List of Hamas suicide attacks

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List of suicide attacks carried out by Hamas^{[dated info]}

The criteria used for this list: successful deliberate attacks committed by Hamas against civilians using suicide bombers.

Contents 1 1993 2 1994 3 1995 4 1996 5 1997 6 1999 7 2000 8 2001 9 2002 10 2003 11 2004 12 2005 13 Total number of fatalities, by year 14 See also 15 Sources 16 References

[edit] 1993

Name	Date	Location	Death Toll	Notes
Mehola Junction bombing	April 16, 1993	Mehola Junction, Palestinian Territories	1	Hamas claimed responsibility.[1]Carried out together with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

[edit] 1994

Name	Date	Location	Death Toll	Notes
Afula Bus suicide bombing	April 6, 1994	Afula	8	Hamas claimed responsibility. Carried out together with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Hadera central station suicide bombing	April 13, 1994	Hadera	6	Hamas claimed responsibility. Carried out together with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Tel Aviv bus 5 suicide bombing	October 19, 1994	Tel Aviv	21	Attributed to Hamas
Netzarim Junction	November 11, 1994	Netzarim	3	Hamas claimed responsibility. Carried out together with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

[edit] 1995

Name	Date	Location	Death Toll	Notes
Egged bus 36 bombing	April 9, 1995	Vicinity of Kfar Darom	9
Ramat Gan bus 20 bombing	July 24, 1995	Ramat Gan	6
Jerusalem bus 26 bombing	August 21, 1995	Jerusalem	4	Police Chief Noam Eisenman was killed

[edit] 1996

Name	Date	Location	Death Toll	Notes
Ashqelon bus station bombing	February 25, 1996	Ashqelon	1
First Jerusalem bus 18 suicide bombing	February 25, 1996	Jerusalem Central Bus station	27
Second Jerusalem bus 18 suicide bombing	March 3, 1996	Jaffa street, Jerusalem	20
Dizengoff Center suicide bombing	March 4, 1996	Tel Aviv	13	Attributed to Hamas. Carried out together with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

[edit] 1997

Name	Date	Location	Death Toll	Notes
Cafe Appropo Bombing	March 21, 1997	Tel Aviv	3
Mahane Yehuda Market attack	July 30, 1997	Jerusalem main market	16
Ben Yehuda Street Bombing	September 4, 1997	Jerusalem Ben Yehuda Street	5

[edit] 1999

Name	Date	Location	Death Toll	Notes
Egged Bus 960 bombing	September 5, 1999	Tveria	None
Haifa Central Bus Station bombing	September 5, 1999	Haifa	None

[edit] 2000

Name	Date	Location	Death Toll	Notes
Mechula bombing	December 22, 2000	Mechula Junction	None

[edit] 2001

Name	Date	Location	Death Toll	Notes
Netanya centre bombing	January 1, 2001	Netanya	None
Netanyah bombing	March 4, 2001	Netanya	3
Mifgash Shalom attack	March 28, 2001	Mifgash Shalom gas station, Kfar Sava	2
Kfar Sava bombing	April 22, 2001	Kfar Sava	1	Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsability
Kenyon HaSharon bombing	May 18, 2001	HaSharon shopping mall, Netanya	5
Hadera Mall bombing	May 25, 2001	Hadera	None
Dolphinarium discotheque suicide bombing	June 1, 2001	Tel Aviv	21	[2]
Binyamina train station bombing	July 16, 2001	Binyamina	2	Palestinian Islamic Jihad
Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing	August 9, 2001	Downtown Jerusalem	15	Carried out together with Palestinian Islamic Jihad
Nahariya train station bombing	September 9, 2001	Nahariya train station	3	Suicide bomber was an Arab Israeli citizen
Erez Passage bombing	October 7, 2001	Erez Passage near Gaza	None
Ben Yehuda Street Bombing	December 1, 2001	Downtown Jerusalem	11
Haifa Bus 16 attack	December 2, 2001	Haifa	15
Hilton Mamilla bombing	December 5, 2001	Mamilla, Jerusalem	11 injured		Carried out together with Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Neve Dkalim bombing	December 12, 2001	Neve Dkalim	None

[edit] 2002

Name	Date	Location	Death Toll	Notes
Jaffa Street bombing	January 27, 2002	Jerusalem	1	First Female suicide bomber in Al-Aqsa Intifada
Taibe bombing	January 31, 2002	Taibe	None
Maccabim bombing	February 27, 2002	Maccabim	None
Café Moment bombing	March 9, 2002	Rehavia, Jerusalem	11
Egged bus 22 bombing	March 17, 2002	Jerusalem	None
Passover massacre	March 27, 2002	Park Hotel, Netanya	30	Suicide attack in Passover ceremony in Park Hotel. Carried out together with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Matza restaurant suicide bombing	March 31, 2002	Haifa	15
Efrat Medical Center	March 31, 2002	Efrat	None
Rishon LeZion attack	May 7, 2002	Rishon LeZion	16
Netanya Market bombing	May 19, 2002	Netanya	3	Carried out together with Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Afula road bombing	May 20, 2002	Afula	None
Rothschild Street bombing	May 22, 2002	Rishon Lezion	2
Shawarmat Jamil Sokolov Street bombing	June 11, 2002	Herzliyyāh	1
Patt junction bus bombing	June 18, 2002	Jerusalem	19
Emmanuel bus attack	July 16, 2002	Emmanuel-Bnei Brak bus 189	9
Neve Shanan Street bombing	July 17, 2002	Southern Tel Aviv	5
Neviim Street bombing	July 30, 2002	Jerusalem	None
'Frank Sinatra' bombing	July 31, 2002	Hebrew University, Jerusalem	9	Included American and French casualties. Bomber was from East Jerusalem
Meron Junction Bus 361 attack	August 4, 2002	Meron Junction	9	Bomber with Israeli citzenships
Tel Aviv synagogue attack	September 19, 2002	bus 4, bear the Great Synagogue, Tel Aviv	6
Geha road bombing	October 10, 2002	Bar-Ilan interchange, Geha road	1
Jerusalem bus 20 suicide bombing	November 21, 2002	Kiryat Menahem, Jerusalem	11

[edit] 2003

Name	Date	Location	Death Toll	Notes
Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing	March 5, 2003	Carmeliya neighborhood, Haifa	17	Carried out by Hamas member and attributed to Hamas, yet never acknowledged.
Mike's Place bombing	April 30, 2003	Mike's Place pub, Tel Aviv	3	Carried out by British citizens of Pakistani descent and together with al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades.
Gross square attack	May 17, 2003	Gross square, Hebron	2
Jerusalem bus 6 bombing	May 18, 2003	Jerusalem	7
Kenyon Afula bombing	May 19, 2003	Afula shopping center	3
Jerusalem bus 14A attack	June 11, 2003	Downtown Jerusalem	17
Bus station Ariel bombing	August 12, 2003	Ariel	2
Jerusalem bus 2 suicide bombing	August 19, 2003	Shmuel Hanavi, Jerusalem	23
Tzrifin attack	September 9, 2003	Bus stop near Tzrifin army base	8
Hillel Cafe bombing	September 9, 2003	Hillel Cafe, Jerusalem	7

[edit] 2004

Name	Date	Location	Death Toll	Notes
Ashdod Port attack	March 14, 2004	Port of Ashdod	10	Carried out together with Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
First Erez border crossing attack	April 14, 2004	Erez Crossing, Gaza Strip	4	Carried out together with Fatah
Second Erez border crossing attack	April 17, 2004	Erez Crossing, Gaza Strip	1	Carried out together with Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
Beersheba attack	August 31, 2004	Downtown Beersheba in buses 7 and 12	16

[edit] 2005

In 2005, Israeli security forces foiled and arrested 29 Hamas suicide-bombers.

Name	Date	Location	Death Toll	Notes
Karni border crossing attack	January 13, 2005	Karni crossing, Gaza Strip	6	Carried out together with Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades and the Popular Resistance Committees
Gush Katif checkpoint attack	January 18, 2005	Gush Katif, Gaza Strip	4

[edit] Total number of fatalities, by year

Year	Total
1994	38
1995	10
1996	59
1997	24
2001	78
2002	141
2003	89
2004	31
2005	10
Total	480

[edit] See also

• List of attacks on non-combatants in the Second Intifada
• List of Palestinian militant groups suicide attacks
• List of Palestinian Islamic Jihad suicide attacks
• List of Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades suicide attacks
• List of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine suicide attacks
• Civilian casualties in the Second Intifada
• Violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict 2000
• Violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict 2001
• Violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict 2002
• Violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict 2003
• Violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict 2004
• Violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict 2005

[edit] Sources

• Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Johnston's Terrorism Archive

[edit] References

1. ^ The Consequences of Israel Counter Terrorism Policy, Pia Therese Jansen, p.48
2. ^ The Palestinian Authority-Hamas Collusion - From Operational Cooperation to Propaganda Hoax