robert W.|author2=Charles K. Bartles|title=Chechen suicide bombers|journal=Journal of Slavic Military Studies|year=2007|volume=20|issue=4|pages=529–547|doi=10.1080/13518040701703070|url=http://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a477845.pdf|access-date=30 August 2012|publisher=Routledge|s2cid=96476266|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011185147/http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a477845.pdf|archive-date=11 October 2017|url-status=live}} is illegal under international law.{{cite web|title=Protection of the civilian population|url=http://www.icrc.org/ihl/WebART/470-750065|website=Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I), 8 June 1977.|publisher=International Committee of the Red Cross|access-date=10 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714143327/http://www.icrc.org/ihl/WebART/470-750065|archive-date=14 July 2014|url-status=live}}

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.{{efn|"During the second intifada, from October 2000 until October 2005, 30 suicide bombings and other attacks killed 195 people and injured many more in Jerusalem. Of these, 186 casualties resulted from attacks perpetrated by Jerusalem residents."{{sfn|ICG|2012|p=1, n.2}}}} 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.[http://www.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/benmelech/files/JEP_0807.pdf Human Capital and the Productivity of Suicide Bombers pdf] Journal of Economic Perspectives Volume 21, Number 3, Summer 2007. Pages 223–238 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127151257/http://www.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/benmelech/files/JEP_0807.pdf |date=January 27, 2013 }}

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.[https://books.google.com/books?id=O-MoDwAAQBAJ&dq=wiesenthal+center+%22suicide+bombing%22+%22crime+against+humanity%22&pg=PA90 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 =

class="wikitable"
NameDateLocationDead

!Injured

NotesRef.
Bus 405 suicide attackJuly 6, 1989Near Kiryat Yearim16

|17

Carried out by Palestinian Islamic Jihad.[http://www.jpost.com/Features/InThespotlight/Article.aspx?id=275879 This Week In History: Terror attack on Bus 405], Jerusalem Post

1990s

=1993=

class="wikitable"
NameDateLocationDeadInjuredNotesRef
Mehola Junction bombingApril 16, 1993Mehola junction110Hamas claimed responsibility. Carried out together with Palestinian Islamic Jihad.The Consequences of Israel Counter Terrorism Policy, Pia Therese Jansen, p.48{{cite news|newspaper = Sarasota Herald-Tribune| agency = Associated Press|date=17 April 1993|title=Suicide car bomb kills 2 near West Bank restaurant|url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2G4fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=l3sEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6767,1277511}}
Beit El car bombOctober 4, 1993Near Beit Elnone29Hamas member Sulayman Zidan was responsible.{{cite journal | title=Hamas from Cradle to Grave | author=Levitt, Matthew | journal=Middle East Quarterly | year=2004 | pages=3–15}}{{cite web|url=http://articles.philly.com/keyword/bloodshed/featured/2|title=Archives - Philly.com|website=The Philadelphia Inquirer|access-date=24 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070545/http://articles.philly.com/keyword/bloodshed/featured/2|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}

=1994=

class="wikitable"
NameDateLocationDeadInjuredNotesRef
Afula Bus suicide bombingApril 6, 1994Afula840Hamas claimed responsibility. Carried out together with Palestinian Islamic Jihad.{{Cite news |last=Hoffman |first=David |date=1994-04-07 |title=8 KILLED, 40 INJURED IN CAR BOMB BLAST AT ISRAELI BUS STOP |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1994/04/07/8-killed-40-injured-in-car-bomb-blast-at-israeli-bus-stop/6feb4aef-1e8f-4d32-bfe5-79bf5d468760/ |access-date=2024-01-20 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}
Hadera bus station suicide bombingApril 13, 1994Hadera530Hamas claimed responsibility. Carried out together with Palestinian Islamic Jihad.{{Cite web |title=Suicide and Car Bomb Attacks in Israel Since the Declaration of Principles (September 1993) |url=http://www.ujc.org/content_display.html?ArticleID=4965 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061201184713/http://www.ujc.org/content_display.html?ArticleID=4965 |archive-date=2006-12-01 |access-date=2007-04-18}}
Dizengoff Street bus bombingOctober 19, 1994Tel Aviv2250Attributed to Hamas.{{Cite web |last1=Parks |first1=Michael |last2=Hauser |first2=Emily L. |date=1994-10-20 |title=Bomb Rips Apart Israeli Bus, Kills 22 in Bold Terrorist Attack : Mideast: Deadliest assault in 16 years stuns Jewish state. Hamas claims responsibility and threatens to strike again. Officials vow crackdown on Palestinian extremists. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-10-20-mn-52434-story.html |access-date=2024-01-22 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}
Netzarim Junction bicycle bombingNovember 11, 1994Netzarim311Hamas claimed responsibility. Carried out together with Palestinian Islamic Jihad.{{Cite web |date=2015-03-20 |title=List of Islamic Suicide Bombings in Israel |url=https://www.jta.org/archive/list-of-islamic-suicide-bombings-in-israel-2 |access-date=2024-01-22 |website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |language=en-US}}
Jerusalem bus bombingDecember 25, 1994Jerusalem013Attributed to Hamas.[https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=199412250003 Incident Summary for GTDID: 199412250003] START (National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism). (2022). Global Terrorism Database, 1970-2020{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1994/12/26/suicide-bomber-injures-13-in-jerusalem/0be195f1-b89f-4bd6-b0db-30d50077bcb0/ |website=The Washington Post |title=Suicide Bomber Injured 13 in Jerusalem}}

=1995=

class="wikitable"
NameDateLocationDead

!Injured

NotesRef
Beit Lid massacreJanuary 22, 1995Beit Lid Junction21

|69

Two bombers. One detonated at rescue party. Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.{{Cite web |title=Suicide and Other Bombing Attacks in Israel Since the Declaration of Principles (Sept 1993) |url=https://www.gov.il/en/Departments/General/suicide-and-other-bombing-attacks-since-the-declaration-of-principles}}
Kfar Darom bus attackApril 9, 1995Vicinity of Kfar Darom8

|52

Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Ramat Gan bus 20 bombingJuly 24, 1995Ramat Gan6

|30

Hamas claimed responsibility.
Ramat Eshkol bus bombingAugust 21, 1995Jerusalem4

|100+

Police Chief Noam Eisenman was killed. Hamas claimed responsibility.

=1996=

class="wikitable"
NameDateLocationDead

!Injured

NotesRef
First Jerusalem bus 18 suicide bombingFebruary 25, 1996Jerusalem Central Bus station26

|48

Hamas claimed responsibility.
Ashkelon bus station bombingFebruary 25, 1996Ashqelon2

|80+

Hamas claimed responsibility.[http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9602/israel_explosion/02-25/pm/ CNN]{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010054910/http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9602/israel_explosion/02-25/pm/ }} Hamas admits to fatal Israeli bus bombings
Second Jerusalem bus 18 suicide bombingMarch 3, 1996Jaffa street, Jerusalem19

|7

Hamas claimed responsibility.
Dizengoff Center suicide bombingMarch 4, 1996Tel Aviv13

|130

Attributed to Hamas. Carried out together with Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

=1997=

class="wikitable"
NameDateLocationDead

!Injured

NotesRef
Café Apropo bombingMarch 21, 1997Tel Aviv3

|47

Hamas claimed responsibility.{{Cite web |title=Incident Summary for GTDID: 199703210142 |url=https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=199703210142 |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=www.start.umd.edu}}
Netzarim bombing

|April 1, 1997

|Netzarim

|0

|0

|Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.

|{{Cite web |title=Incident Summary for GTDID: 199704010002 |url=https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=199704010002 |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=www.start.umd.edu}}

Kfar Darom bombing

|April 1, 1997

|Kfar Darom

|0

|5

|Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.

|{{Cite web |title=Incident Summary for GTDID: 199704010003 |url=https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=199704010003 |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=www.start.umd.edu}}

1st Mahane Yehuda Market attackJuly 30, 1997Jerusalem main market16

|170

Hamas claimed responsibility.{{Cite web |title=Incident Summary for GTDID: 199707300002 |url=https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=199707300002 |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=www.start.umd.edu}}
Ben Yehuda Street BombingSeptember 4, 1997Jerusalem Ben Yehuda Street5

|192

Hamas claimed responsibility.{{Cite web |title=Incident Summary for GTDID: 199709040001 |url=https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=199709040001 |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=www.start.umd.edu}}

= 1998=

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NameDateLocationDead

!Injured

NotesRef
Kfar Darom school bus bombingOctober 29, 1998Gaza Strip1

|3

Hamas claimed responsibility.{{Cite news |date=2024-01-09 |title=ATTACK ON ISRAELI SCHOOL BUS KILLS 1 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1998/10/29/attack-on-israeli-school-bus-kills-1/8d96091d-f53e-4b99-af95-46521b66675d/ |access-date=2024-04-02 |work=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}{{Cite web |title=Incident Summary for GTDID: 199810290001 |url=https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=199810290001 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=www.start.umd.edu}}
Jerusalem bombing (1998)November 6, 1998Jerusalem2

|20

20 wounded. Two Islamic Jihad suicide bombers.[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Terrorism/TerrorAttacks.html Jewish Virtual Library] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304094602/https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Terrorism/TerrorAttacks.html |date=2016-03-04 }} Most prominent attacks of the Second Intifada

= 1999=

class="wikitable"
NameDateLocationDeadInjuredNotesRef
Egged bus 960 bombingSeptember 5, 1999Tveria01Hamas claimed responsibility.[https://www.meforum.org/meib/articles/9909_me1.htm Middle East Intelligence Bulletin]{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528073504/https://www.meforum.org/meib/articles/9909_me1.htm }} Israel Confronts the Enemy Within{{Cite web |title=CNN - Explosions rock Mideast peace efforts on heels of accord - September 5, 1999 |url=http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/meast/9909/05/mideast.03/ |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=www.cnn.com}}
Haifa Central Bus Station bombingSeptember 5, 1999Haifa00Hamas claimed responsibility.{{Cite web |title=CNN - Explosions rock Mideast peace efforts on heels of accord - September 5, 1999 |url=http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/meast/9909/05/mideast.03/ |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=www.cnn.com}}

2000s

= 2000=

class="wikitable"
NameDateLocationDeadInjuredNotesRef
Gaza bombingOctober 26, 2000Gaza Strip01Youth suicide bomber on bike. Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.[https://www.hrw.org/reports/2002/isrl-pa/ISRAELPA1002-05.htm Human Rights Watch]{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404030544/https://www.hrw.org/reports/2002/isrl-pa/ISRAELPA1002-05.htm}} Erased In A Moment: Suicide Bombing Attacks Against Israeli Civilians
2000 Mahane Yehuda Market attackNovember 2, 2000Jerusalem29Booby-trapped car. Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.{{Cite web |title=Incident Summary for GTDID: 200011020006 |url=https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200011020006 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=www.start.umd.edu}}{{Cite news |last=By |date=2000-11-02 |title=Car Bomb in Jerusalem Kills 2 as Call for Truce Is Delayed |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/02/world/car-bomb-in-jerusalem-kills-2-as-call-for-truce-is-delayed.html |access-date=2024-04-02 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{ambiguous|date=August 2024}}{{verify source|date=August 2024}}
Mehola bombingDecember 22, 2000Mehola Junction03Hamas claimed responsibility.{{Cite web |title=Israeli, Palestinian negotiators to meet with Clinton today|url=http://www.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/meast/12/23/mideast/index.html|access-date=2023-11-30|website=www.cnn.com}}

= 2001 =

class="wikitable sortable"
NameDateLocationDeadInjuredNotesRef.
Netanya centre bombingJanuary 1, 2001Netanya060Hamas claimed responsibility.{{Cite web|title=Historic Timeline - National Counterterrorism Center|url=https://www.dni.gov/nctc/timeline.html|access-date=2023-11-30|website=www.dni.gov}}{{Cite web |title=CNN Transcript - Breaking News: 3 Large Explosions in Israeli Coastal City of Netanya; 8 Reportedly Injured - January 1, 2001 |url=http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0101/01/bn.01.html |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=www.cnn.com}}
Netanya bombing attack

|January 8, 2001

|Netanya

|0

|24

|Hamas claimed responsibility.

|{{Cite web |title=Incident Summary for GTDID: 200101080001 |url=https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200101080001 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=www.start.umd.edu}}

Mei Ami junction bombingMarch 1, 2001Vadi Ara19Hamas claimed responsibility.{{Cite web |title=Incident Summary for GTDID: 200103020004 |url=https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200103020004 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=www.start.umd.edu}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2001-03-01 |title=Israel Bombing Rattles Nerves - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-bombing-rattles-nerves/ |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=CBS News |language=en-US}}
Netanya bombingMarch 4, 2001Netanya360Hamas claimed responsibility.{{cite web|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/69228544.html?dids=69228544:69228544&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT|title=Archives: Jerusalem Post|access-date=16 December 2014|archive-date=7 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107211929/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/69228544.html?dids=69228544:69228544&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT|url-status=dead}}
Egged bus 6 bombingMarch 27, 2001French Hill, Jerusalem028Hamas claimed responsibility.{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Daniel |date=March 28, 2001 |title=Bombs in Israel leave 4 dead, scores injured |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2001/03/28/bombs-in-israel-leave-4-dead-scores-injured/f9e84da0-2f70-402b-9b79-c02c8c42bcd1/ |access-date=April 1, 2024 |website=Washingtonpost.com}}{{Cite web |title=Incident Summary for GTDID: 200103270009 |url=https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200103270009 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=www.start.umd.edu}}
Mifgash Shalom attackMarch 28, 2001Kfar Saba24Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.{{Cite journal |last=Perry |first=Walter |last2=Berrebi |first2=Claude |last3=Brown |first3=Ryan |last4=Hollywood |first4=John |last5=Jaycocks |first5=Amber |last6=Roshan |first6=Parisa |last7=Sullivan |first7=Thomas |last8=Miyashiro |first8=Lisa |date=2013 |title=Predicting Suicide Attacks |url=https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monographs/MG1200/MG1246/RAND_MG1246.pdf |journal=Naval Research Laboratory |publisher=RAND Homeland Security and Defense Center |pages=67}}{{Cite web |title=Incident Summary for GTDID: 200103280006 |url=https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200103280006 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=www.start.umd.edu}}{{Cite web |date=7 December 2013 |title=Neve Yamin Gas Station Suicide Bombing (near Kfar Saba) |url=https://www.osenlaw.com/content/neve-yamin-gas-station-suicide-bombing-near-kfar-saba |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=www.osenlaw.com}}
Kfar Saba bombingApril 22, 2001Kfar Saba150Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KJMNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cXADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5295,3182674&dq=bombing&hl=en|title = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search}}{{Cite web |title=Incident Summary for GTDID: 200104220003 |url=https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200104220003 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=www.start.umd.edu}}
Or Yehuda bombingApril 23, 2001Near Ben Gurion Airport08Hamas claimed responsibility.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/meast/04/23/mideast.explosions/index.html|title = Three bombings rock Mideast|access-date=2023-11-30|website=www.cnn.com}}
Nablus school bus bombingApril 29, 2001Nablus, West Bank00Hamas claimed responsibility.[https://www.hrw.org/reports/2002/isrl-pa/ISRAELPA1002-08.htm Human Rights Watch]{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404030544/https://www.hrw.org/reports/2002/isrl-pa/ISRAELPA1002-08.htm}} Erased In A Moment: Suicide Bombing Attacks Against Israeli Civilians (Appendix)
1st HaSharon Mall suicide bombingMay 18, 2001Netanya5100Hamas claimed responsibility.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N_X4zw0h4g8C&pg=PA66|title=Reducing Terrorism Risk at Shopping Centers: An Analysis of Potential Security Options|last=LaTourrette|first=Tom|date=2006|publisher=Rand Corporation|isbn=9780833040404|language=en}}
Hadera bus station suicide bombingMay 25, 2001Central bus station, Hadera0652 Palestinians within a car bomb. Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Gaza Strip suicide bombing

|May 29, 2001

|Gaza Strip

|0

|0

|No group claimed responsibility.

|{{Cite web |title=Incident Summary for GTDID: 200105290008 |url=https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200105290008 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=www.start.umd.edu}}

Dolphinarium discotheque suicide bombingJune 1, 2001Tel Aviv21100+Hamas claimed responsibility.{{cite web|url=http://www.ict.org.il/Articles/tabid/66/Articlsid/65/currentpage/22/Default.aspx|title=Publications|website=www.ict.org.il|access-date=24 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203021154/http://www.ict.org.il/Articles/tabid/66/Articlsid/65/currentpage/22/Default.aspx|archive-date=3 December 2013|url-status=live}}
Dugit bombingJune 22, 2001Gaza Strip20Car explosion. Hamas claimed responsibility.{{Cite web |title=Incident Summary for GTDID: 200106220001 |url=https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200106220001 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=www.start.umd.edu}}
Kissufim bombingJuly 9, 2001Southern Gaza Strip crossing point00Hamas claimed responsibility.{{Cite web |title=CNN.com - Attacks since start of Al Aqsa intifada - June 21, 2002 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/meast/06/20/terror.attacks.chronology/ |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=www.cnn.com}}
Binyamina train station suicide bombingJuly 16, 2001Binyamina211Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/17/world/suicide-bomber-kills-2-israeli-soldiers-3rd-is-badly-wounded.html |title=Suicide Bomber Kills 2 Israeli Soldiers; 3rd Is Badly Wounded - New York Times |work=The New York Times |date=2001-07-17 |access-date=2012-06-13}}
Moshav Beka'ot bombingAugust 8, 2001Northern Jordan Valley01Hamas claimed responsibility.{{cite web|url=https://www.terrorism-info.org.il/Data/pdf/PDF_19279_2.pdf|title=Suicide bombing terrorism during the current Israeli-Palestinian confrontation|website=www.terrorism-info.org.il|access-date=2023-11-30}}
Sbarro restaurant suicide bombingAugust 9, 2001Jerusalem16130Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.{{cite news|url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/features/remembering-the-sbarro-bombing-five-years-on-1.194921|date=11 August 2006|title=Remembering the Sbarro bombing five years on|author=Frimet Roth|access-date=6 April 2013|publisher=Ha'aretz|archive-date=20 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820151909/http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/features/remembering-the-sbarro-bombing-five-years-on-1.194921|url-status=live}}
Wall Street Cafe bombingAugust 12, 2001Kiryat Motzkin021Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.{{Cite web |title=Incident Summary for GTDID: 200108120015 |url=https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200108120015 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=www.start.umd.edu}}{{Cite news |last=Hass |first=Amira |last2=Harel |first2=Amos |date=2001-08-13 |title=Bomber hits Kiryat Motzkin; 21 hurt |url=https://www.haaretz.com/2001-08-13/ty-article/bomber-hits-kiryat-motzkin-21-hurt/0000017f-f626-d318-afff-f767df5e0000 |access-date=2024-04-02 |work=Haaretz |language=en}}{{cite web |author=TheMarker.com Staff |date=August 12, 2001 |title=About 15 wounded in blast at Kiryat Motzkin's Wall Street cafe |url=http://www.thestreet.com/story/1516101/about-15-wounded-in-blast-at-kiryat-motzkins-wall-street-cafe.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011155742/http://www.thestreet.com/story/1516101/about-15-wounded-in-blast-at-kiryat-motzkins-wall-street-cafe.html |archive-date=October 11, 2012 |access-date=September 9, 2011 |publisher=TheStreet |df=mdy-all}}
Hanevi'im street bombingSeptember 4, 2001Jerusalem021Hamas claimed responsibility.{{Cite news |last=Shadmi |first=Haim |last2=Service |first2=Ha' Ha'aretz |date=2001-09-04 |title=Sharon planning series of 'security measures' in Jerusalem |url=https://www.haaretz.com/2001-09-04/ty-article/sharon-planning-series-of-security-measures-in-jerusalem/0000017f-f7f7-d2d5-a9ff-f7ff76e80000 |access-date=2024-04-02 |work=Haaretz |language=en}}
Jerusalem car bombingsSeptember 4, 2001Jerusalem023Series of car bombs.{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MahjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hiUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1737,30771557&dq=jerusalem&hl=en|title = Philippine Daily Inquirer - Google News Archive Search}}{{Cite web |title=Suicide and Other Bombing Attacks in Israel Since the Declaration of Principles (Sept 1993) |url=https://embassies.gov.il/MFA/FOREIGNPOLICY/Terrorism/Palestinian/Pages/Suicide%20and%20Other%20Bombing%20Attacks%20in%20Israel%20Since.aspx |website=embassies.gov.il}}
Nahariya train station suicide bombingSeptember 9, 2001Nahariya Railway Station394Suicide bomber was an Arab Israeli citizen. Hamas claimed responsibility.{{cite web|url=http://info.jpost.com/C002/Supplements/CasualtiesOfWar/2001_09_09.html|title=Jerusalem Post's coverage of the terror attack on Nahariya's Railway Station|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021220085140/http://info.jpost.com/C002/Supplements/CasualtiesOfWar/2001_09_09.html|archive-date=2002-12-20}}
Beit Lid junction bombingSeptember 9, 2001Near Netanya011Hamas claimed responsibility.{{Cite web |title=Reuters Pictures - MIDEAST |url=https://pictures.reuters.com/archive/MIDEAST-RP2DRIEBIHAA.html |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=pictures.reuters.com}}{{Cite news |last=Harel |first=Amos |last2=agencies |first2=Amit Ben-Aroya, Ha' |date=2001-09-09 |title=Car bomb explodes at Beit Lid junction near Netanya; 11 injured |url=https://www.haaretz.com/2001-09-09/ty-article/car-bomb-explodes-at-beit-lid-junction-near-netanya-11-injured/0000017f-f440-d223-a97f-fddd04430000 |access-date=2024-04-02 |work=Haaretz |language=en}}
Kibbutz Shluhot bombingOctober 7, 2001Kibbutz Shluhot10Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.{{Cite web |title=Incident Summary for GTDID: 200110070001 |url=https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200110070001 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=www.start.umd.edu}}
Kibbutz Be'eri Suicide Bombing

|October 17, 2001

|Kibbutz Be'eri

|0

|2

|The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility.

|{{Cite web |title=Incident Summary for GTDID: 200110170001 |url=https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200110170001 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=www.start.umd.edu}}

Erez Crossing attackNovember 26, 2001Erez Crossing02Hamas claimed responsibility.{{cite web |title=Attacks since start of Al Aqsa intifada |url=https://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/meast/06/20/terror.attacks.chronology/ |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=www.cnn.com}}
1st Egged bus 823 bombingNovember 29, 2001Haifa39Carried out by Palestinian Islamic Jihad together with Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades.{{cite web |url= http://www.haaretz.com/news/islamic-jihad-fatah-take-responsibility-for-bus-bombing-1.75877 |title=Islamic Jihad, Fatah take responsibility for bus bombing |work=Haaretz |year=2011 |accessdate=18 October 2011}}{{cite web |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=75JKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zwMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6563,4859776|title=Suicide bomber kills 3 Israelis ahead of Bush-Sharon Meeting |work=The Blade |via=Google News Archive |date=November 30, 2001|accessdate=18 October 2011}}
Ben Yehuda Street BombingDecember 1, 2001Downtown Jerusalem11188Hamas claimed responsibility.[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2001/12/Suicide%20bombing%20at%20the%20Ben-Yehuda%20pedestrian%20mall http://www.mfa.gov.il] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040618133459/http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2001/12/Suicide%20bombing%20at%20the%20Ben-Yehuda%20pedestrian%20mall |date=2004-06-18 }}
Haifa bus 16 suicide bombingDecember 2, 2001Haifa1540Hamas claimed responsibility.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lAAjDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT155|title=Dreams Deferred: A Concise Guide to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and the Movement to Boycott Israel|last=Nelson|first=Cary|date=2016-07-11|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=9780253025180|language=en}}
Hilton Mamilla bombingDecember 5, 2001Mamilla, Jerusalem011Carried out by Palestinian Islamic Jihad together with Hamas.
Check Post Junction bus bombingDecember 9, 2001Haifa030A second unexploded device was found nearby.
Neve Dekalim bombingDecember 12, 2001Neve Dekalim04Hamas claimed responsibility.{{Cite web |title=Israeli jets hit Palestinian targets after fatal terror attacks - December 12, 2001 |url=https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-544481#! |access-date=2023-12-10 |website=en.globes.co.il|date=12 December 2001 }}

= 2002 =

class="wikitable sortable"
NameDateLocationDeadInjuredNotesRef.
Tel Aviv outdoor mall bombingJanuary 25, 2002Tel Aviv025Double Suicide attack, carried out by Palestinian Islamic Jihad together with Fatah.{{cite web |date=January 25, 2002 |title=Suicide Bomber hits mall |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zb1BAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yKkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5460,987522 |access-date=27 January 2024 |website=Point Pleasant Register}}
2002 Hadera attack

|January 17, 2002

|Hadera

|6

|33

|Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.

|{{Cite web |last=Reeves |first=Phil |date=2002-01-18 |title=Bat mitzvah massacre in Israel leaves seven dead |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/bat-mitzvah-massacre-in-israel-leaves-seven-dead-5362530.html |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=The Independent |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=January 18, 2002 |title=Gunman kills 6 Israelis; jets fire missiles in response |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/meast/01/17/mideast.death/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927015519/https://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/meast/01/17/mideast.death/index.html |archive-date=September 27, 2011 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=CNN}}

Jaffa Street bombingJanuary 27, 2002Jerusalem1100+First female suicide bomber in the second intifada, Wafa Idris. Fatah claimed responsibility.{{Cite web |last=Gilmore |first=Inigo |date=28 January 2002 |title=Woman suicide bomber shakes Israelis |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/01/28/wmid28.xml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071209133105/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/01/28/wmid28.xml |archive-date=2007-12-09 |access-date=2025-06-08 |website=The Telegraph}}
Tayibe bombingJanuary 30, 2002Tayibe02Fatah claimed responsibility.[https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200201300005 Incident Summary for GTDID: 200201300005] START (National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism). (2022). Global Terrorism Database, 1970-2020
Karnei Shomron Mall suicide bombingFebruary 16, 2002Karnei Shomron, West Bank330PFLP claimed responsibility.{{citation|title=Without distinction – attacks on civilians by Palestinian armed groups |publisher=Amnesty International |date=2002-07-11 |url=http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/ENGMDE020032002 |access-date=2024-01-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706080906/http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/ENGMDE020032002 |archive-date=2008-07-06 }}
Hadera suicide bombing attack

|February 17, 2002

|Hadera

|0

|4

|Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.

|{{Cite news |last=Greenberg |first=Joel |date=2002-02-18 |title=Israeli Police Foil a Bombing; 2 Palestinians Are Killed |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/18/world/israeli-police-foil-a-bombing-2-palestinians-are-killed.html |access-date=2024-04-02 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |title=Incident Summary for GTDID: 200202170001 |url=https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200202170001 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=www.start.umd.edu}}

Maale Adumim - Jerusalem road bombingFebruary 18, 2002Jerusalem11Soldier killed by an explosive that was detonated by the driver of the car he was checking. Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.[https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200202180001 Incident Summary for GTDID: 200202180001] START (National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism). (2022). Global Terrorism Database, 1970-2020
Kissufim bombingFebruary 18, 2002Kissufim Crossing33Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades is suspected in the incident.[https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200202180002 Incident Summary for GTDID: 200202180002] START (National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism). (2022). Global Terrorism Database, 1970-2020
Mehola bombing

|February 19, 2002

|Mehola

|0

|0

|Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.

|{{Cite web |title=Incident Summary for GTDID: 200202190002 |url=https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200202190002 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=www.start.umd.edu}}

Efrat supermarket bombing attackFebruary 22, 2002Efrat, West Bank01Suicide bomber in supermarket.[https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200202220001 Incident Summary for GTDID: 200202220001] START (National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism). (2022). Global Terrorism Database, 1970-2020
Maccabim bombingFebruary 27, 2002Maccabim02No group claimed responsibility.[https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200202280001 Incident Summary for GTDID: 200202280001] START (National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism). (2022). Global Terrorism Database, 1970-2020
Modi'in bombing

|February 28, 2002

|Modi'in Illit

|0

|0

|No group claimed responsibility.

|{{Cite web |title=Incident Summary for GTDID: 200202280001 |url=https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200202280001 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=www.start.umd.edu}}{{Cite web |last=Dan |first=Uri |date=2002-02-28 |title=WEST BANK FEMME FATALE: LUNATIC BOMBER BLOWS SELF UP |url=https://nypost.com/2002/02/28/west-bank-femme-fatale-lunatic-bomber-blows-self-up/ |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=NYpost.com |language=en-US}}

Yeshivat Beit Yisrael massacreMarch 2, 2002Jerusalem1150+Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.{{Cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/2002-06-21/ty-article/the-nehmad-family-buries-their-eighth-victim/0000017f-dbec-df62-a9ff-dfffdeff0000|title=The Nehmad Family Buries Their Eighth Victim|newspaper=Haaretz}}
2nd Egged bus 823 bombingMarch 5, 2002Afula15Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.[https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200203050003 Incident Summary for GTDID: 200203050003] START (National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism). (2022). Global Terrorism Database, 1970-2020
Ariel hotel lobby bombingMarch 7, 2002Ariel, West Bank015PFLP claimed responsibility.
Café Moment bombingMarch 9, 2002Rehavia, Jerusalem1154Hamas claimed responsibility.
Egged bus 22 bombingMarch 17, 2002Jerusalem025Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.[https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200203170003 Incident Summary for GTDID: 200203170003] START (National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism). (2022). Global Terrorism Database, 1970-2020
3rd Egged bus 823 bombingMarch 20, 2002Vadi Ara7~30Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
King George Street bombingMarch 21, 2002Jerusalem342+Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/mar/21/israel2 Bomb rips through Jerusalem shopping centre | World news | guardian.co.uk]
Jenin bombing

|March 22, 2002

|Jenin

|0

|1

|Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.

|{{Cite web |title=Incident Summary for GTDID: 200203220001 |url=https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200203220001 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=www.start.umd.edu}}

Jerusalem bombing

|March 26, 2002

|Jerusalem

|0

|0

|Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.

|{{Cite web |title=Incident Summary for GTDID: 200203260001 |url=https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200203260001 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=www.start.umd.edu}}

Passover massacreMarch 27, 2002Netanya30140Suicide attack on Passover seder in Park Hotel. Carried out by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zb1BAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yKkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5460,987522|title=Point Pleasant Register - Google News Archive Search|access-date=16 December 2014}}
Kiryat HaYovel supermarket bombingMarch 29, 2002Kiryat Yovel228Hamas claimed responsibility.[https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/30/world/mideast-turmoil-terrorism-suicide-bomber-18-kills-2-israelis-and-herself.html Mideast Turmoil: Terrorism; Suicide bomber, 18, kills 2 Israelis and herself], New York Times
Allenby Street coffee shop bombingMarch 30, 2002Tel Aviv1~30Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.
Matza restaurant suicide bombingMarch 31, 2002Haifa1631Hamas claimed responsibility.[https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200203310001 Incident Summary for GTDID: 200203310001] START (National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism). (2022). Global Terrorism Database, 1970-2020{{cite web |url=http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1077927.html |title=Israeli man succumbs to wounds sustained in 2002 Hamas suicide bombing - Haaretz - Israel News |access-date=2009-04-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415134709/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1077927.html |archive-date=2009-04-15 }}
Efrat Medical CenterMarch 31, 2002Efrat, West Bank04Hamas claimed responsibility.[https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200203310002 Incident Summary for GTDID: 200203310002] START (National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism). (2022). Global Terrorism Database, 1970-2020
Jerusalem Roadblock bombingApril 1, 2002Jerusalem10Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.
Yagur Junction bombingApril 10, 2002Yagur819Hamas claimed responsibility.[http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/hamas-admit-bus-bombing-46009.html Hamas admit bus bombing | BreakingNews.ie]
2002 Mahane Yehuda Market bombingApril 12, 2002Jerusalem6112Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.{{Cite web |title=Incident Summary for GTDID: 200204120005 |url=https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200204120005 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=www.start.umd.edu}}
Gush Katif bombing

|April 19, 2002

|Gush Katif

|0

|2

|Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.

|{{Cite web |title=Incident Summary for GTDID: 200204190001 |url=https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200204190001 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=www.start.umd.edu}}

2002 Rishon LeZion bombingMay 7, 2002Rishon LeZion1655Hamas claimed responsibility.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/may/08/israel4 |title=The Guardian: Suicide bomber kills 15 in Israel|newspaper=The Guardian |date=8 May 2002 |access-date=2024-01-13 |last1=Goldenberg |first1=Suzanne }}
Netanya Market bombingMay 19, 2002Netanya359Carried out by Hamas together with PFLP{{cite web|url=http://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/meast/05/19/mideast.blast/index.html|title=CNN.com - Suicide bomber kills 3 Israelis, injures 56|access-date=December 16, 2014|archive-date=February 9, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080209223315/http://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/meast/05/19/mideast.blast/index.html|url-status=dead}}
Afula road bombingMay 20, 2002Afula00Hamas claimed responsibility.
Rothschild Street bombingMay 22, 2002Rishon Lezion340Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.{{Cite web |title=Incident Summary for GTDID: 200205220001 |url=https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200205220001 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=www.start.umd.edu}}[https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200205220001 Incident Summary for GTDID: 200205220001] START (National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism). (2022). Global Terrorism Database, 1970-2020
Pi Glilot bombingMay 23, 2002North of Tel Aviv00A bomb exploded underneath a fuel truck. The truck burst into flames, but the blaze was quickly contained.
Studio 49 Disco bombingMay 24, 2002Tel Aviv02The security guard opened fire on a Palestinian attempting to detonate a car bomb. The Palestinian was killed, but the bomb exploded prematurely, injuring bystanders. Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.[https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200205240001 Incident Summary for GTDID: 200205240001] START (National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism). (2022). Global Terrorism Database, 1970-2020
Petah Tikva Mall bombingMay 27, 2002Petah Tikva237Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.
Megiddo Junction bus bombingJune 5, 2002Megiddo Junction1738Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Herzliya shawarma restaurant bombingJune 11, 2002Herzliya115No group claimed responsibility.[https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200206110001 Incident Summary for GTDID: 200206110001] START (National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism). (2022). Global Terrorism Database, 1970-2020
Kafr Salem bombing

|June 17, 2002

|Kafr Salem

|0

|0

|No group claimed responsibility.

|{{Cite web |title=Incident Summary for GTDID: 200206170004 |url=https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200206170004 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=www.start.umd.edu}}

Patt Junction Bus BombingJune 18, 2002Jerusalem1974+Hamas claimed responsibility.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/20/world/mideast-turmoil-the-mood-in-jerusalem-despair-and-determination.html|title=MIDEAST TURMOIL: THE MOOD; In Jerusalem, Despair and Determination|newspaper=The New York Times|date=20 June 2002|access-date=14 December 2014|last1=Fisher|first1=Ian}}[https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200206170001 Incident Summary for GTDID: 200206170001] START (National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism). (2022). Global Terrorism Database, 1970-2020
French Hill Junction massacreJune 19, 2002French Hill, Jerusalem635Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.{{cite news |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1397733/Suicide-bomber-kills-seven.html |title=Suicide bomber kills seven - Telegraph |work=The Daily Telegraph |date= 19 June 2002|location=London |issn=0307-1235 |oclc=49632006 |access-date=26 September 2012}}[https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200206190001 Incident Summary for GTDID: 200206190001] START (National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism). (2022). Global Terrorism Database, 1970-2020
Immanuel bus attackJuly 16, 2002Emmanuel-Bnei Brak bus 189920Detonation of an explosive device and shooting. Hamas claimed responsibility.{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2002/7/Terrorist%20attack%20on%20bus%20at%20Emmanuel%20-%20July%2016-%20200|title=Terrorist Attack on Bus at Emmanuel|date=2002-07-16|publisher=Israeli Foreign Ministry|access-date=2008-10-25}}
Neve Shaanan Street bombingJuly 17, 2002Southern Tel Aviv540Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.{{cite news |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2134820.stm |title=BBC NEWS | Middle East | Double suicide attack rocks Tel Aviv |work=BBC News |date=18 July 2002 |publisher=BBC |location=London, UK|access-date=13 January 2024}}
Nevi'im Street bombingJuly 30, 2002Jerusalem05Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.[https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200207300003 Incident Summary for GTDID: 200207300003] START (National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism). (2022). Global Terrorism Database, 1970-2020
Hebrew University massacreJuly 31, 2002Hebrew University, Jerusalem980Included American and French casualties. Bomber was from East Jerusalem. Hamas claimed responsibility.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3111001.stm Remembering Israel's campus blast], BBC.co.uk, 30 July 2003.
Meron Junction Bus 361 attackAugust 4, 2002Meron Junction938Arab bomber with Israeli citizenship. Hamas claimed responsibility.{{cite news |title=Latest terror attacks kill 12 |url=http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/meast/08/04/mideast/ |access-date=27 January 2024 |work=CNN |date=2002-08-04}}
1st Umm al-Fahm bombingAugust 5, 2002Umm al-Fahm Junction in Wadi Ara01The Palestinian exploded in a taxi killing himself and wounding an Israeli-Arab driver from Nazareth.[https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200208050004 Incident Summary for GTDID: 200208050004] START (National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism). (2022). Global Terrorism Database, 1970-2020
2nd Umm al-Fahm bombingSeptember 18, 2002Umm al-Fahm Junction in Wadi Ara13Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.[https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200209180001 Incident Summary for GTDID: 200209180001] START (National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism). (2022). Global Terrorism Database, 1970-2020
Allenby Street bus bombingSeptember 19, 2002Tel Aviv6~70Hamas claimed responsibility.{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/sep/20/israel1 |title=Tel Aviv bus bomb shatters hopes of truce | World news | The Guardian |first= Jonathan|last= Steele|work=The Guardian |date=20 September 2002 |location=London |issn=0261-3077 |oclc=60623878 |access-date=27 January 2024}}
Geha road bombingOctober 10, 2002Bar-Ilan interchange, Geha road112Hamas claimed responsibility.{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.il/en/departments/general/victims-of-palestinian-violence-and-terrorism|title=Victims of Palestinian Violence and Terrorism since September 2000|website=www.gov.il|access-date=2023-01-27}}
Karkur junction suicide bombingOctober 21, 2002Karkur Junction1440+2 Suicide bombers used a booby-trapped jeep with 100 kg TNT. Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Sonol gas station bombingOctober 27, 2002Ariel, West Bank3~18Victims killed while trying to prevent the Palestinian from detonating the bomb. Hamas claimed responsibility.{{cite web |last=Harel |first=Amos |last2=Lis |first2=Jonathan |date=October 27, 2002 |year= |title=Three killed in Ariel suicide bombing; Hamas claims attack |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/three-killed-in-ariel-suicide-bombing-hamas-claims-attack-1.30152 |access-date=January 27, 2024 |work=Haaretz}}
Kfar Saba shopping mall bombingNovember 4, 2002Kfar Saba2~70Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Kiryat Menachem bus bombingNovember 21, 2002Kiryat Menachem, Jerusalem1150+Hamas claimed responsibility.{{Cite news |last=Bennet |first=James |date=2002-11-21 |title=AT LEAST 10 KILLED IN SUICIDE BOMBING OF JERUSALEM BUS |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/21/world/at-least-10-killed-in-suicide-bombing-of-jerusalem-bus.html |access-date=2025-06-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
Erez Crossing bombing

|November 22, 2022

|Erez Crossing

|2

|0

|Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.

|{{Cite web |title=Incident Summary for GTDID: 200211220001 |url=https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200211220001 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=www.start.umd.edu}}

= 2003 =

class="wikitable sortable"
NameDateLocationDeadInjuredNotesRef.
|Tel-Aviv central bus station massacreJanuary 5, 2003Southern Tel Aviv23~120Carried out by two members of the Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, with the help of Palestinian Islamic Jihad.{{Cite web |title=Suicide bombings kill 23 in Tel Aviv |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/01/05/israel.explosions/ |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=www.cnn.com}}
Haifa bus 37 suicide bombingMarch 5, 2003Carmeliya neighborhood, Haifa1753Hamas claimed responsibility
London Cafe bombingMarch 30, 2003Netanya026Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.[https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200303300001 Incident Summary for GTDID: 200303300001] START (National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism). (2022). Global Terrorism Database, 1970-2020
Kfar Saba train station bombingApril 24, 2003Kfar Saba124PFLP claimed responsibility jointly with Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades.
Mike's Place suicide bombingApril 30, 2003Mike's Place pub, Tel Aviv350+Carried out by Hamas using a British Muslim citizen of Pakistani descent and together with al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades.
Gross square attackMay 17, 2003Gross square, Hebron, West Bank20Hamas claimed responsibility.[https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200305170004 Incident Summary for GTDID: 200305170004] START (National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism). (2022). Global Terrorism Database, 1970-2020
Jerusalem bus 6 bombingMay 18, 2003Jerusalem720Hamas claimed responsibility.{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/05/18/mideast.violence/ |title=CNN.com – At least seven dead in terror attack in Jerusalem – May. 18, 2003 |work=cnn.com |year=2011 |access-date=January 27, 2024}}
3rd Kfar Darom bombingMay 19, 2003Gaza Strip03A Palestinian suicide bomber riding a bicycle blew up himself next to a military jeep. Hamas claimed responsibility.
Afula mall bombingMay 19, 2003Afula shopping center370Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Fatah claimed responsibility
Davidka Square bus bombingJune 11, 2003Downtown Jerusalem17100+Hamas claimed responsibility.
Sdei Trumot bombingJune 19, 2003Moshav Sdei Trumot10Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Kfar Yavetz bombingJuly 7, 2003Kfar Yavetz13Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Ariel bus station bombingAugust 12, 2003Ariel, West Bank12Victims were soldiers waiting at a bus station.[https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200308120002 Incident Summary for GTDID: 200308120002] START (National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism). (2022). Global Terrorism Database, 1970-2020
Rosh HaAyin bombingAugust 12, 2003Rosh HaAyin10Palestinian suicide bomber at a supermarket
Shmuel HaNavi bus bombingAugust 19, 2003Shmuel Hanavi, Jerusalem23130+Hamas claimed responsibility.
Tzrifin bus stop attackSeptember 9, 2003Tzrifin930Hamas claimed responsibility.
Café Hillel bombingSeptember 9, 2003Jerusalem750+Hamas claimed responsibility.[https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200309090001 Incident Summary for GTDID: 200309090001] START (National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism). (2022). Global Terrorism Database, 1970-2020
Maxim restaurant suicide bombingOctober 4, 2003Haifa2160Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.{{cite news |url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/2003-10-05/news/18245940_1_el-bureij-refugee-camp-islamic-jihad-suicide-bombing |work=Daily News |first=Michele |last=Green |title=Female Bomber Kills 19 In Israeli Suicide Strike |date=October 5, 2003 |access-date=January 27, 2024 |archive-date=November 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111119155745/http://articles.nydailynews.com/2003-10-05/news/18245940_1_el-bureij-refugee-camp-islamic-jihad-suicide-bombing |url-status=live }}
Tulkarem bombingOctober 9, 2003Tulkarem, West Bank03Fatah claimed responsibility.[https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200310090004 Incident Summary for GTDID: 200310090004] START (National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism). (2022). Global Terrorism Database, 1970-2020
Azzoun bombingNovember 3, 2003Azzoun, West Bank00Responsibility remains unclaimed.[https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200311030001 Incident Summary for GTDID: 200311030001] START (National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism). (2022). Global Terrorism Database, 1970-2020
Geha Interchange bus stop bombingDecember 25, 2003Geha Junction420+PFLP claimed responsibility.

= 2004 =

class="wikitable"
NameDateLocationDeadInjuredNotesRef
3rd Erez Crossing attackJanuary 14, 2004Gaza Strip410Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade and Hamas claimed joint responsibility.
Gaza Street bus bombingJanuary 29, 2004Rehavia, Jerusalem1150+Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade and Hamas claimed responsibility.
Liberty Bell Park bus bombingFebruary 22, 2004Liberty Bell Garden, Jerusalem860Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade claimed responsibility.
4th Erez Crossing attackMarch 6, 2004Gaza Strip220Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the military wing of Fatah claimed responsibility.[https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200403060004 Incident Summary for GTDID: 200403060004] START (National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism). (2022). Global Terrorism Database, 1970-2020
Ashdod Port massacreMarch 14, 2004Port of Ashdod1016Double suicide bombing. Carried out by Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade together with Hamas.
5th Erez Crossing attackApril 17, 2004Gaza Strip13No group claimed responsibility.[https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200404170003 Incident Summary for GTDID: 200404170003] START (National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism). (2022). Global Terrorism Database, 1970-2020
Beka'ot checkpoint bombingMay 22, 2004Beka'ot checkpoint, Jordan Valley, West Bank01PFLP claimed responsibility.{{cite news|url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-2920363,00.html|title=מחבל פוצץ עצמו במחסום בבקעה, חייל נפצע קל|date=22 May 2004|access-date=24 July 2017|newspaper=Ynet|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620064001/http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-2920363,00.html|archive-date=20 June 2017|url-status=live|last1=וייס |first1=אפרת }}
Beersheba bus bombingsAugust 31, 2004Downtown Beersheba on buses 7 and 1216100+Hamas claimed responsibility.
Sinai bombingsOctober 7, 2004Sinai peninsula, Egypt34171Suicide bombing at two Sinai holiday resorts frequented by Israeli tourists: thirty-one died at the Taba Hilton and three at Ras a-Satan. Among the dead were 12 Israelis; over 120 were wounded. The attack was masterminded by Iyad Saleh and carried out by a Palestinian group.
Carmel Market bombingNovember 1, 2004Tel Aviv330PFLP claimed responsibility.{{cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism-+Obstacle+to+Peace/Palestinian+terror+before+2000/Suicide%20and%20Other%20Bombing%20Attacks%20in%20Israel%20Since |title=Suicide and Other Bombing Attacks in Israel Since the Declaration of Principles (Sept 1993) |access-date=2008-02-04 |publisher=Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171207044618/http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism-+Obstacle+to+Peace/Palestinian+terror+before+2000/Suicide%20and%20Other%20Bombing%20Attacks%20in%20Israel%20Since |archive-date=2017-12-07 |url-status=live }}{{cite news|url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-2998015,00.html|title=2 נשים וגבר נרצחו בפיגוע בשוק הכרמל בת"א|date=1 November 2004|access-date=24 July 2017|newspaper=Ynet|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620093048/http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-2998015,00.html|archive-date=20 June 2017|url-status=live|last1=כהן |first1=אבי }}

= 2005 =

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NameDateLocationDeadInjuredNotesRef
Karni border crossing attackJanuary 13, 2005Karni crossing, Gaza Strip65Carried out together by Hamas with Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades and Popular Resistance Committees.
Stage Club bombingFebruary 25, 2005Tel Aviv sea promenade550+Carried out together with Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades and with Hizballah involvement.
2nd HaSharon Mall suicide bombingJuly 12, 2005Netanya590+Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Hadera Market bombingOctober 26, 2005Hadera755Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
3rd HaSharon Mall suicide bombingDecember 5, 2005Netanya540+Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.

= 2006 =

class="wikitable"
NameDateLocationDeadInjuredNotesRef
1st Rosh Ha'ir restaurant bombingJanuary 19, 2006Near Tel Aviv old central bus station032Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Kedumim bombingMarch 30, 2006Kdumim, West Bank40Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.
2nd Rosh Ha'ir restaurant bombingApril 17, 2006Near Tel Aviv old central bus station1168Carried out by Palestinian Islamic Jihad together with Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades.

= 2007 =

class="wikitable"
NameDateLocationDeadInjuredNotesRef
Eilat bakery bombingJanuary 29, 2007Eilat32Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claim joint responsibility.{{cite news |last1=Myre |first1=Greg |title=Suicide Attack Is First in Israel in 9 Months |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/30/world/middleeast/30mideast.html |work=The New York Times |date=30 January 2007 |access-date=19 September 2023}}

= 2008 =

class="wikitable"
NameDateLocationDeadInjuredNotesRef
Dimona bombingFebruary 4, 2008Dimona19The Damascus leadership of Hamas claimed responsibility, but it has been argued they knew nothing of it, and that the operation was undertaken at the initiative of Hamas leaders in Gaza.{{cite web|last=Toronto|first=Nathan W.|url=https://www.ict.org.il/Article.aspx?ID=1031|title=Where Have All the Bombers Gone?|work=Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya|date=2008-04-20|access-date=2016-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923120712/https://www.ict.org.il/Article.aspx?ID=1031|archive-date=2016-09-23|url-status=live}}Scott Atran, 'Who Becomes a terrorist Today?,' in C. Webel, John A. Arnaldi (eds.), [https://books.google.com/books?id=kVJdAQAAQBAJ&pg=PT58 The Ethics and Efficacy of the Global War on Terrorism: Fighting Terror with Terror,] Springer, 2011 p.51.
Kerem Shalom suicide bombingApril 19, 2008Kerem Shalom border crossing, Gaza Strip013Three Palestinian suicide bombers broke through the border fence to attack the Kerem Shalom IDF post, blowing themselves up and wounding several Israeli soldiers. Hamas claimed responsibility.{{cite web |title=Suicide bombing attack at Kerem Shalom, 13 soldiers wounded |url=https://www.gov.il/en/Departments/General/suicide-bombing-attack-at-kerem-shalom-13-soldiers-wounded |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs |access-date=19 September 2023}}{{cite news |last1=Kershner |first1=Isabel |title=Palestinian Suicide Bombers Attack Gaza Crossing |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/world/middleeast/20mideast.html |work=The New York Times |date=20 April 2008 |access-date=19 September 2023}}

2010s

= 2015 =

class="wikitable"
NameDateLocationDeadInjuredNotesRef
Ma'ale Adumim attempted bombingOctober 11, 2015Jerusalem01Palestinian female bomber detonates a bomb in her car after being stopped by traffic cops, on the road from the Israeli settlement of Ma'ale Adumim to Jerusalem.{{cite news |date=2015-10-11 |title=Terrorist detonates explosive near Ma'aleh Adumim checkpoint injuring police officer |url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Woman-detonates-explosive-at-Maaleh-Adumim-checkpoint-421560 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151012054829/http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Woman-detonates-explosive-at-Maaleh-Adumim-checkpoint-421560 |archive-date=2015-10-12 |access-date=2015-10-11 |work=Jerusalem Post |publisher=}}

= 2016 =

class="wikitable"
NameDateLocationDeadInjuredNotesRef
2016 Jerusalem bus bombingApril 18, 2016Jerusalem020A member of Hamas was involved, but Hamas, while praising the act, did not claim responsibility.{{Cite news |date=2016-04-21 |title=Israel says Jerusalem bus bombing was Hamas suicide attack |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36100485 |access-date=2025-06-08 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}{{Cite news |last=Beaumont |first=Peter |date=2016-04-21 |title=Questions remain over Jerusalem bus attack after bomber named |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/21/questions-remain-jerusalem-bus-attack-bomber-named |access-date=2025-06-08 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}{{cite news|first=Michael |last=Pearson|first2=Oren |last2=Liebermann|author-link2=Oren Liebermann|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2016/04/21/middleeast/jerusalem-bus-explosion/|title=Jerusalem bus bombing work of Hamas operative, police say|work=CNN|date=21 April 2016|quote=Hamas said Wednesday in a statement on Hamas-run al-Aqsa TV and on the Hamas Twitter account that the bombing was conducted by a member of its military wing, Izzedine al Qassam. But the organization stopped short of a full claim of responsibility. The latest statement came from Hamas in the Bethlehem Governorate, not from the organization's official spokespeople in Gaza, where the group is based. Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups have praised the attack, but have not claimed responsibility.}}

2020s

= 2024 =

class="wikitable"
NameDateLocationDeadInjuredNotesRef
Lehi Street bombingAugust 18, 2024Tel Aviv01Hamas and Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. Israel confirmed it was a terrorist attack involving a powerful explosive.{{Cite web |last=Gritten |first=David |date=19 August 2024 |title=Hamas claims Tel Aviv bomb explosion as suicide attack |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg58zqgle9ro |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}

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