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List of massacres in Israel is a list of massacres that have occurred in Israel after the 1948 Palestine War.
Name | Date | Location | Responsible Party | Deaths | Notes |
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Ma'ale Akrabim massacre | 16–17 March 1954 | Scorpions Pass | Unknown; Arab Bedouins suspected[1] | 11[2] | 2 injured |
Kafr Qasim massacre | 29 October 1956 | Kafr Qasim | Israel Border Police | 47 | 23 children were among the victims.
Israeli President Shimon Peres issued a formal apology in December 2007.[3] |
Avivim school bus massacre | 8 May 1970 | near Avivim | Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command[4] | 12[5] | 25 wounded; 9 victims were children |
Lod Airport massacre | 30 May 1972 | Lod | Three members of the Japanese Red Army, on behalf of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine | 26[6] | 80 injured |
Kiryat Shmona massacre | 11 April 1974 | Kiryat Shmona, Israel | Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command | 18[7] | 8 victims were children; 15 injured |
Ma'alot massacre[8] | 15 May 1974 | Ma'alot[9] | Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine[10] | 29[11] | 68 injured; victims were mostly children |
Zion Square massacre | 4 July 1975 | Jerusalem | Palestinian Liberation Organization | 15[12] | 77 wounded |
Coastal Road massacre | 11 March 1978 | near Tel Aviv | Palestinian Liberation Organization | 38[13] | 38 people were killed on bus. Victims include 13 children. Other people killed nearby. 71 wounded. |
Rishon LeZion Massacre | 20 May 1990 | Rishon LeZion | Ami Popper, an Israeli citizen | 7 [14] | Seven Palestinian workers were killed, 16 Palestinians were wounded. The perpetrator was a 21-year-old Israeli with an automatic weapon. 13 more Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in subsequent demonstrations to protest the massacre in various parts of the territories.[15] |
Dizengoff Street bus bombing | 19 October 1994 | Tel Aviv, Israel | Hamas | 22 | Suicide bomber blows himself up in a bus during the morning rush hour at Dizengoff street, Tel Aviv. Killing 22 people and injuring 50 others. Hamas claimed responsibility. |
Beit Lid massacre[16][17][18][19] | 22 January 1995 | Beit Lid Junction | Palestinian Islamic Jihad | 23[20] | death toll includes 2 perpetrators; 69 injured; first suicide attack by Palestinian Islamic Jihad |
Sbarro restaurant massacre | 9 August 2001 | Jerusalem | Hamas | 15[21] | 130 injured; 7 victims were children |
Dolphinarium discotheque massacre | 1 June 2001 | Tel Aviv | Hamas | 21 | 100+ wounded |
Hebrew University bombing | 21 July 2002 | Mount Scopus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Hamas | 9 | Around one hundred people were injured in the attack. |
Bat Mitzvah massacre[22] | 18 January 2002 | Hadera | al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades | 7[23] | 33 wounded[23] |
Yeshivat Beit Yisrael massacre[24] | 2 March 2002 | Beit Yisrael, Jerusalem | Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades | 11[25] | Victims included 7 children, 2 of which were infants |
Café Moment bombing | 9 March 2002 | Jerusalem | Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades | 11[26] | 54 wounded |
Passover massacre[27] | 27 March 2002 | Netanya | Hamas[28] | 30[29] | 140 injured; some victims were Holocaust survivors; considered the deadliest single attack against Israeli civilians during the Second Intifada |
Kiryat Menachem massacre | 21 November 2002 | Jerusalem | Hamas | 11[30] | 50+ wounded |
Tel-Aviv central bus station massacre | 5 January 2003 | Southern Tel Aviv | Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades | 23[31] | Over 100 injured |
Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing | 19 August 2003 | Jerusalem | Hamas | 24[32] | 130+ wounded |
Maxim restaurant bombing | 4 October 2003 | beachfront "Maxim" restaurant, Haifa | Palestinian Islamic Jihad female suicide bomber | 21 civilians | 60 civilians were injured. |
Mercaz HaRav massacre | 6 March 2008 | Kiryat Moshe, Jerusalem | Arab gunman, Alaa Abu Dhein | 8[33][34] | Attack took place at a school, and seven victims were students.[35] |
2008 Jerusalem bulldozer attack | 2 July 2008 | Jaffa Road, Jerusalem | Hussam Taysir Duwait | 3 | Attack on motorists. Three people were killed and thirty injured. |
2014 Jerusalem synagogue massacre | 18 November 2014 | Har Nof, Jerusalem | Uday Abu Jamal and Ghassan Abu Jamal | 5 | Attack against a synagogue. Four rabbis and a police officer were killed. |
June 2016 Tel Aviv shooting | 8 June 2016 | Sarona market, Tel Aviv | Khalid al-Mahmara and Muhammad Mahmara | 4 | Attack on restaurant guests in downtown Tel Aviv. Four civilians killed. |
2022 Beersheba attack | 22 March 2022 | Beersheba | Mohammed Abu al-Kiyan | 4 | Stabbing and vehicle ramming attack. |
2022 Bnei Brak shootings | 29 March 2022 | Bnei Brak | Diaa Hamarsheh | 5 | Attack on pedestrians. Four civilians and a police officer killed. |
Re'im music festival massacre | 7 October 2023 | Re'im | Hamas | 325+[36] | Deadliest massacre in Israeli history. At least 37 Israeli and foreign civilians kidnapped and taken into the Gaza Strip.[37] Part of the Israel–Hamas war. |
Be'eri massacre | 7 October 2023 | Be'eri | Hamas | 108+[38] | Part of the Israel–Hamas war. |
Battle of Sderot | 7 October 2023 | Sderot | Hamas | 20 | Surprise attack on an Israeli police station. Part of the Israel–Hamas war. |
Kfar Aza massacre | 7 October 2023 | Kfar Aza | Hamas | 52 | Part of the Israel–Hamas war. |
Nir Oz massacre | 7 October 2023 | Nir Oz | Hamas | 25 | Part of the Israel–Hamas war. |
Netiv HaAsara massacre | 7 October 2023 | Netiv HaAsara | Hamas | 20+[39] | Part of the Israel–Hamas war. |
Holit massacre | 7 October 2023 | Holit | Hamas | 13+[40] | Part of the Israel–Hamas war. |
Ein HaShlosha massacre | 7 October 2023 | Ein HaShlosha | Hamas | 5+[41] | Part of the Israel–Hamas war. |
Nahal Oz massacre | 7 October 2023 | Nahal Oz | Hamas | 100+[42] | Part of the Israel–Hamas war. |
Kissufim massacre | 7 October 2023 | Kissufim | Hamas | 4+[43] | Part of the Israel–Hamas war. |
Nirim massacre | 7 October 2023 | Nirim | Hamas | Part of the Israel–Hamas war. | |
Yakhini massacre | 7 October 2023 | Yakhini | Hamas | Part of the Israel–Hamas war. | |
Alumim massacre | 7 October 2023 | Alumim | Hamas | 16/17[44][45] | Victims were foreign workers from Thailand and Nepal. Part of the Israel–Hamas war. |
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