The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Israel since 1948.
Name | Date | Location | Responsible Party | Deaths | Notes | |
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al-Dawayima massacre | 28 October 1948 | al-Dawayima | Israeli Army | 70-80 | Accounts of the incident vary greatly; some report that bodies were put in a well. | |
Safsaf massacre | 29 October 1948 | Safsaf | Israel Defense Forces | 52-64 | ||
Eilabun massacre | 30 October 1948 | Eilabun | Israel Defense Forces | 14 | 2 Arab Christians killed before surrender, 12 after | |
Ma'ale Akrabim massacre | 16–17 March 1954 | Scorpions Pass | Arab gang originating from either Jordan or Egypt | 11[1] | 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[2] | |
Avivim school bus massacre | 8 May 1970 | near Avivim | Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command[3] | 12[4] | 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[5] | 80 injured | |
Kiryat Shmona massacre | 11 April 1974 | Kiryat Shmona, Israel | Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command | 18[6] | 8 victims were children; 15 injured | |
Ma'alot massacre[7] | 15 May 1974 | Ma'alot[8] | Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine[9] | 29[10] | 68 injured; victims were mostly children | |
Zion Square massacre | 4 July 1975 | Jerusalem | Palestinian Liberation Organization | 15[11] | 77 wounded | |
Coastal Road massacre | 11 March 1978 | near Tel Aviv | Palestinian Liberation Organization | 38[12] | 38 people were killed on bus. Victims include 13 children. Other people killed nearby. 71 wounded. | |
Massacre in Rishon LeZion | 20 May 1990 | Rishon LeZion | Ami Popper, an Israeli citizen | 7 [13] | Seven Palestinian workers where killed, 16 Palestinians where 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.[14] | |
Dizengoff Street bus bombing | 19 October 1994 | Tel Aviv, Israel | Hamas | 22 | Suicide bomber blows himself up in a bus during the morning rushour at Dizengoff street, Tel Aviv. Killing 22 people and injuring 50 others. Hamas claimed responsibility. | |
Beit Lid massacre[15][16][17][18] | 22 January 1995 | Beit Lid Junction | Palestinian Islamic Jihad | 23[19] | death toll includes 2 perpetrators; 69 injured; first suicide attack by Palestinian Islamic Jihad | |
Island of Peace massacre | 13 March 1997 | Island of Peace | Jordanian Army Corporal Ahmed Daqamseh | 7[20] | Jordanian soldier opened fire on a large group of Israeli schoolgirls[20] | |
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 | |
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 | |
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] | |
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. |