A total of 469 Palestinians and 199 Israelis were killed in 2001 . Amnesty International 's report on the first year of the Intifada states : The overwhelming majority of cases of unlawful killings and injuries in Israel and the Occupied Territories have been committed by the IDF using excessive force . In particular , the IDF have used US-supplied helicopters in punitive rocket attacks where there was no imminent danger to life . Israel has also used helicopter gunships to carry out extrajudicial executions and to fire at targets that resulted in the killing of civilians , including children . ... Hamas and Islamic Jihad have frequently placed bombs in public places , usually within Israel , in order to kill and maim large numbers of Israeli civilians in a random manner . Both organizations have fostered a cult of martyrdom and frequently use suicide bombers . Palestinian terrorists committed a number of suicide attacks later in 2001 , among them the Sbarro restaurant massacre , with 15 civilian casualties ( including 7 children ) ; the Nahariya train station suicide bombing and the Pardes Hanna bus bombing , both with 3 civilian casualties ; the Ben Yehuda Street bombing with 11 civilian deaths , many of them children ; and the Haifa bus 16 suicide bombing , with 15 civilian casualties
Nahariya train station suicide bombing
Nahariya train station suicide bombing
Second Intifada