List of massacres in Jerusalem

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This is a list of massacres in Jerusalem .

NameDateCasualtiesPerpetrator(s)
Jerusalem riots of 66 666000 Gessius Florus
Siege of Jerusalem (1099) 1099 First Crusade
Siege of Jerusalem (1244) 1244, August 11~5,700 [1] Khwarazmians [2]
1920 Nebi Musa riots 19209Arab rioters
King David Hotel bombing 1946 July 2291 Irgun.svg Irgun
1948 Ben Yehuda Street bombing 1948, February 2258Arab irregulars and British deserters
Hadassah medical convoy massacre 1948, April 1379Arab forces
Zion Square refrigerator bombing 1975, July 415 Flag of Palestine - short triangle.svg PLO
Ramat Eshkol bus bombing 1995, August 216Flag of al-Qassam Brigades.svg Hamas
Jaffa Road bus bombings 1996, February 25 - March 347Flag of al-Qassam Brigades.svg Hamas
1997 Mahane Yehuda Market bombings 1997, July 3018Flag of al-Qassam Brigades.svg Hamas
1997 Ben Yehuda Street Bombing 1997, September 48Flag of al-Qassam Brigades.svg Hamas
1997–99 Jerusalem stabbings 1997, November 30 – 1999, January 132-3Chaim Perlman (suspected)
Sbarro restaurant bombing 2001, August 916Flag of al-Qassam Brigades.svg Hamas
2001 Ben Yehuda Street Bombings 2001, December 113Flag of al-Qassam Brigades.svg Hamas
Yeshivat Beit Yisrael massacre 2002, March 212 al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
Patt Junction bus bombing 2002, June 1819Flag of al-Qassam Brigades.svg Hamas
Hebrew University massacre 2002, July 319Flag of al-Qassam Brigades.svg Hamas
Davidka Square bus bombing 2003, June 1117Flag of al-Qassam Brigades.svg Hamas
Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing 2003, August 1924Flag of al-Qassam Brigades.svg Hamas
Gaza Street bus bombing 2004, January 2911Flag of al-Qassam Brigades.svg Hamas Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
Liberty Bell Park bus bombing 2004, February 228 Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
Mercaz HaRav massacre 2008, March 69Alaa Abu Dhein
2014 Jerusalem synagogue attack 2014, November 188Two Palestinian gunmen

References

  1. Scott Parker, The Indigenous Christians of the Arabic Middle East in an Age of Crusaders, Mongols, and Mamlūks (1244–1366), PhD diss. (University of London, 2012), p. 45.
  2. Peter Jackson (ed.), The Seventh Crusade, 1244–1254: Sources and Documents (Ashgate, 2007), p. 17.

See also