Name | Date | Location | Responsible Party | Deaths | Notes |
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1966 attack on Samu | 13 November 1966 | Samu, Jordanian annexation of the West Bank | Israel Defense Forces | 16 | 3 of those killed were civilians [33] |
13 April 1989 Nahalin raid | 13 April 1989 | Nahalin, West Bank | Israel Border Police | 5 Palestinians [34] | At least 30 injured |
2001 Immanuel bus attack | 12 December 2001 | Immanuel, West Bank | al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades | 11 (Israeli) [35] | Around 30 injured |
Karnei Shomron Mall suicide bombing | 16 February 2002 | Karnei Shomron, West Bank | Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine | 3 (Israeli) [36] | 27 injured |
Atzmona attack | 7 March 2002 | Atzmona settlement, Gaza Strip | Hamas | 5 (Israeli) [37] | Attack on an Israeli pre-military academy in the occupied Gaza Strip killed 5 students and injured 23. |
Battle of Jenin | 1-11 April 2002 | Jenin Camp | Israel Defense Forces | 52 [38] | Human Rights Watch alleged that the casualties included 22 civilians. |
2002 French Hill suicide bombing | 19 June 2002 | East Jerusalem | Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility | 7 (Israeli) (+1 suicide bomber) [39] | |
2002 Itamar attack | 20 June 2002 | Itamar, West Bank | Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine | 5 (Israeli) | Victims included 3 children; 10 injured [40] |
2002 Immanuel bus Attack | 14 July 2002 | Immanuel, West Bank | DFLP and Fatah | 9 (Israeli) [41] | 20 injured |
2002 Gaza Bombing | 22 July 2002 | Gaza City | Israel Defense Forces | 17 [42] | Airstrike targeting Salah Shehade killed him and 15 civilians, including 11 children. 150 civilians were injured. |
Hebrew University bombing | 31 July 2002 | East Jerusalem | Hamas | 9 (Israeli and American) | Victims included 5 U.S. students, and injured about 100 [43] |
Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing | 19 August 2003 | East Jerusalem | Hamas | 20+ (Israeli) [44] | |
Murder of the Hatuel family | 2 May 2004 | Gush Katif, Gaza Strip | Hamas | 5 (Israeli) [45] | |
2005 Shilo shooting | 17 August 2005 | Shiloh | Israeli settler | 4 [46] | Fatalities were four male Palestinian laborers. |
Kedumim bombing | 30 March 2006 | Kedumim, West Bank | Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades | 4 (Israeli) [47] | |
2006 Gaza beach explosion | 9 June 2006 | Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces (Human Rights Watch claim) Land mine or unexploded artillery shell (Israeli claim) | 8 [48] | At least 30 others were injured. |
2006 shelling of Beit Hanoun | 8 November 2006 | Beit Hanoun | Israel Defense Forces | 19+ [49] | 12 victims were children; at least 40 injured [50] |
Al Bureij killings | 16 April 2008 | Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 9 | Of the victims, one was Reuters cameraman Fadel Shana'a and six were children. [51] |
Al-Fakhura school shelling | 6 January 2009 | Jabalia Camp | Israel Defense Forces | 12-43 [52] | |
2014 Gaza war beach bombings | 9-16 July 2014 | Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 13 [53] [54] | |
Duma arson attack | 31 July 2015 | Duma | Israeli settlers | 3 [55] | |
Al-Sawarki family bombing | 14 November 2019 | Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 8 [56] | Included 3 children from the same family |
January 2023 Jenin Incursion | 26 January 2023 | Jenin Camp | Israel Defense Forces and Israel Border Police | 9 [57] | 19 injured. |
February 2023 Nablus incursion | 22 February 2023 | Nablus | Israel Defense Forces | 11 | Separate investigations by the New York Times and the Washington Post showed Israeli forces targeting and shooting at civilians. [58] [59] |
June 2023 Jenin incursion | 19 June 2023 | Jenin Camp | Israel Defense Forces and Israel Border Police | 5 [60] | 90+ wounded. |
July 2023 Jenin incursion | 3 July 2023 | Jenin Camp | Israel Defense Forces | 12-18 [61] | |
Killing of Awni El-Dous | 7 October 2023 | Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 15 [62] | |
Hajji Tower airstrike | 10 October 2023 | Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 3+ [63] | 3 journalists covering the evacuation of a nearby building were killed. |
Al-Ahli Arab Hospital explosion | 17 October 2023 | Gaza City | Israel Defense Forces (Palestinian and human rights orgs claim) Misfired PIJ rocket (Israel and U.S. claim) | 100–300 (United States) [64] ~250 (Al-Shifa Hospital) [65] 471 (Gaza Health Ministry) [66] | |
Musa family airstrike | 18 October 2023 | Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 30+ [67] | |
Church of Saint Porphyrius airstrike | 19 October 2023 | Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 18 [68] | |
Engineer's Building airstrike | 31 October 2023 | Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 106+ | Human Rights Watch said there was no evidence of any military targets in the area at the time of the attack, making the strike an apparent war crime. [69] |
Al-Fakhoora school airstrikes | 4 November 2023 | Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 65+ [70] | |
Killing of Hammam Allouh | 12 November 2023 | Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 4 [71] | |
Shehada family strike | 14 December 2023 | Rafah | Israel Defense Forces | 30 [72] | |
Killing of Alon Shamriz, Yotam Haim, and Samer Talalka | 15 December 2023 | Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 3 [73] | In Israeli friendly fire incident, three civilian Israeli hostages were shot dead as they approached a group of IDF soldiers. |
Salem family airstrikes (December 19, 2023) | 19 December 2023 | Rimal, Gaza City | Israel Defense Forces | 270 [74] | |
2023 Zorob family airstrike | 19 December 2023 | Rafah | Israel Defense Forces | 25 [75] | |
Nasser Hospital siege | 21 January – 28 February 2024 | Khan Yunis | Israel Defense Forces | 210+ [76] | |
Killing of Hind Rajab | 29 January 2024 | Gaza Strip | Israeli Ground Forces | 9 | Five year old Hind called Palestine Red Crescent Society asking for help. Recording of her call shared widely. She was killed along with her family and two medical professionals sent to rescue her. [77] |
World Central Kitchen aid convoy attack | 1 April 2024 | Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 7 [78] | |
Al-Sardi school attack | 6 June 2024 | Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 33+ [79] | |
June 2024 Al-Mawasi refugee camp attack | 21 June 2024 | Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 25 [80] | |
Killing of Ihab al-Ghussein | 6 July 2024 | Gaza City, Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 4 [81] | |
22 July 2024 Khan Yunis attack | 22 July 2024 | Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces and Israeli Air Force | 73+ | Palestinians fled Khan Yunis as Israelis tanks advanced into the area. Tank shelling and aerial bombardment killed at least 73. [82] |
Khadija School airstrike | 26 July 2024 | Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 30+ [83] | |
Hamama School bombing | 4 August 2024 | Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 30+ [84] | |
August 2024 Deir al-Balah attacks | 17 August 2024 | Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 34+ [85] | |
September 2024 Al-Mawasi refugee camp attack | 10 September 2024 | Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 19-40 [86] | |
September 2024 Al-Jawni School attack | 11 September 2024 | Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 18+ | Two Israeli airstrikes on the UN-run school in Nuseirat refugee camp killed at least 18 people, including 6 UNRWA staff. [87] |
Killing of Wafa Al-Udaini | 29 September 2024 | Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 4 [88] | |
2024 Tulkarm Camp airstrike | 3 October 2024 | Tulkarm | Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet | 18+ [89] | First Israeli airstrike in the area since 2002. |
October 2024 Deir al-Balah mosque bombing | 6 October 2024 | Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 26+ [90] | |
October 2024 Rufaida school attack | 10 October 2024 | Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 28+ [91] | |
October 2024 Abu Hussein school attack | 17 October 2024 | Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 28+ [92] | |
29 October 2024 Beit Lahia airstrike | 29 October 2024 | Beit Lahia | Israel Defense Forces | 55-93+ [93] [94] | An Israel Defense Forces airstrike on a residential building in Beit Lahia killed at least 55 to 93 Palestinians, including 25 children. |
19 October 2024 Beit Lahia attacks | 19 October 2024 | Beit Lahia | Israel Defense Forces | 92+ [95] | |
4 December 2024 al-Mawasi attack | 4 December 2024 | Gaza Strip | Israeli Air Force | 20+ [96] | |
April 2025 Shuja'iyya airstrike | 9 April 2025 | Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 35+ [97] | |
Killing of Fatima Hassouna | 16 April 2025 | Gaza City, Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 11 [98] | Photographer and journalist Fatima Hassouna was killed by an Israeli airstrike alongside 10 other members of her family. |
2025 Wehda Street airstrikes | 7 May 2025 | Rimal, Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 33+ [99] | |