List of Palestinian suicide attacks
Introduction 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.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 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  Death toll  Notes  Ref. Bus 405 suicide attack  July 6, 1989  Near Kiryat Yearim  16  Carried out by Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
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. 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. ===1995=== Name  Date  Location  Death toll  Notes  RefBeit Lid massacre January 22, 1995  Beit Lid Junction  21  Two bombers. One detonated at rescue party. Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. Kfar Darom bus attack  April 9, 1995  Vicinity of Kfar Darom  8  Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. Ramat Gan bus 20 bombing  July 24, 1995  Ramat Gan  6  Hamas claimed responsibility. Ramat Eshkol bus bombing  August 21, 1995  Jerusalem  4  Police Chief Noam Eisenman was killed. Hamas claimed responsibility. ===1996=== Name  Date  Location  Death toll  Notes  RefFirst Jerusalem bus 18 suicide bombing February 25, 1996  Jerusalem Central Bus station  26  Hamas claimed responsibility. Ashkelon bus station bombing  February 25, 1996  Ashqelon  2  Hamas claimed responsibility. Second Jerusalem bus 18 suicide bombing March 3, 1996  Jaffa street, Jerusalem  19  Hamas claimed responsibility. Dizengoff Center suicide bombing March 4, 1996  Tel Aviv  13  Attributed to Hamas. Carried out together with Palestinian Islamic Jihad. ===1997=== Name  Date  Location  Death toll  Notes  Ref Café Apropo bombing  March 21, 1997  Tel Aviv  3  Hamas claimed responsibility. 1st Mahane Yehuda Market attack July 30, 1997  Jerusalem main market  16  Hamas claimed responsibility. Ben Yehuda Street Bombing  September 4, 1997  Jerusalem Ben Yehuda Street  5  Hamas claimed responsibility. === 1998=== Name  Date  Location  Death toll  Notes  Ref Jerusalem bombing (1998) November 6, 1998  Jerusalem  2  20 wounded. Two Islamic Jihad suicide bombers. === 1999=== Name  Date  Location  Deaths  Injuries  Notes  Ref Egged bus 960 bombing  September 5, 1999  Tveria  0  1  Hamas claimed responsibility. Haifa Central Bus Station bombing  September 5, 1999  Haifa  0  0  Hamas claimed responsibility.
2000s === 2000=== Name  Date  Location  Deaths  Injuries  Notes  Ref Gaza bombing  October 26, 2000  Gaza Strip  0 1  Youth suicide bomber on bike. Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. Mehola bombing  December 22, 2000  Mehola Junction  0 3  Hamas claimed responsibility. === 2001 === Name  Date  Location  Deaths  Injuries  Notes  Ref. Netanya centre bombing  January 1, 2001  Netanya  0 60  Hamas claimed responsibility. Netanya bombing  March 4, 2001  Netanya  0 3  Hamas claimed responsibility. Egged bus 6 bombing  March 27, 2001  Jerusalem  1 22  Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. Mifgash Shalom attack  March 28, 2001  Kfar Saba  2  4  Hamas claimed responsibility. Kfar Saba bombing  April 22, 2001  Kfar Saba  1   40+ 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. 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. 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. Yehud suburb bombing  July 2, 2001  Tel Aviv  0  6  Explosion of two separate bombs. PFLP claimed responsibility. Binyamina train station suicide bombing  July 16, 2001  Binyamina  2  11  Hamas and 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  Carried out by Hamas together with Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Wall-Street Restaurant bombing  August 12, 2001  Kiryat Motzkin  0  21  Palestinian Islamic Jihad 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. Kibbutz Shluhot bombing  October 7, 2001  Kibbutz Shluhot  1  0  Palestinian Islamic Jihad 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. 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. === 2002 === Name  Date  Location  Deaths  Injuries  Notes  Ref. Tel Aviv outdoor mall bombing  January 25, 2002  Tel Aviv  0  25  Double Suicide attack, carried out by Palestinian Islamic Jihad together with Fatah. Jaffa Street bombing  January 27, 2002  Jerusalem  1  100+  First female suicide bomber in the second intifada, Wafa Idris. Fatah claimed responsibility. Tayibe bombing  January 30, 2002  Tayibe  0  2  Fatah claimed responsibility. Karnei Shomron Mall suicide bombing  February 16, 2002  Karnei Shomron, West Bank  3  30  PFLP claimed responsibility. Maale Adumim - Jerusalem road bombing  February 18, 2002  Jerusalem  1  1  Soldier killed by an explosive that was detonated by the driver of the car he was checking. Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility. Kissufim bombing  February 18, 2002  Kissufim Crossing  3  3  Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades is suspected in the incident. Efrat supermarket bombing attack  February 22, 2002  Efrat, West Bank  0  1  Suicide bomber in supermarket. Maccabim bombing  February 27, 2002  Maccabim  0  2  No group claimed responsibility. Yeshivat Beit Yisrael massacre March 2, 2002  Jerusalem  11  50+  Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility. 2nd Egged bus 823 bombing March 5, 2002  Afula  1  5  Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. Ariel hotel lobby bombing  March 7, 2002  Ariel, West Bank  0  15   PFLP claimed responsibility.Café Moment bombing March 9, 2002  Rehavia, Jerusalem  11  54  Hamas claimed responsibility. Egged bus 22 bombing  March 17, 2002  Jerusalem  0  25  Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.3rd Egged bus 823 bombing  March 20, 2002  Vadi Ara  7  ~30  Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. King George Street bombing  March 21, 2002  Jerusalem  3  42+  Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility. Passover massacre March 27, 2002  Netanya  29  140  Suicide attack on Passover seder in Park Hotel. Carried out by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Kiryat HaYovel supermarket bombing  March 29, 2002  Kiryat Yovel  2  28  Hamas claimed responsibility. Allenby Street coffee shop bombing  March 30, 2002  Tel Aviv  1  ~30  Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.Matza restaurant suicide bombing March 31, 2002  Haifa  16  31  Hamas claimed responsibility. Efrat Medical Center  March 31, 2002  Efrat, West Bank  0  4  Hamas claimed responsibility. Jerusalem Roadblock bombing  April 1, 2002  Jerusalem  1  0  Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility. Yagur Junction bombing  April 10, 2002  Yagur  8  19  Hamas claimed responsibility. Jaffa Road Bus Stop Bombing  April 12, 2002  Jerusalem  6  112  Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades  claimed responsibility. 2002 Rishon LeZion bombing  May 7, 2002  Rishon LeZion  16  55  Hamas  claimed responsibility. Netanya Market bombing  May 19, 2002  Netanya  3  59  Carried out by Hamas together with PFLP   Afula road bombing  May 20, 2002  Afula  0  0  Hamas claimed responsibility. Rothschild Street bombing  May 22, 2002  Rishon Lezion  2  40  Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades  claimed responsibility. Pi Glilot bombing  May 23, 2002  North of Tel Aviv  0  0  A bomb exploded underneath a fuel truck. The truck burst into flames, but the blaze was quickly contained. Studio 49 Disco bombing  May 24, 2002  Tel Aviv  0  2  The 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. Petah Tikva Mall bombing  May 27, 2002  Petah Tikva  2  37  Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.Megiddo Junction bus bombing June 5, 2002  Megiddo Junction  17  38  Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. Herzliya shawarma restaurant bombing  June 11, 2002  Herzliya  1  15  No group claimed responsibility.Patt Junction Bus Bombing  June 18, 2002  Jerusalem  19  74+  Hamas claimed responsibility. French Hill Junction massacre  June 19, 2002  French Hill, Jerusalem  6  35  Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility. Immanuel bus attack  July 16, 2002  Emmanuel-Bnei Brak bus 189  9  20  Detonation of an explosive device and shooting. Hamas claimed responsibility. Neve Shaanan Street bombing  July 17, 2002  Southern Tel Aviv  5  40  Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. Nevi'im Street bombing  July 30, 2002  Jerusalem  0  5  Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility. Hebrew University massacre  July 31, 2002  Hebrew University, Jerusalem  9  80  Included American and French casualties. Bomber was from East Jerusalem. Hamas claimed responsibility. Meron Junction Bus 361 attack  August 4, 2002  Meron Junction  9  38  Arab bomber with Israeli citizenship. Hamas claimed responsibility. 1st Umm al-Fahm bombing  August 5, 2002  Umm al-Fahm Junction in Wadi Ara  0  1  The Palestinian exploded in a taxi killing himself and wounding an Israeli-Arab driver from Nazareth. 2nd Umm al-Fahm bombing  September 18, 2002  Umm al-Fahm Junction in Wadi Ara  1  3  Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. Allenby Street bus bombing  September 19, 2002  Tel Aviv  6  ~70  Hamas claimed responsibility. Geha road bombing  October 10, 2002  Bar-Ilan interchange, Geha road  1  12  Hamas claimed responsibility. Karkur junction suicide bombing  October 21, 2002  Karkur Junction  14  40+  2 Suicide bombers used a booby-trapped jeep with 100 kg TNT. Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. Sonol gas station bombing  October 27, 2002  Ariel, West Bank  3  ~18  Victims killed while trying to prevent the Palestinian from detonating the bomb. Hamas claimed responsibility. Kfar Saba shopping mall bombing November 4, 2002  Kfar Saba  2  ~70  Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. Kiryat Menachem bus bombing November 21, 2002  Kiryat Menachem, Jerusalem  11  50+  Hamas claimed responsibility. === 2003 === Name  Date  Location  Deaths  Injuries  Notes  Ref.Tel-Aviv central bus station massacre  January 5, 2003  Southern Tel Aviv  23  ~120  Carried out by two members of the Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, with the help of Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing March 5, 2003  Carmeliya neighborhood, Haifa  17  53 Hamas claimed responsibility   London Cafe bombing  March 30, 2003  Netanya  0  26 Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. Kfar Saba train station bombing  April 24, 2003  Kfar Saba  1  24 PFLP claimed responsibility jointly with Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades. Mike's Place suicide bombing  April 30, 2003  Mike's Place pub, Tel Aviv  3  50+  Carried out by Hamas using a British Muslim citizen of Pakistani descent and together with al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades. Gross square attack  May 17, 2003  Gross square, Hebron, West Bank  2  0  Hamas claimed responsibility. Jerusalem bus 6 bombing  May 18, 2003  Jerusalem  7  20  Hamas claimed responsibility. 3rd Kfar Darom bombing  May 19, 2003  Gaza Strip  0  3  A Palestinian suicide bomber riding a bicycle blew up himself next to a military jeep. Hamas claimed responsibility. Afula mall bombing  May 19, 2003  Afula shopping center  3  70 Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Fatah claimed responsibility   Davidka Square bus bombing June 11, 2003  Downtown Jerusalem  17  100+  Hamas claimed responsibility. Sdei Trumot bombing  June 19, 2003  Moshav Sdei Trumot  1  0  Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. Kfar Yavetz bombing  July 7, 2003  Kfar Yavetz  1  3  Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. Ariel bus station bombing  August 12, 2003  Ariel, West Bank  1  2  Victims were soldiers waiting at a bus station. Rosh HaAyin bombing  August 12, 2003  Rosh HaAyin  1  0   Palestinian suicide bomber at a supermarket   Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing August 19, 2003  Shmuel Hanavi, Jerusalem  23  130+  Hamas claimed responsibility. Tzrifin bus stop attack  September 9, 2003  Tzrifin  9  30  Hamas claimed responsibility. Café Hillel bombing  September 9, 2003  Jerusalem  7  50+  Hamas claimed responsibility. Maxim restaurant suicide bombing  October 4, 2003  Haifa  21  60  Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. Tulkarem bombing  October 9, 2003  Tulkarem, West Bank  0  3  Fatah claimed responsibility. Azzoun bombing  November 3, 2003  Azzoun, West Bank  0  0  Responsibility remains unclaimed. Geha Interchange bus stop bombing  December 25, 2003  Geha Junction  4  20+   PFLP claimed responsibility. === 2004 === Name  Date  Location  Dead  Injured  Notes  Ref 3rd Erez Crossing attack  January 14, 2004  Gaza Strip  4    Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade and Hamas claimed joint responsibility.Gaza Street bus bombing January 29, 2004  Rehavia, Jerusalem  11    Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade and Hamas claimed responsibility. Liberty Bell Park bus bombing  February 22, 2004  Liberty Bell Garden, Jerusalem  8    Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade claimed responsibility.Ashdod Port massacre  March 14, 2004  Port of Ashdod  10    Double suicide bombing. Carried out by Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade together with Hamas. Beka'ot checkpoint bombing  May 22, 2004  Beka'ot checkpoint, Jordan Valley, West Bank  none  1  PFLP claimed responsibility. Beersheba bus bombings  August 31, 2004  Downtown Beersheba on buses 7 and 12  16    Hamas claimed responsibility. Sinai bombings  October 7, 2004  Sinai peninsula, Egypt  34    Suicide 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 bombing  November 1, 2004  Tel Aviv  3  30   PFLP claimed responsibility. === 2005 === Name  Date  Location  Dead  Injured  Notes Ref Karni border crossing attack  January 13, 2005  Karni crossing, Gaza Strip  6    Carried out together by Hamas with Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades and Popular Resistance Committees. Stage Club bombing  February 25, 2005  Tel Aviv sea promenade  5    Carried out together with Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades and with Hizballah involvement. 1st HaSharon Mall suicide bombing  July 12, 2005  Netanya  5    Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. Hadera Market bombing  October 26, 2005  Hadera  7    Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. 2nd HaSharon Mall suicide bombing  December 5, 2005  Netanya  5    Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. === 2006 === Name  Date  Location  Dead  Injured  Notes Ref 1st Rosh Ha'ir restaurant bombing  January 19, 2006  Near Tel Aviv old central bus station  none  32  Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. Kedumim bombing  March 30, 2006  Kdumim, West Bank  4    Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.2nd Rosh Ha'ir restaurant bombing  April 17, 2006  Near Tel Aviv old central bus station  11  68  Carried out by Palestinian Islamic Jihad together with Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades.=== 2007 === Name  Date  Location  Dead  Injured  Notes  Ref Eilat bakery bombing  January 29, 2007  Eilat  Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claim joint responsibility.=== 2008 === Name  Date  Location  Dead  Injured  Notes  Ref Dimona bombing  February 4, 2008  Dimona  1  9  The 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. Kerem Shalom suicide bombing  April 19, 2008  Kerem Shalom border crossing, Gaza Strip  0  13  Three 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.
2010s === 2015 === Name  Date  Location  Dead  Injured  Notes  Ref Ma'ale Adumim attempted bombing  October 11, 2015  Jerusalem  0  1  Palestinian 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.=== 2016 === Name  Date  Location  Dead  Injured  Notes  Ref 2016 Jerusalem bus bombing  April 18, 2016  Jerusalem  0  20  A member of Hamas was involved, but Hamas, while praising the act, did not claim responsibility.
See also *Lists of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel*Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict*Israeli West Bank barrier*Israeli casualties of war*Palestinian political violence* First Intifada (1987–1993)* Second Intifada (2000–2005)* Silent Intifada (2014)* Israeli–Palestinian conflict (2015)* Sumud (steadfastness)
Sources and external links * Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs* Johnston's Terrorism Archive* Jewish Virtual Library Fatal terrorist attacks in Israel since the Declaration of Principles* Palestinian Suicide Bombers: A Statistical Analysis * Willing to Die: Palestinian suicide bombers, TruTV
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