Summary of Terrorist Attacks in Israel

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 6 June 2009

Note on the following two tables: these figures are not complete. They are based on data from the Israeli foreign ministry and the list of 947 attacks at "Chronology of terrorist attacks in Israel". The "Chronology" list is known to be incomplete for some years. For annual data, where two figures are given for fatalities, the first is from the Israeli foreign ministry and the second figure (in parenthesis) is for only those attacks listed individually in the "Chronology" list. Data on injuries, particularly before 1968, is also incomplete. For monthly data, only data from the "Chronology" list is included. Data for terrorist attacks outside Israel is not included.

The data is sufficiently complete to show that the post-2000 wave of terrorism in Israel is unique in Israel's history.

Casualties from terrorism in Israel, 1948-2009, by year

yearkilledinjuredyearkilledinjuredyearkilledinjured
1948379 (0) 0 196933 (10) 165 1990 33 (18) 63
1949 37 (0) 0 197074 (18) 81 1991101 (12) 27
1950 52 (0) 0 197118 (5) 60 1992 34 (11) 23
1951 41 (0) 0 197246 (35) 36 1993 45 (29) 34
1952 40 (1) 0 197327 (0) 97 1994 109 456
1953 46 (4) 3 197467 (61) 18 1995 58 284
1954 41 (11) 2 1975 41 265 1996 76 330
1955 30 (3) 18 197614 (5) 197 1997 41 (30) 439
1956 53 (24) 30 1977 9 72 1998 16 (11) 28
1957 19 (8) 2 1978 62 177 1999 8 (5) 2
1958 15 (11) 31 1979 21 295 2000 43 (38) 263 (84)
1959 10 (8) 0 1980 17 322 2001204 (202)2,594 (1,386)
1960 11 (1) 0 198114 (9) 128 2002451 (430)2,348 (2,100)
1961 8 (0) 0 1982 6 (2) 82 2003210 (209)1,123 (859)
1962 10 (0) 1 198321 (10) 176 2004 119 917 (402)
1963 7 (0) 0 1984 9 (5) 88 2005 72 660 (382)
1964 9 (0) 0 198527 (7) 114 2006 92 1,013
1965 10 (5) 4 198614 (11) 49 2007 14 291
1966 10 (5) 3 1987 14 60 2008 48 432
1967 16 (0) 0 198816 (8) 35 2009 4 24
1968 55 (21) 0 198940 (22) 40

Casualties from terrorism in Israel, 2000-2008, by month

2000200120022003
monthkilledinjuredmonthkilledinjuredmonthkilledinjuredmonthkilledinjured
Jan 0 0 Jan 7 60 Jan 17255 Jan30127
Feb 0 0 Feb13 29 Feb 30 48 Feb 8 2
Mar 0 0 Mar 8108 Mar130653 Mar23104
Apr 0 0 Apr 6 73 Apr 39164 Apr10 90
May 0 0 May19205 May 27188 May14104
Jun 0 0 Jun28122 Jun 57194 Jun30111
Jul 0 0 Jul11 20 Jul 30157 Jul 3 3
Aug 0 0 Aug30169 Aug 16 68 Aug29140
Sep 2 0 Sep13129 Sep 14 82 Sep21 91
Oct 6 0 Oct14 73 Oct 22105 Oct30 67
Nov1979 Nov14110 Nov 43176 Nov 5 4
Dec11 5 Dec39288 Dec 5 10 Dec 6 15

2004200520062007
monthkilledinjuredmonthkilledinjuredmonthkilledinjuredmonthkilledinjured
Jan16 64 Jan15 16 Jan 0 20 Jan 4 0
Feb11 62 Feb 5 50 Feb 1 5 Feb 1 0
Mar19 16 Mar 0 0 Mar 7 0 Mar 0 0
Apr 3 7 Apr 0 0 Apr11 61 Apr 0 0
May20 12 May 2 1 May 0 1 May 2 0
Jun 5 16 Jun 8 15 Jun 4 6 Jun 0 0
Jul 3 37 Jul 9 93 Jul33474 Jul 1 0
Aug19118 Aug 9 75 Aug33445 Aug 0 0
Sep 7 23 Sep 1 0 Sep 1 0 Sep 1 0
Oct 4 6 Oct10 58 Oct 0 0 Oct 2 0
Nov 3 30 Nov 1 11 Nov 2 1 Nov 1 0
Dec 9 11 Dec12 63 Dec 0 0 Dec 2 0

20082009
monthkilledinjuredmonthkilledinjured
Jan 2 0 Jan 1 23
Feb 4 38 Feb 0 0
Mar13 11 Mar 2 0
Apr 8 5 Apr 1 1
May 2 90 May 0 0
Jun 1 4 Jun 0 0
Jul 6 82
Aug 0 0
Sep 5 36
Oct 1 0
Nov 0 0
Dec 6164


© 2003-2008, 2009 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 6 June 2009.
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