List of Hamas suicide attacks

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List of suicide attacks carried out by Hamas

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

Contents

[edit] 1993

Name Date Location Death Toll Notes
Mehola Junction bombing April 16, 1993 Mehola 2

[edit] 1994

Name Date Location Death Toll Notes
Afula Bus suicide bombing April 6, 1994 Afula 9 Hamas claimed responsibility
Hadera central station suicide bombing April 13, 1994 Hadera 6 Hamas claimed responsibility
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

[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 18
Dizengoff Center suicide bombing March 4, 1996 Tel Aviv 13 Attributed to Hamas

[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 Saba 2
Kfar Saba bombing April 22, 2001 Kfar Saba 1
Kenyon HaSharon bombing May 18, 2001 HaSharon shopping mall, Netanya 5
Hadera Mall bombing May 25, 2001 Hadera None
Dolphinarium suicide bombing June 1, 2001 Tel Aviv 21
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
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 1
Egged bus 22 bombing March 17, 2002 Jerusalem None
Passover massacre March 27, 2002 Park Hotel, Netanya 30
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, Jeruaslem 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
Mike's Place bombing April 30, 2003 Mike's Place pub, Tel Aviv 3 Carried out by British citizens of Pakistani descent
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
1993 2
1994 38
1995 10
1996 59
1997 24
2001 78
2002 141
2003 89
2004 31
2005 10
Total 482

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