Civilian casualties in the Second Intifada
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The following is a partial list of civilian casualties in the Second Intifada.

According to the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, 887 (78 percent) of the 1,137 Israelis killed in attacks from September 2000 – 2005 were civilians.[1] Another 8,341 Israelis were wounded during this period, including 5,676 civilians and 2,665 security forces personnel.[2] The majority of casualties were caused by suicide bombings, though Israelis have also been killed by planted bombs, shootings, stonings, stabbings, lynchings, rockets, and other methods of attack.[2]

According to B'Tselem, in the ten years from 2000–2010, of the 6371 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces, at least 2996 did not participate in hostilities when killed, and 1317 were minors. Out of 1083 Israelis killed, 741 were civilians (124 minors).[3]

Background

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A 2007 study of Palestinian suicide bombings that took place from September 2000 through August 2005 found that 39.9 percent of the suicide attacks were carried out by Hamas, 25.7 percent by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), 26.4 percent by Fatah, 5.4 percent by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and 2.7 percent by other organizations.[4] The youngest victim of the Second Intifada was an Israeli infant who was nine hours old. Several pregnant women have also been killed.[5][6]

Israeli civilians' deaths do not show a high regularity in their age or gender distribution, as Palestinian militants chose to attack whichever civilian targets were accessible. The targets included the Dolphinarium discotheque massacre, a place frequented by Israeli youth, and open-air markets and public buses, which are disproportionately used by women and the elderly.[1] A number of attacks against Israeli civilians have been considered massacres[7][8][9] while others, such as the murder of a pregnant woman and her four young daughters, have been called crimes against humanity.[10]

Israeli non-combatant casualties

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The following is a partial list of Israeli civilian casualties of the Second Intifada. The International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (IPICT) puts civilian deaths at 78% and Israeli combatants at 22%, between 27 September 2000 and 1 January 2005. According to B'tselem between the start of the Second Intifada and Operation Cast Lead, 731 Israeli civilians and 332 members of the Israeli security services have been killed.[11][2] The Israeli civilians' deaths do not show a high regularity in their age or gender distribution, as Palestinian militants chose to attack whichever civilian targets were accessible. The targets included the Dolphinarium disco attack, a place frequented by Israeli youth, and open-air markets and public buses, which are disproportionately used by women and the elderly.[1] A number of attacks against Israeli civilians have been considered massacres.[12][13][14]

Date Incident Location Responsible party Deaths Injured Refs October 1–9, 2000 October 2000 events Northern Israel Israel Police and Arab rioters 13 [15][16][17] October 2, 2000 Shooting attack Masha Unknown Palestinian 1 [2] October 6, 2000 Passenger in car killed by Palestinian stone-throwing Coastal Highway near Jisr az-Zarqa Unknown Palestinian 1 [18] October 19, 2000 Shooting attack Mount Ebal near Nablus Fatah and Palestinian security force 1 [19] October 30, 2000 Murder A ravine near Beit Jala Unknown Palestinian 1 [20] November 2, 2000 Mahane Yehuda Market bombing Jerusalem Islamic Jihad 2 [20] November 8, 2000 Shooting attack Rafah border crossing Three unknown Palestinians 1 [2] November 13, 2000 Shooting attack Near Ofra Unknown Palestinian 1 [20] November 13, 2000 Shooting attack Near the Kissufim junction Unknown Palestinian 1 [20] November 20, 2000 Roadside bomb Near Kfar Darom Unknown Palestinians 2 [20] November 21, 2000 Shooting attack Gush Katif Palestinian sniper 1 [20] November 22, 2000 Car bombing Hadera Unknown Palestinians 2 [20] December 8, 2000 Shooting attack Kiryat Arba Palestinian sniper 2 [20] December 21, 2000 Shooting attack Road between Givat Ze'ev and Beit Horon Unknown Palestinians 1 [21] December 31, 2000 Shooting attack Ramallah Palestinian snipers 2 [22] January 17, 2001 Abduction and murder of Ofir Rahum Ramallah Tanzim 1 [23] January 23, 2001 Abduction and execution Tulkarem Masked Palestinian gunmen 2 [20] February 1, 2001 Shooting attack Jerusalem-Hebron highway Palestinian gunmen 1 [20] February 14, 2001 2001 Palestinian Bus Attack Holon Khalil Mohammed Abu Alba 8 [20] March 4, 2001 2001 Netanya bombing Netanya Hamas(58) 3 [24] March 26, 2001 Murder of Shalhevet Pass Hebron Palestinian sniper 1 [25][26] March 28, 2001 Suicide bombing Mifgash HaShalom Hamas 2 [20] April 1, 2001 Stabbing attack Ha'aztmaut Street Terrorist group apprehended in July 1 [20] April 21, 2001 Man killed and mutilated Village north of Ramallah Unknown terrorist 1 [20] April 22, 2001 Bomb detonated at a bus stop Weizman and Tchernichovsky streets Hamas 1 [20] April 28, 2001 Stabbing attack Kfar Ba'aneh Six members of a Hezbollah-linked Palestinian terrorist cell 1 [20] May 8, 2001 Murder of Koby Mandell and Yosef Ishran Tekoa Palestinian militants 2 [2] May 15, 2001 Shooting attack Alon Highway Palestinian militants 1 [20] May 18, 2001 2001 HaSharon Mall suicide bombing Netanya Hamas 5 [20] May 23, 2001 Shooting attack Outside Ariel Palestinian gunmen 1 [20] May 29, 2001 Two women killed in a drive-by Shooting attack Gush Etzion Tanzim 2 [20] May 29, 2001 Shooting attack Between Kedumim and Yitzhar Tanzim 1 [20] June 1, 2001 Dolphinarium discotheque suicide bombing Tel Aviv Hamas 21 [27][28] June 11, 2001 Infant killed in stoning attack Shilo Unknown Palestinian 1 [20] June 18, 2001 Drive-by Shooting attack Between Homesh and Shavei Shomron Palestinian militants 1 [20] June 18, 2001 Shooting attack Near the entrance of Einav Fatah 1 [20] June 20, 2001 Shooting attack Silat a-Dahar Palestinian gunman 1 [20] June 28, 2001 Shooting attack Northern Samaria Palestinian gunman 1 [20] July 2, 2001 Shooting attack Baka a-Sharkia Palestinian gunman 1 [20] July 2, 2001 Shooting attack Hebron Palestinian militants 1 [20] July 4, 2001 Shooting attack Near Tulkarem Palestinian militant 1 [20] July 10, 2001 Shooting attack Moshav Ahisemekh Two Palestinian militants 1 [20] July 13, 2001 Shooting attack Between Kiryat Arba and Hebron Palestinian militants 1 [20] July 14, 2001 Drive-by Shooting attack Kiryat Arba Palestinian militants 1 [2] July 24, 2001 Stabbing and Shooting attack Ramallah Unknown Palestinian 1 [2] July 26, 2001 Shooting attack Jerusalem Palestinian terrorists 1 [2] August 5, 2001 Shooting attack Between Alfei Menashe and Karnei Shomron Palestinian gunmen 1 [2] August 6, 2001 Shooting attack Amman Palestinian militant 1 [20] August 9, 2001 Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing Downtown Jerusalem Hamas and Islamic Jihad 15 [29][30] August 9, 2001 Teenager killed in a drive-by Shooting attack Gilboa region Palestinian militants 1 [2] August 25, 2001 Men killed when gunmen opened fire on their car Jerusalem-Modi'in Palestinian gunmen 3 [2] August 26, 2001 Shooting attack Near the entrance to the village of Zaita, opposite Kibbutz Magal Fatah 1 [2] August 27, 2001 Shooting attack Between Har Bracha and Itamar Palestinian militant 1 [2] August 29, 2001 Shooting attack Outside Kutchin Palestinian militants 1 [2] August 30, 2001 Shooting at point blank range Na'alin Masked Palestinian gunma 1 [2] September 9, 2001 Nahariya train station suicide bombing Nahariya Hamas 3 [31] September 12, 2001 Shooting attack Near Habla Palestinian militants 1 [2] September 15, 2001 Shooting attack Jerusalem Palestinian militants 1 [2] September 20, 2001 Shooting attack Tekoa Al-Aqsa Martyr's Battalion 1 [26] September 24, 2001 Shooting attack Shadmot Mehola Islamic Jihad 1 [2] September 26, 2001 Stabbing attack Moshav Maor Fatah 1 [2] October 4, 2001 Shooting attack Afula Fatah 3 [2] October 5, 2001 Shooting attack Avnei Hafetz Palestinian militants 1 [2] October 17, 2001 Assassination of Rehavam Ze'evi Hyatt hotel, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine 1 [32] October 28, 2001 Shooting attack Hadera Islamic Jihad 4 [2] November 4, 2001 Shooting attack Northern Jerusalem Palestinian militant 2 [2] November 9, 2001 Shooting attack Northern Samaria Palestinian terrorists 1 [2] November 11, 2001 Shooting attack Moshav Kfar Hess Palestinian militant 1 [2] November 27, 2001 Shooting attack Afula Palestinian militant 2 [2] November 27, 2001 Grenade and shooting attack Gaza Palestinian militant 1 [2] November 29, 2001 Pardes Hanna bus bombing Pardes Hanna-Karkur Islamic Jihad 3 [20] December 1, 2001 Ben Yehuda Street Bombing Downtown Jerusalem Hamas 11 [33][34][35] December 2, 2001 Haifa bus 16 suicide bombing Haifa Hamas 15 [36][37] December 2, 2001 Shooting attack Elei Sinai Hamas 1 [2] December 12, 2001 2001 Immanuel bus attack Emmanuel, Samaria Hamas and Fatah 11 [2] December 17, 2001 Murder Samaria Three residents of Jaba 1 [2] January 15, 2002 Shooting attack Givat Ze'ev Fatah's Al-Aqsa Brigade 1 [2] January 18, 2002 Bat Mitzvah massacre Hadera al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades 6 [20] January 22, 2002 Shooting attack Jerusalem Fatah's Al-Aqsa Brigade 2 [2] January 25, 2002 2002 Tel Aviv outdoor mall bombing Tel Aviv Hamas 15 [38][39] January 27, 2002 Jaffa Street bombing Jerusalem al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades 1 [40] February 6, 2002 Home invasion & Shooting attack Moshav Hamra Fatah and Hamas 3 [2] February 8, 2002 Stabbing attack Jerusalem Four Palestinians 1 [2] February 16, 2002 Karnei Shomron Mall suicide bombing Karnei Shomron Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine 3 [20] February 18, 2002 Shooting attack Gush Katif Fatah's Al-Aqsa Brigade 3 [2] February 21, 2002 Shooting attack Entrance to Baka al-Garbiya Palestinian militant 1 [2] February 22, 2002 Drive-by Shooting attack Atarot-Givat Ze'ev Fatah 1 [2] February 25, 2002 Shooting attack Between Tekoa and Nokdim Fatah Al-Aqsa Brigades 2 [2] February 27, 2002 Shooting attack North of Jerusalem Two Fatah groups 1 [2] March 2, 2002 Yeshivat Beit Yisrael massacre Beit Yisrael, Jerusalem Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades 11 [41][42] March 3, 2002 Shooting attack Samaria The Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade 10 [2] March 5, 2002 Shooting attack Tel Aviv The Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade 3 [2] March 5, 2002 Shooting attack Bethlehem The Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade 1 [2] March 5, 2002 2nd Egged bus 823 bombing Afula Islamic Jihad 1 [2] March 7, 2002 Atzmona Massacre Gush Katif Hamas 5 [2] March 9, 2002 Shooting & Grenade attack Netanya Fatah Al-Aqsa Brigades 2 [2] March 9, 2002 Café Moment bombing Rehavia, Jerusalem Hamas 11 [43][44] March 12, 2002 Shooting attack Kiryat Sefer checkpoint Palestinian militants 1 [2] March 12, 2002 Matzuva attack Shlomi–Matzuva road Islamic Jihad 6 [45] March 17, 2002 Shooting attack Kfar Sava Palestinian gunman 1 [2] March 20, 2002 Umm al-Fahm bus bombing Umm al-Fahm Islamic Jihad 7 [20] March 21, 2002 King George Street bombing King George Street, Jerusalem al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades 3 [20] March 24, 2002 Shooting attack Northwest of Ramallah Palestinian militant 1 [2] March 24, 2002 Shooting attack South of Hebron Palestinian militant 1 [2] March 27, 2002 Passover massacre Park Hotel, Netanya Hamas 30 [46][47] March 28, 2002 Family killed in their home Elon Moreh Hamas 4 [2] March 29, 2002 Stabbing attack Gaza Palestinian militant 2 [2] March 29, 2002 Kiryat HaYovel supermarket bombing Kiryat HaYovel Hamas 2 [48] March 30, 2002 Allenby Street coffee shop bombing Tel Aviv Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades 1 [2] March 31, 2002 Matza restaurant suicide bombing Haifa Hamas 16 [49] April 1, 2002 Jerusalem roadblock bombing Jerusalem Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades 1 [2] April 10, 2002 Yagur Junction bombing Yagur Junction Hamas 8 [50] April 12, 2002 2002 Mahane Yehuda Market bombing Mahane Yehuda Market, Jerusalem al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades 6 [51][52] April 27, 2002 Terrorist enter several homes, fire on people in their bedrooms, kill four Adora Hamas and the PFLP 4 [53] May 7, 2002 2002 Rishon LeZion bombing Rishon LeZion Hamas 16 [54] May 12, 2002 Shooting attack at point-blank range Rafah Palestinian laborer 1 [2] May 19, 2002 Netanya Market bombing Netanya Hamas and PFLP 3 [55][56] May 22, 2002 Rothchild Street downtown pedestrian mall suicide bombing Rishon Lezion Palestinian militant 2 [2] May 27, 2002 Petah Tikvah Mall bombing Petah Tikvah Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades 2 [2] May 28, 2002 Shooting attack Itamar Palestinian gunman 3 [57] May 28, 2002 Shooting attack Ramallah Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades 1 [2] June 5, 2002 Megiddo Junction bus bombing Megiddo Junction Islamic Jihad 17 [58][59] June 8, 2002 Teenager shot Ofra Palestinian militants 1 [2] June 8, 2002 Man and pregnant woman gunned down Carmei Tzur Hamas 2 [2] June 11, 2002 2002 Herzliya shawarma restaurant bombing Herzliya Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades 1 [60][61] June 18, 2002 Patt junction bus bombing Jerusalem Hamas 19 [62][63] June 19, 2002 French Hill attacks Jerusalem al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades 7 [64] June 20, 2002 Itamar attack (2002) Itamar Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine 5 [20] July 16, 2002 2002 Immanuel bus attack Immanuel, Samaria Palestinian militants 9 [65] July 17, 2002 Neve Shaanan Street bombing Neve Shaanan, Tel Aviv Islamic Jihad 5 [66][67] July 25, 2002 Shooting attack Alei Zahav Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades 1 [2] July 26, 2002 Shooting attack South of Hebron Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades 4 [2] July 30, 2002 Two men shot Jama'in Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades 2 [2] July 31, 2002 Hebrew University massacre Hebrew University of Jerusalem Hamas 9 [68] August 1, 2002 Shooting attack West of Tullkarem Palestinian militants 1 [2] August 4, 2002 Two men shot Jerusalem Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades 2 [2] August 4, 2002 Meron Junction Bus 361 attack Northern Israel, near Safed Hamas 9 [69] August 5, 2002 Man and his wife killed when terrorists opened fire on their car Ramallah-Nablus road The Martyrs of the Palestinian Popular Army 2 [2] August 10, 2002 Shooting attack Moshav Mechora Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades 1 [2] September 18, 2002 Shooting attack Body found in Palestinian village east of Jerusalem Palestinian militants 1 [2] September 18, 2002 Shooting attack Near Mavo Dotan Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades 1 [2] September 19, 2002 Allenby Street bus bombing Tel Aviv Hamas 6 [70][71][72][73][74] September 23, 2002 Shooting attack Hebron Palestinian militants 1 [2] October 8, 2002 Shooting attack Hebron Hamas 1 [2] October 10, 2002 Dan bus No. 87 suicide bombing Geha highway Hamas 1 [2] October 21, 2002 Egged bus 841 suicide bombing Wadi Ara Islamic Jihad 14 [75][76] October 29, 2002 Shooting attack Northern Samaria Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades 3 [2] November 4, 2002 2002 Kfar Sava suicide bombing Kfar Sava Islamic Jihad 2 [2] November 6, 2002 Shooting attack Pe'at Sadeh Hamas 2 [2] November 10, 2002 Sirhan Sirhan Kibbutz shooting attack Metzer Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades 5 [77][78] November 15, 2002 2002 Hebron ambush Hebron Palestinian Jerusalem Brigades 12 [79] November 18, 2002 Shooting attack Near Rimonim Palestinian gunman 1 [2] November 21, 2002 Kiryat Menachem bus bombing Kiryat Menahem, Jerusalem Hamas 11 [80][81] November 28, 2002 2002 Beit She'an attack Beit She'an Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades 6 [82][83][84][85][86][87] November 28, 2002 2002 Mombasa attacks Mombasa, Kenya Al-Qaeda 13 (3 Israelis) [88] December 20, 2002 Shooting attack Kissufim corridor road Islamic Jihad 1 [2] December 27, 2002 Murder Otniel Islamic Jihad 4 [2] January 2, 2003 Elderly man killed and mutilated Jordan Valley The Fatah Al-Aqsa Brigades 1 [2] January 5, 2003 Tel Aviv central bus station massacre Southern Tel Aviv Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades 23 [89][90] January 12, 2003 Shooting attack Moshav Gadish Islamic Jihad 1 [2] January 17, 2003 Shooting attack Kiryat Arba Hamas 1 [2] March 5, 2003 Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing Carmel section, Haifa Hamas 17 [91][92] March 7, 2003 Murder Kiryat Arba Hamas 2 [2] March 19, 2003 Shooting attack Northern Samaria The Fatah Al-Aqsa Brigades 1 [2] April 13, 2003 Murder Ben Shemen forest Palestinian militants 1 [2] April 15, 2003 Shooting attack Karni industrial zone crossing Hamas 2 [2] April 24, 2003 2003 Kfar Sava suicide bombing Kfar Sava The Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade and the PLFP 1 [2] April 30, 2003 Mike's Place suicide bombing Tel Aviv Hamas and Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades 3 [93] May 4, 2003 Stabbing attack Rosh Ha'ayin Palestinian militant 1 [2] May 5, 2003 Shooting attack Samaria The Fatah Al-Aqsa Brigades 1 [2] May 11, 2003 Shooting attack North of Jerusalem Fatah and the PFLP 1 [2] May 17, 2003 Suicide bombing Hebron Hamas 2 [2] May 18, 2003 2003 French Hill suicide bombing French Hill, Jerusalem Hamas 7 [94][95][96][97] May 19, 2003 Afula mall bombing Afula Islamic Jihad and the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades 3 [98][99][100] June 5, 2003 Man and teenager stabbed and beaten to death Jerusalem Palestinian militants 2 [2] June 11, 2003 Davidka Square bus bombing Downtown Jerusalem Hamas 17 [101][102] June 12, 2003 Shooting attack Northern Samaria Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades 1 [2] June 17, 2003 Shooting attack Near the Kibbutz Eyal junction Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command 1 [2] June 19, 2003 2003 Beit Shean suicide bombing South of Beit Shean Islamic Jihad 1 [2] June 20, 2003 Shooting attack Near Ofra, north of Ramallah Hamas 1 [2] June 26, 2003 Shooting attack Baka al-Garbiyeh Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades 1 [2] July 7, 2003 Suicide bombing Moshav Kfar Yavetz Islamic Jihad 1 [2] July 15, 2003 Stabbing attack Tel Aviv Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades 1 [2] August 10, 2003 Shrapnel from anti-aircraft shell Shlomi Hezbollah 1 [2] August 12, 2003 2003 Rosh Ha'ayin suicide bombing Rosh Ha'ayin Palestinian terrorist 1 [2] August 12, 2003 2003 Ariel suicide bombing Ariel Palestinian terrorist 2 [2] August 19, 2003 Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing Shmuel HaNavi, Jerusalem Hamas 23 [103][104] August 29, 2003 Shooting attack Northeast of Ramallah Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades 1 [2] September 9, 2003 Tzrifin bus stop attack Tzrifin Hamas 9 [105] September 9, 2003 Café Hillel bombing Jerusalem Hamas 7 [105] September 26, 2003 Shooting attack Negohot, south of Hebron Islamic Jihad 2 [2] October 4, 2003 Maxim restaurant suicide bombing Haifa Islamic Jihad 21 [106][107] December 25, 2003 Geha Interchange bus stop bombing Geha Interchange Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine 4 [108][109][110] January 13, 2004 Shooting attack Samaria Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades 1 [2] January 14, 2004 Liberty Bell Park bus bombing Erez Crossing Hamas and the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades 4 [111] January 29, 2004 Jerusalem bus 19 suicide bombing Rehavia, Jerusalem Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades 11 [112][113] February 22, 2004 Liberty Bell Park bus bombing Liberty Bell Park Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades 8 [114] February 27, 2004 Shooting attack Lahav-Ashkelon road Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade and the PFLP 2 [2] March 14, 2004 Ashdod Port massacre Port of Ashdod Hamas and Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades 10 [115][116] March 19, 2004 Shooting attack French Hill, Jerusalem Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade 1 [2] April 3, 2004 Shooting attack outside his home Avnei Hefetz Hamas 1 [2] May 2, 2004 Murder of Tali Hatuel and her four daughters Gaza Strip Islamic Jihad and Fatah 5 [117] June 28, 2004 Man and child killed by a Qassam rocket Sderot Hamas 2 [2] June 29, 2004 Shooting attack Beit Rima Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades 1 [2] July 4, 2004 Shooting attack Yabad Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades 1 [2] August 13, 2004 Shooting attack Itamar Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades 1 [2] August 31, 2004 Beersheba massacre Rager Boulevard, Beersheba Hamas 16 [118][119] September 24, 2004 Mortar attack Gush Katif Palestinian militants 1 [2] September 29, 2004 Qassam rocket attack Sderot Hamas 2 [2] September 30, 2004 Shooting attack Nissanit Hamas 1 [2] October 7, 2004 2004 Sinai bombings Sinai Peninsula Palestinian group 34 (12 Israelis) [120] November 1, 2004 Carmel Market bombing Tel Aviv Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine 3 [121] December 21, 2004 Stabbing attack Moshav Nehusha Palestinian militants 1 [2] December 22, 2004 Shooting attack West of Hebron Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades 1 [2] January 2, 2005 critically wounded; January 11, 2005 died Mortar attack Erez Industrial Zone Hamas 1 [2] January 12, 2005 Bombing Near Morag Islamic Jihad 1 [2] January 13, 2005 Karni border crossing attack Karni Crossing Hamas, the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and the Popular Resistance Committees 6 [122] January 15, 2005 Qassam rocket attack Sderot Hamas 1 [2] January 18, 2005 2005 Gush Katif suicide bombing Gush Katif Hamas 1 [2] February 25, 2005 Stage Club bombing Tel Aviv Islamic Jihad 5 [123]

Palestinian non-combatant casualties

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The following is a partial List of Palestinian civilian casualties in the Second Intifada. The portion of the killed since the beginning of the Second Intifada that were civilians is disputed.[124] According to B'Tselem, in the decade from 27 September 2000 to 27 September 2010, 6371 Palestinians were killed at least 2996 of whom did not participate in hostilities when they were killed.[3]

A study conducted by Israel's International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) concluded that 1,099 were non-combatants, or 35 percent.[125] According to the study, 103 (9 percent) were female and 996 (91 percent) were male.[125] Professor and historian Benny Morris came to a similar conclusion in his 2009 retrospective book One States, Two States, saying that about one third of the Palestinian deaths had been civilians.[126]

The portion of the 4,281 Palestinians killed since the beginning of the Second Intifada that were civilians is disputed. According to the Israeli human rights organization B'tselem, 2,038 were civilians.[127] Israeli historian Benny Morris estimated that about one third of the Palestinian deaths had been civilians.[128]

Another 609 Palestinian fatalities were inflicted by other Palestinians.[129][130]

Date Incident Location Responsible party Deaths Injuries References September 30, 2000 Shooting during demonstration Next to Ramallah Israeli security forces 2 [131] September 30, 2000 Shooting incident Next to Ayosh Junction, Ramallah and al-Bira district Israeli security forces 1 [131] October 1, 2000 Helicopter gunship attack Nablus Israeli Air Force 2 [131] October 1, 2000 Shooting incident Ayosh Junction, Ramallah and al-Bira district Israeli security forces 1 [131] October 1, 2000 Shooting incident Netzarim Junction, Deir al-Balah Israeli security forces 1 [131] October 1 - October 9, 2000 October 2000 events Northern Israel Israel Police 1 [132] October 2, 2000 Shooting incident Nablus Israeli security forces 1 [131] October 2, 2000 Shooting incident Tulkarem Israeli security forces 1 [131] October 4, 2000 Shooting incident Netzarim Junction, Deir al-Balah district Israeli security forces 1 [131] October 6, 2000 Shooting incident during settler riot East Jerusalem Israeli security forces 1 [131] October 7, 2000 Shooting incident Gaza City Israeli security forces 1 [131] October 7, 2000 Shooting attack during settler riot Bidya, Salfit district Israeli settlers 1 [133] October 18, 2000 Shooting during demonstration Rafah Israeli security forces 1 [131] October 11, 2000 Shooting incident Tulkarem Israeli security forces 1 [131] October 13, 2000 Crossfire shooting incident Al-Fawar camp, Hebron Israel Defense Forces 1 [134] October 16, 2000 Shooting incident Bethlehem Israeli security forces 1 [131] October 16, 2000 Shooting during demonstration Nablus Israeli security forces 1 [131] October 17, 2000 Shooting incident Beit Furik, Nablus district Unknown 1 [133] October 20, 2000 Shooting during demonstration Ayosh Junction, Ramallah and al-Bira district Israeli security forces 1 [131] October 20, 2000 Shooting during demonstration Qalqilya Israeli security forces 1 [131] October 20, 2000 Shooting during demonstration Salfit Israeli security forces 1 [131] October 20, 2000 Shooting incident Tulkarem Israeli security forces 1 [131] 20 October 2000 Shooting incident Kafr Qalil, Nablus district Israeli security forces 1 [131] 21 October 2000 Shooting during demonstration Kfar Darom, Deir al-Balah district Israeli security forces 1 [131] 21 October 2000 Shooting during demonstration al-Bireh Israeli security forces 1 [131] 22 October 2000 Teenager shot during demonstration Kfar Darom, Deir al-Balah district Israeli security forces 1 [131] 22 October 2000 Child shot during demonstration North Gaza district Israeli security forces 1 [131] October 23, 2000 Civilian shot in his home Hebron Israel Defense Forces 1 [134] 24 October 2000 Teenager shot Khan Yunis Israeli security forces 1 [131] 24 October 2000 Teenage bystander shot during clashes Khan Yunis Israeli security forces 1 [131] November 11, 2000 Man killed while working Shalala Street, Hebron Israel Defense Forces 1 [134] 14 November 2000 Man killed by stone-throwing Kfar Malik, Ramallah and al-Bira district Israeli settlers 1 [133] November 16, 2000 Man shot near checkpoint Beit Umar Israel Defense Forces 1 [134] December 31, 2000 Child bystander shot Haret es-Sheikh neighborhood, Hebron Israel Defense Forces 1 [134] January 5, 2001 Woman shot in her home Hebron Israel Defense Forces 1 [134] February 17, 2001 Workers on a collective farm killed in crossfire Abu Snainah neighborhood, Hebron Israel Defense Forces 2 [134] February 17, 2001 Driver caught killed in crossfire Abu Snanah neighborhood, Hebron Israel Defense Forces 1 [134] May 1, 2001 Baby killed by mortar fire Khan Yunis Israel Defense Forces 1 [135] 13 June 2001 Man shot while driving with his family Next to Hizma, al-Quds district Israelis 1 [133] 7 July 2001 Boy killed in tank fire Rafah Israel Defense Forces 1 [136] 19 July 2001 Men killed in drive-by shooting attack South of Hebron Israeli settlers 3 [137] August 29, 2001 Man killed in drive-by shooting attack Northeastern Jerusalem Israeli settlers 1 [138] 2 December 2001 Man shot at the bank East Jerusalem Bank security guard 1 [133] April 1, 2002 Workers killed in an ambush on their truck Next to Kocha Hashahar, Ramallah and al-Bira district Israeli settlers 2 [133] April 2002 Battle of Jenin Jenin Israel Defense Forces 22 [139] April 20, 2002 Entire family killed in Home demolition Nablus Israel Defense Forces 5 [140] 21 June 2002 Man shot during settler riot Huwara, Nablus district Israeli settlers 1 [133] 12 July 2002 Death of Imad Abu Zahra Jenin Israel Defense Forces 1 [141] July 22, 2002 Assassination of Salah Shahade Gaza City Israel Defense Forces 14 (+1 militant) [142][143][144] July 29, 2002 Teenager shot in settler attack on Palestinian neighborhood Hebron Israeli settlers 1 [145] October 6, 2002 Young man shot while harvesting olives 'Aqraba, Nablus district Israeli settlers 1 [133] October 11, 2002 Killing of Shaden Abu-Hijleh Nablus Israel Defense Forces 1 [146] January 25, 2003 Man shot in field Next to Budrus, Ramallah and al-Bira district Not specified 1 [133] February 3, 2003 An elderly woman killed in home demolition al-Maghazi refugee camp, Deir al-Balah district Israel Defense Forces 1 [147][148] February 5, 2003 Nurses killed by helicopter gunfire in medical clinic Al-Wafa Hospital, Gaza City Israel Defense Forces 2 [147][149] March 3, 2003 Civilians killed in invasion of refugee camp Jabalia refugee camp, Gaza Israel Defense Forces 6 [147][149] June 12, 2003 Civilians killed in assassination of Yasser Muhammed Salah Taha Gaza City Israeli security forces 4 (+1 militant) [147] 1 December 2003 Man killed in crossfire Next to Hebron Israeli security guards 1 [133] 3 March 2004 Pregnant woman killed Bureij refugee camp Israel Defense Forces 1 [150] 4 March 2003 Elderly shepherd killed South of Gaza City Israel Defense Forces 1 [151] 19 April 2003 Killing of Nazeh Darwazeh Nablus Israel Defense Forces 1 [152] 4 April 2003 Man shot near settlement Peza'el, Jericho Settlement security officer 1 [133] September 15, 2004 Man shot while driving Road 557 in the West Bank Israeli settler 1 [153] 27 September 2004 Man shot while driving his taxi Salem, Nablus district Israeli settler 1 [133] 4 October 2004 Shooting of Iyman Hams Gaza Strip Israel Defense Forces 1 [154]

Foreigner casualties in the Second Intifada

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During the course of the second intifada, a total of 64 foreign citizens were killed.[129]

Casualties by Israel

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Iain Hook – English UNRWA aid project manager shot and killed by an IDF soldier, who mistook a cellphone in his hand for a gun or grenade, in Jenin, November 22, 2002.[155][156]

Rachel Corrie – American ISM activist killed in an IDF bulldozer during her protest of the demolition of a Palestinian home on March 16, 2003.[157]

Tom Hurndall – English ISM volunteer fatally shot by an IDF sniper in Gaza, April 11, 2003.[158]

James Miller – Welsh film-maker shot and killed by the IDF in Gaza, May 2, 2003.[159]

Casualties by Palestinians

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Constantin Straturula, 52, of Romania – Killed in a Palestinian bomb attack May 10, 2001.[2]

Virgil Martinescu, 29, of Romania – Killed in a Palestinian bomb attack May 10, 2001.[2]

Aleksei Lupalu, 16, of the Ukraine – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing June 2, 2001.[160]

Sergei Panchenko, 20, Ukraine.[161] – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing June 2, 2001

Giora Balash, 60, from São Paulo, Brazil – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing August 9, 2001.[162]

Shoshana Yehudit (Judy) Greenbaum, 31, from Passaic, New Jersey, United States – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing August 9, 2001.[162]

Rosaria Reyes, 42, Filipino citizen – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing December 2, 2001.[20]

Avraham (Avi) Boaz, 71, American citizen – Kidnapped at a PA security checkpoint in Beit Jala on January 15, 2001; bullet-ridden body found in Beit Sahur.[2]

Catherine Berruex, 25, of Switzerland and Turgut Cengiz Toytunç of Turkey, observers at the TIPH - killed in Hebron by Islamic Jihad March 26, 2002 [163]

Perla Hermele, 79, of Stockholm, Sweden – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing March 27, 2002.[164]

Zuhila Hushi, 47, Chinese citizen, of Gilo – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing April 12, 2002.[165]

Lin Chin Mai, 34, Chinese citizen – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing April 12, 2002.[166]

Chai Zin Chang, 32, Chinese citizen – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing April 12, 2002.[167]

Tatiana Igelski, 43, of Moldova – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing June 19, 2002.[168]

Adrian Andres, 30, of Romania – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing July 17, 2002.[169]

Li Bin, 33, of China – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing July 17, 2002.[170]

Janis Ruth Coulter, 36, of New York (US) – Killed by a Palestinian remotely detonated concealed bomb July 31, 2002.[171][172] It was carried out by an East Jerusalem-based Hamas cell whose members are serving multiple life sentences in Israeli prisons for that attack and others.[173]

David Gritz, 24, of Massachusetts (US-France) – Killed by a Palestinian remotely detonated concealed bomb July 31, 2002.[171][172] It was carried out by an East Jerusalem-based Hamas cell whose members are serving multiple life sentences in Israeli prisons for that attack and others.[173]

Marla Bennett, 24, of California (US) – Killed by a Palestinian remotely detonated concealed bomb July 31, 2002.[171][172] It was carried out by an East Jerusalem-based Hamas cell whose members are serving multiple life sentences in Israeli prisons for that attack and others.[173]

Benjamin Blutstein, 25, of Pennsylvania (US) – Killed by a Palestinian remotely detonated concealed bomb July 31, 2002.[171][172] It was carried out by an East Jerusalem-based Hamas cell whose members are serving multiple life sentences in Israeli prisons for that attack and others.[173]

Dina Carter, 37, of Jerusalem (US) – Killed by a Palestinian remotely detonated concealed bomb July 31, 2002.[171][172] It was carried out by an East Jerusalem-based Hamas cell whose members are serving multiple life sentences in Israeli prisons for that attack and others.[173]

Adelina Kononen, 37, of the Philippines – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing August 4, 2002.[174]

Rebecca Roga, 40, of the Philippines – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing August 4, 2002.[175]

Jonathan (Yoni) Jesner, 19, of Glasgow, Scotland – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing September 19, 2002.[176]

Mircea Varga, 25, a tourist from Romania – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing November 21, 2002.[177]

Ion (Nelu) Nicolae, 34, of Romania – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing January 5, 2003.[178]

Mihai Sabau, 38, of Romania – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing January 5, 2003.[179]

Li Peizhong, 41, of China – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing January 5, 2003.[180]

Steven Arthur Cromwell, 43, of Ghana – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing January 5, 2003.[181]

Krassimir Mitkov Angelov, 32, of Bulgaria – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing January 5, 2003.[182]

Ivan Gaptoniak, 46, of Ukraine – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing January 5, 2003.[183]

Guo Aiping, 47, of China – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing January 5, 2003.[184]

Zhang Minmin, 50, of China – died of her injuries on January 13, 2003 from a Palestinian suicide bombing.[185]

Haile Abraha Hawki, 56, a foreign worker from Eritrea – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing June 11, 2003.[186]

Krastyu Radkov, 46, of Bulgaria – Killed in a Palestinian shooting attack June 30, 2003 west Jenin while driving a truck. Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.[2]

Goldie Taubenfeld, 43, of New Square, New York – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing August 19, 2003.[187]

Shmuel Taubenfeld, 3 months, of New Square, New York – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing August 19, 2003.[187]

Maria Antonia Reslas, 39, of the Philippines – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing August 19, 2003.[187]

John Eric Branchizio, 37, of Texas – Killed by a Palestinian bomb October 15, 2003 in the Gaza Strip, along with two other American diplomatic personnel.[2]

John Martin Linde, Jr., 30, of Missouri – Killed by a Palestinian bomb October 15, 2003 in the Gaza Strip, along with two other American diplomatic personnel.[2]

Mark T. Parson, 31, of New York – Killed by a Palestinian bomb October 15, 2003 in the Gaza Strip, along with two other American diplomatic personnel.[2]

Patricia Ter'n Navarrete, 33, of Ecuador – Killed by a Palestinian terrorist in a shooting attack November 19, 2003, north of Eilat.[2]

Mehbere Kifile, 35, of Ethiopia – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing January 29, 2004.[188]

Weerachai Wongput, 37, from the Nong Han District of the northeastern province of Udon Thani in Thailand – Killed by shrapnel from mortar fire on June 21, 2004. Hamas claimed responsibility.[2]

Pratheep Nanongkham, 24, of Thailand – Killed when armed terrorists infiltrated the hothouse area of Kfar Darom in the central Gaza Strip on October 6, 2004. Hamas claimed responsibility.[2]

See also

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List of Israeli civilian casualties in the Second Intifada

List of Palestinian suicide attacks

Israeli casualties of war