| 17 Mar 1954 | 11 killed, others injured in ambush of bus between Eilat and Tel Aviv |
| 22 Nov 1968 | 12 killed, 52 injured by bombing of Mahaneh Yehuda market |
| 22 May 1970 | 12 killed, 19 injured (mostly children) in attack on school bus with three bazooka rockets |
| 30 May 1972 | 26 killed (including 20 Puerto Ricans), 78 injured in attack with guns and grenades at Ben Gurion Airport; two terrorists also killed |
| 11 Apr 1974 | 18 killed (including 8 children), 16 injured in attack by three terrorists on residential building in Qiryat Shemona |
| 15 May 1974 | 27 killed, 134 injured in attack on Ma'alot; terrorists killed 2 people in initial attack and took 90 children hostage; most casualties were inflicted by the terrorists during a rescue attempt in which 20 children and 1 soldier were killed (along with all three terrorists) |
| 6 Mar 1975 | 11 killed, 12 injured (seven terrorists also killed) in Tel Aviv attack: terrorists land by two boats on a Tel Aviv beach, fire at cars and soldiers, killing 2 soldiers; terrorists then seize a hotel which is stormed by Israeli troops at 0530; explosions kill 1 hostage, 1 soldier and 6 terrorists; 6 hostages and 1 terrorist are injured |
| 4 Jul 1975 | 13 killed (including 2 children), 72 injured (including 2 Americans) in bombing at Zion Square in Jerusalem; bomb was in an abandoned refrigerator on a sidewalk surrounded by pre-Sabbath shopping crowds |
| 11 Mar 1978 | 43 killed (including 1 American), 72 injured in shooting attack on Tel Aviv beach; thirteen terrorists land by boat on beach near Tel Aviv and seize a bus, engaging police in gun battle during which bus explodes (nine terrorists also killed) |
| 6 Jul 1989 | 16 killed (including 1 American), 27 injured when terrorist forces a bus off a road into a ravine |
| 25 Feb 1994 | 39 killed (all Palestinians), 250 injured in shooting attack at Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron |
| 19 Oct 1994 | 22 killed (including one Dutch), 75 injured by suicide bombing (one terrorist killed) on bus in Tel-Aviv |
| 25 Dec 1994 | 12 killed (1 American), 13 injured in suicide bombing at bus stop in Jerusalem |
| 22 Jan 1995 | 19 killed (including 18 soldiers), 69 injured by two separate suicide bombers (both terrorists killed) at the Beit Lid junction near Netanya |
| 25 Feb 1996 | 26 killed (including 9 soldiers and 3 Americans), 80 injured (including 3 Americans) by two suicide bombings on buses in Jerusalem; first bombing killed 23 (including 3 Americans) and injured at least 50; second bombing 30 minutes later killed 3, injured at least 25 |
| 3 Mar 1996 | 19 killed (including 3 soldiers, 1 Ethopian, and 7 Romanians), 7 injured by suicide bombing (one terrorist killed) on bus in Jerusalem; one of the Romanians died on 9 Mar of wounds |
| 4 Mar 1996 | 14 killed (including 1 soldier), 163 injured (including 2 Americans) by suicide bombing at Dizengoff Center in Tel-Aviv |
| 30 Jul 1997 | 16 killed (including 1 American), 178 injured (including 2 Americans) by two suicide bombings in Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem; three of those killed died subsequently of wounds (on 11 Aug, 29 Aug, 3 Oct) |
| 1 Jun 2001 | 21 killed (including 1 Ukrainian), 120 injured in suicide bombing outside a disco in Tel Aviv (4 of those killed died the following days of injuries) |
| 9 Aug 2001 | 15 killed (including 7 children, 1 American, and 1 Brazilian), 130 injured in suicide bombing at Sbarro pizzeria in Jerusalem |
| 1 Dec 2001 | 11 killed (including 1 who died 8 Dec), 180 injured by two suicide bombings at Ben Yehuda pedestrian mall in Jerusalem |
| 2 Dec 2001 | 15 killed (including 1 from the Philippines), 40 injured by suicide bombing on bus in Haifa |
| 12 Dec 2001 | 11 killed (one who died 25 Mar 2002), 30 injured in attack on bus and several cars near Emmanuel |
| 2 Mar 2002 | 10 killed (including 6 children), over 50 injured by suicide bomber in Orthodox neighborhood of Jerusalem; the terrorist detonated the bomb next to a group of women with baby carriages outside a synagogue |
| 3 Mar 2002 | 10 killed (including 7 soldiers) in shooting attack near Ofra |
| 9 Mar 2002 | 11 killed, 54 injured by suicide bombing in crowded cafe in Jerusalem |
| 27 Mar 2002 | 27 killed, 140 injured in suicide bombing at Park Hotel in Netanya, during Passover |
| 31 Mar 2002 | 15 killed, over 40 injured in suicide bombing (one terrorist also killed) at restaurant in Haifa |
| 9 Apr 2002 | 13 soldiers killed, 7 others injured by booby-trap bomb and subsequent shooting attack during counter-terrorism operations |
| 07 May 2002 | 15 killed and 55 injured in suicide bombing (one terrorist also killed) which caused partial collapse of game club in Rishon-Lezion |
| 5 Jun 2002 | 17 killed (including 13 soldiers and 1 civilian teenager) and 38 injured by a suicide car bombing (one terrorist also killed) attack on a bus at the Megiddo junction near Afula |
| 18 Jun 2002 | 19 killed (including 1 child and 1 teenager) and 74 injured (including many students) by a suicide bomber (one terrorist also killed) attack on a bus in Jerusalem |
| 21 Oct 2002 | 14 killed, 50 injured (including several soldiers) by suicide car bombers (two terrorists also killed) attacking a bus |
| 15 Nov 2002 | 12 killed (including 9 soldiers), 15 injured in shooting attack in Hebron (3 terrorists also killed) |
| 21 Nov 2002 | 11 killed (including 4 children and 1 Romanian), 50 injured in suicide bombing on bus in Jerusalem |
| 5 Jan 2003 | 23 killed, 120 injured by two suicide bombers (both terrorists also killed) who detonated bombs about 30 seconds apart near Central Bus Station, Tel-Aviv; those killed included 15 Israelis (1 soldier), 3 Chinese citizens (1 died 13 Jan), 2 Romanian citizens, 1 Ukranian, 1 citizen of Ghana, and 1 Bulgarian |
| 5 Mar 2003 | 17 killed (including 1 child, 8 teenagers, and 2 soldiers), 53 injured by suicide bombing (one terrorist also killed) on bus in Haifa en route to Haifa University; of those killed, one died 8 Mar, one died 11 Mar |
| 11 Jun 2003 | 17 killed (including 1 soldier, 1 citizen of Eritrea, and 1 Israeli who died 12 Jun), over 100 injured by suicide bombing on bus in Jerusalem |
| 19 Aug 2003 (2100) | 23 killed (including 2 infants--one American--3 children, 3 teenagers, and 1 Philippino, also 1 Israeli who died 23 Aug, 1 who died 5 Sep, and 1 who died 12 Sep), 133 injured in suicide bombing in Jerusalem on bus filled with Jewish worshippers |
| 4 Oct 2003 | 21 killed (including 1 who died of injuries 9 Oct., 1 who died 15 Oct., and 4 children), 60 injured by suicide bombing in a restaurant in Haifa |
| 29 Jan 2004 | 11 killed (including 1 Ethiopian), over 50 injured in suicide bombing (one terrorist also killed) on bus in Jerusalem |
| 14 Mar 2004 | 10 killed, 16 injured in twin suicide bombings (5 killed immediately by first explosion, second explosion killed 3 immediately and fatally injured 2) (two terrorists also killed) at the port of Ashdod; the terrorists may have intended to reach chemical storage facilities |
| 31 Aug 2004 (1500) | 16 killed (including 1 child), 100 injured in twin suicide bombings on two buses in Beersheba; explosions occurred minutes apart after both buses left the same bus stop; some passengers, hearing the first explosion, succeeding in escaping the second bus before the second explosion |
| 17 Apr 2006 (1340) | 11 killed (including 2 Romanians, 1 French citizen, 1 dual Israeli-French citizen, 1 Israeli who died of injuries 13 May, and 1 American teenager who died of injuries 14 May), over 60 injured by suicide bomber (one terrorist also killed) outside a fast-food restaurant in Tel Aviv after being prevented by a security guard from entering |
| 6 Aug 2006 | 12 soldiers killed, at least 3 injured by Katyusha rocket strike in Kiryat Shmona; soldiers were attending briefing prior to deployment across Lebanon border; rocket was fired by Hezbolla from within Lebanon as part of 27-day barrage of 2,900 rockets (through 6 Aug) |
See Chronology of terrorist attacks in Israel for sources and complete listing.
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