List of massacres in the Palestinian territories

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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in the Palestinian territories (East Jerusalem, West Bank and the Gaza Strip) after the 1948 Palestine war.

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Massacres in the Occupied Palestinian territories

NameDateLocationResponsible PartyDeathsNotes
Qibya massacre 14 October 1953 Qibya, Jordanian-occupied West Bank Israel Defense Forces 69Qibya was the target of an Israeli raid by Unit 101 under the command of Ariel Sharon, which resulted in the deaths of some 69 unarmed Palestinian civilians. [1]
Rafah massacre 3 November 1956 Rafah, Egyptian-occupied Gaza Strip Israel Defense Forces 111+ [2] Male Palestinian villagers suspected of supporting Palestinian guerrillas
Khan Yunis massacre 3 November 1956 Khan Yunis, Egyptian-occupied Gaza Strip Israel Defense Forces 275+ [3] Palestinians killed in house-to-house search for fedayeen
1956 to 1994
Cave of the Patriarchs massacre 25 February 1994 Hebron Israeli settler Baruch Goldstein 2929 Muslims praying inside the Ibrahimi Mosque were killed with 125 more wounded. [4]
Ibrahim al-Maqadma Mosque missile strike 3 January 2009 Beit Lahia Israeli Air Force 16
2011 Itamar attack 11 March 2011 Itamar [5] Two Palestinians [6] 5 [7] Both parents and three children of one family stabbed to death in their home, one infant decapitated. [8]
Shadia Abu Ghazala School massacre 13 December 2023 Gaza Strip Israeli Ground Forces 15+Eyewitnesses reported the victims had been shot and killed point-blank by Israeli soldiers. [9]
Flour massacre 29 February 2024 Gaza Strip Israel Defense Forces 112+ [10] Palestinians waiting for food aid killed after shooting by Israeli forces in Gaza. [10]
Tel al-Sultan massacre 26 May 2024 Gaza Strip Israel Defense Forces 40+ [11] The Israeli Air Force struck Tel al-Sultan, Rafah, setting fire to a Palestinian displacement camp. [11]
Nuseirat refugee camp massacre 8 June 2024 Gaza Strip Israel Defense Forces 274+ [12] The Nuseirat rescue operation resulted in the deaths of hundreds of Palestinians in the Nuseirat refugee camp, including women and children, and over 600 injuries. [12]
Al-Awda School massacre 9 July 2024 Gaza Strip Israel Defense Forces 31

Massacres in Israeli-occupied Egypt and Syria

NameDateLocationResponsible PartyDeathsNotes
Ras Sedr massacre 8 June 1967Ras Sedr, EgyptIsraeli Army52during the Six Day War

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  2. ↑ Edward W. Said, Noam Chomsky, and Michael Walzer, "Chomsky's 'Fateful Triangle': An Exchange", New York Review of Books , 16 August 1984.
  3. ↑ Morris, Benny (1994). Israel's Border Wars, 1949-1956: Arab Infiltration, Israeli Retaliation, and the Countdown to the Suez War. Oxford University Press. p. 424. ISBN   978-0198278504.
  4. ↑ "Settlers remember gunman Goldstein; Hebron riots continue". Issacharoff, Avi. Haaretz . March 1, 2010.
  5. ↑ Cohen, Gili (13 March 2011). "Itamar settlement has been a prime target for terror". Haaretz . Retrieved 14 March 2011.
  6. ↑ Raved, Ahiya (5 June 2011). "Palestinian baby killer: Proud of what I did". Ynetnews. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  7. ↑ Lidman, Melanie (13 March 2011). "Rallies held around country in response to Itamar attacks". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 19 March 2011.
  8. ↑ Pfeffer, Anshel (17 April 2011). "Two teens from West Bank village arrested over Itamar massacre" . Haaretz. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  9. ↑ Sabah, Abed (18 December 2023). "Gaza grandfather describes killing of his family by Israeli soldiers". Reuters. Archived from the original on 18 December 2023.
  10. 1 2 "Flour massacre: How Gaza food killings unfolded, and Israel's story changed". Al Jazeera. 1 March 2024. Archived from the original on 21 March 2024.
  11. 1 2 "White House assessing if Israel violated "red line" with Rafah strike". axios.com. Axios. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  12. 1 2 "Outrage over 'massacre' in Gaza as Israel rescued four hostages". The Guardian. 9 June 2024.
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