HOME

TheInfoList



Click Here for Items Related To - Palestinian suicide attacks
OR:
Palestinian suicide attacks on:   [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Amazon]

This article contains lists of Palestinian
suicide attacks A suicide attack is any violent attack, usually entailing the attacker detonating an explosive, where the attacker has accepted their own death as a direct result of the attacking method used. Suicide attacks have occurred throughout histor ...
carried out by
Palestinian Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...
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 and the attacks steeply declined by 2008. The high point was in 2002 during the
Second Intifada The Second Intifada ( ar, الانتفاضة الثانية, ; he, האינתיפאדה השנייה, ), also known as the Al-Aqsa Intifada ( ar, انتفاضة الأقصى, label=none, '), was a major Palestinian uprising against Israel. ...
. A 2007 study of Palestinian suicide bombings during the Second Intifada (September 2000 through August 2005) found that 39.9 percent of the suicide attacks were carried out by
Hamas Hamas (, ; , ; an acronym of , "Islamic Resistance Movement") is a Palestinian Sunni- Islamic fundamentalist, militant, and nationalist organization. It has a social service wing, Dawah, and a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Br ...
, 26.4 percent by
Fatah Fatah ( ar, فتح '), formerly the Palestinian National Liberation Movement, is a Palestinian nationalist social democratic political party and the largest faction of the confederated multi-party Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and s ...
, 25.7 percent by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), 5.4 percent by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and 2.7 percent by other organizations. The Simon Wiesenthal Center has advocated classifying suicide bombings as crimes against humanity, a position adopted by
Amnesty International Amnesty International (also referred to as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organization focused on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom. The organization says it has more than ten million members and sup ...
and
Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization, headquartered in New York City, that conducts research and advocacy on human rights. The group pressures governments, policy makers, companies, and individual human ri ...
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 against either civilians or security forces, in which the perpetrators intended to die during the attack.'' *''Bold indicates attacks resulting in over 10 deaths''. *''Bold Underscored indicates attacks resulting in over 20 deaths''. *The perpetrator(s) are not included in the death tolls noted in this list.


1980s


1989 (1 attack)


1990s


1993 (2 bombings)


1994 (5 bombings)


1995 (4 bombings)


1996 (4 bombings)


1997 (3 bombings)


1998 (2 bombings)


1999 (2 bombings)


2000s

The
Al-Aqsa Intifada The Second Intifada ( ar, الانتفاضة الثانية, ; he, האינתיפאדה השנייה, ), also known as the Al-Aqsa Intifada ( ar, انتفاضة الأقصى, label=none, '), was a major Palestinian uprising against Israel. ...
saw a dramatic upswing in suicide bombings, with A, 40% of the total number originated in
East Jerusalem East Jerusalem (, ; , ) is the sector of Jerusalem that was held by Jordan during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, as opposed to the western sector of the city, West Jerusalem, which was held by Israel. Jerusalem was envisaged as a separat ...
.


2000 (5 bombings)


2001 (40 bombings)


2002 (47 bombings)


2003 (23 bombings)


2004 (17 bombings)


2005 (9 bombings)


2006 (3 bombings)


2007 (1 bombing)


2008 (2 bombings)


2010s


2015 (1 bombing)


2016 (1 bombing)


Total number of injuries and fatalities, by year

''Note: statistics are taken from lists above.''


See also

* Lists of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel *
List of attacks on non-combatants in the Second Intifada The following is a partial list of civilian casualties in the Second Intifada. In the ten years from 2000-2010, of 6371 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces, at least 2996 did not participate in hostilities when killed, and 1317 were minors. Of 1 ...
*
Civilian casualties in the Second Intifada The following is a partial list of civilian casualties in the Second Intifada. In the ten years from 2000-2010, of 6371 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces, at least 2996 did not participate in hostilities when killed, and 1317 were minors. Of 1 ...
* Violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2000 * Violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2001 *
Violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2002 Violence is the use of physical force so as to injure, abuse, damage, or destroy. Other definitions are also used, such as the World Health Organization's definition of violence as "the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened o ...
*
Violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2003 Violence is the use of physical force so as to injure, abuse, damage, or destroy. Other definitions are also used, such as the World Health Organization's definition of violence as "the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened o ...
* Violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2004 *
Violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2005 Violence is the use of physical force so as to injure, abuse, damage, or destroy. Other definitions are also used, such as the World Health Organization's definition of violence as "the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened o ...
*
Violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2006 Violence is the use of physical force so as to injure, abuse, damage, or destroy. Other definitions are also used, such as the World Health Organization's definition of violence as "the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened o ...
* Violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2007 *
Violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2008 Violence is the use of physical force so as to injure, abuse, damage, or destroy. Other definitions are also used, such as the World Health Organization's definition of violence as "the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened o ...
* Israeli West Bank barrier *
Israeli casualties of war Israeli casualties of war, in addition to those of Israel's nine major wars, include 9,745 soldiers and security forces personnel killed in "miscellaneous engagements and terrorist attacks", which includes security forces members killed during ...
*
Palestinian political violence Palestinian political violence refers to acts of violence perpetrated for political ends in relation to the State of Palestine or in connection with Palestinian nationalism. Common political objectives include self-determination in and sovereig ...
* First Intifada (1987-1993) *
Second Intifada The Second Intifada ( ar, الانتفاضة الثانية, ; he, האינתיפאדה השנייה, ), also known as the Al-Aqsa Intifada ( ar, انتفاضة الأقصى, label=none, '), was a major Palestinian uprising against Israel. ...
(2000-2005) *
Silent Intifada The 2014 Jerusalem unrest, sometimes referred as the Silent Intifada (other names given include urban intifada, Firecracker intifada, car intifada, Jerusalem intifada, and Third intifada) is a term occasionally used to refer to an increase in vi ...
(2014) *
Israeli–Palestinian conflict (2015) The Israeli–Palestinian conflict is one of the world's most enduring conflicts, beginning in the mid-20th century. Various attempts have been made to resolve the conflict as part of the Israeli–Palestinian peace process, alongside other eff ...
*
Sumud Sumud ( ar, صمود) meaning "steadfastness"Abed, 1988, p. 288. or "steadfast perseverance" is a Palestinian cultural value, ideological theme and political strategy that first emerged among the Palestinian people through the experience of the dial ...
(steadfastness)


Sources and external links


Israeli Ministry of Foreign AffairsJohnston's Terrorism Archive
Fatal terrorist attacks in Israel since the Declaration of Principles
Palestinian Suicide Bombers: A Statistical Analysis
TruTV


Notes


Citations


Sources

* {{Arab–Israeli conflict * * Palestinian suicide attacks Terrorist attacks attributed to Palestinian militant groups Palestinian suicide attacks
suicide attacks A suicide attack is any violent attack, usually entailing the attacker detonating an explosive, where the attacker has accepted their own death as a direct result of the attacking method used. Suicide attacks have occurred throughout histor ...
suicide