Massacres Israel-Palestine 1920 - 2025

Please note details here are dependant on research and reporting of others. 

(22 November 2025) Centre of Gaza bombing, car aflame. 22 died. Due to killings within the ceasefire daily, we would refer the reader to The Gaza Ministry Of Health data (Although international research suggests the figures are much higher), The Civil Defence, Press
and Social Media posts from local Journalists. 

(20 November 2025) Yellow line with a gun Today due to an unmasked unidentified man approaching the yellow line with a Kalashnikov gun, Israel bombed Gaza. 33 Palestinian deaths. It is also reported that Hamas fighters trapped in tunnels in the Israeli side of the yellow line are starving and sought to escape, where Israel killed 6 and captured 11, with more in the tunnels.

(19 November 2025)  Khan Younis ‘Cease Fire’ killings.  The IDF saw Palestinians, presumed to be Hamas cross the yellow line at Khan Younis.  So they bombed Gaza, killing 25 civilians, injuring 77.

(18 November 2025)  Israel Bombs southern Lebanon - Palestinian Refugee camp killing at least 14, 2 of which were children. 

(10 October 25 -10 November 2025) - despite a ceasefire, Israel kills 240 and flattens a further 1500 civilian buildings (proven by satellite technology).

(October 2023 - October 2025) - over 68,000 Palestinian deaths, by Israel bombing, tank, sniper and drone fire. Over 20,000 of which were children (conservative figures). Israel's actions do not legally constitute self defence, and numerous legal institutions shed light on that fact.

(23 March 2025) - First Responders Massacre. A group of Civil Defence crew and Palestinian Red Crescent paramedics in Gaza disappeared when they went to Rafah on a rescue mission. A week later, the bodies of 15 first responders were found executed, they had been killed and buried in the sand by the Israeli army. Initially Israel claimed that the vehicles didn't have emergency lights on and claimed they were 'Hamas'. But a phone on one of the dead proved  they were identified first responders, and the vehicles were clearly marked with lights flashing. 

(7 October 2023),1200 Israeli's killed from a combined responsibility of Hamas Army, Gazan Civilians and from Israel's own tanks, drones and apache helicopter fire (Hannibal Directive). Sexual brutality confirmed, but no ‘beheaded babies’.

11 day war. Israeli airstrikes killed 256 half were children, 1900 injured.13 Israelis killed. 

(2021) : Al Aqsa Mosque Attack: In response to protests by Palestinians in East Jerusalem, the Israeli police forcefully entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, injuring over 600. Hamas responded with a multitude of rockets. Israel launched air raids on Gaza in response to what it said were rockets fired from Gaza. In 11 days of fighting 260 Palestinians and 13 Israeli's died.

(2018-19) : Great March of Return:  The Gaza border protests were a series of peaceful demonstrations. Over the course of these protests, IOF were responsible for the loss of 223 Palestinian lives, while more than 13,000 Palestinians sustained injuries, the majority of which were severe. [UN Report]

(2014) : The Gaza War ('Operation Protective Edge'):  This marked the third major military confrontation between Israel and Hamas since Hamas assumed control of the Gaza Strip in 2007. Israel then launched a ground invasion into Gaza, resulting in the loss of 2,205 Palestinian lives, including 500+ children along with 73 Israeli's, 67 of which were soldiers.

(2012)  Assassinations of Hamas leaders in Gaza (Operation Pillar of Cloud):  Israel assassinated a series of Hamas leaders. In response, Gazan factions launched numerous projectiles into Israel. Israeli attacks intensified, murdering 165 Palestinians, including 42 children, and injuring 1,220 Palestinians, including 430 children.

November 2012 Israel kills Hamas military chief of staff, Ahmad Jabari followed by eight days of Israeli air raids on Palestine. Unconfirmed deaths.

July 18, 2012 - Six people, five Israelis, and the Bulgarian bus driver, were killed and over 30 wounded in a suicide bombing attack on a bus carrying Israelis at Sarafovo Airport in Burgas, Bulgaria. The seventh body was identified as the suicide bomber.

Aug 18, 2011 - In a series of attacks against civilians and IDF soldiers in Israel’s southern region, six civilians were killed as well as one soldier and a police officer, and at least 31 were wounded. The Palestinians responsible for the attacks originated in the Gaza Strip and crossed into Israel via Egypt. IDF forces pursued and killed a number of those responsible for the attacks.

(2008-09) : The Gaza Massacre/ Battle of al-Furqan ('Operation Cast Lead'):  Israel initiated a large-scale military campaign on Gaza on 27 December 2008. On 3 January 2009, the Israeli ground invasion was launched, resulting in the estimated deaths of 1,166 to 1,417 Palestinian Civilians. 46,000 homes destroyed, 100,000 homeless. Use of chemical weapons,  (phosphorus) which is a war crime.

Mar 6, 2008 - Eight students of the Mercaz Harav Yeshiva in Jerusalem were killed when a Palestinian armed with a Kalashnikov assault rifle infiltrated the yeshiva and opened fire in the library where about 80 people were gathered, mostly teenagers. Eleven others were wounded, three critically. The Palestinian, a resident of East Jerusalem, was killed by an IDF officer.

June 2006 Hamas capture an Israeli conscript prompting a weeks air raids and incursions.

Apr 17, 2006 - Eleven people were killed and over 60 wounded in a suicide bombing during the Passover holiday near the old central bus station in Tel Aviv, at the Rosh Ha’ir shawarma restaurant, site of the Jan 19 bombing. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.

Mar 30, 2006 - Four people were killed when a suicide bomber hitchhiker disguised as an ultra-Orthodox yeshiva student detonated his explosive device in a private vehicle near the entrance to Kedumim.

Dec 5, 2005 - Five people were killed and over 50 wounded in a suicide bombing at the entrance to the Sharon shopping mall in Netanya. The Palestinian detonated the bomb when he was stopped by security guards, one of whom was killed. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.

Oct 26, 2005 - Seven people were killed and 54 wounded, six seriously, in a suicide bombing at the Hadera open-air market. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.

July 12, 2005 - Five people were killed and about 90 wounded when a suicide bomber blew up Hasharon Mall in Netanya. The bomber was identified as Ahmed Abu Khalil, 18, from the West Bank village of Atil. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.

Feb 25, 2005 - Five people were killed and 50  wounded Friday night, when a suicide bomber blew up the Stage club on the Tel Aviv promenade at around 11:20 P.M., on the corner of Herbert Samuel and Yonah Hanavi streets. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.

Jan 13, 2005 - On Thursday night, shortly before the closing of the Karni Crossing, Palestinians activated an explosive device on the Palestinian side of the crossing, blowing a hole in the door through which Palestinians infiltrated the Israeli side of the crossing and opened fire at Israeli civilians. As a result of the explosion and during exchanges of fire, six Israeli civilians and three Palestinians were killed, and five Israeli civilians were wounded. Hamas and the Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades claimed joint responsibility for the attack.

(April 2002)  : Jenin Refugee Camp:  During the Second Intifada, IOF launched a military operation in the Jenin Refugee Camp situated in the West Bank. Israel deployed infantry, commando forces, assault helicopters, tanks, and bulldozers, resulting in the tragic loss of at least 54 Palestinian lives.

The Al-Aqsa, the Second Intifada A mass uprising of Palestinians triggered by Ariel Sharon entering Al-Aqsa Mosque, protected by 2000 Israeli soldiers. Tapering off between 2005 and 2007.with 4228 dead Palestinians, 1024 Israelis killed and more than 50,000 injured. Approximately 52,635 arrested. 

Sep 4, 1997 - Five people were killed and 181 wounded in three suicide bombings on the Ben-Yehuda pedestrian mall in Jerusalem.

Jul 30, 1997 - 16 people were killed and 178 wounded in two consecutive suicide bombings in the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem.

1996 B'Tselem Report Details Human Rights Abuses of Palestinians mainly from the Palestinian Authority, including being held without charge and torture, death under torture.

September 1996, the opening of a tunnel near the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem led to violent clashes that resulted in 70-85 Palestinian deaths and 17 Israeli Soldiers.

Spring 1996 Closure. two million Palestinians under two week total closure, increased checkpoints. Prime Minister Shimon Peres authorised total closures of West Bank and Gaza 'whenever warnings of terror attacks are received'.

Mar 4, 1996 - Outside Dizengoff Center in Tel-Aviv, a suicide bomber detonated a 20-kilogram nail bomb, killing 13 (12 civilians and one soldier).

Mar 3, 1996 - In a suicide bombing of bus No. 18 on Jaffa Road in Jerusalem, 19 were killed (16 civilians and 3 soldiers).

Feb 25, 1996 - In a suicide bombing of bus No. 18 near the Central Bus Station in Jerusalem, 26 were killed (17 civilians and 9 soldiers). Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.

In 1995 only 38 Palestinians were reported as having been killed by Palestinians. This is likely due to a partial handover to the Palestinian Authority who reportedly then committed human rights abuses.

(4 November 1995) Yitzhak Rabin Assassinated: The assailant was Yigal Amir, an Israeli law student and far-right zionist ultranationalist who radically opposed the Oslo Accords and Rabin's peace initiative more broadly.

Jul 24, 1995 - Six civilians were killed in a suicide bomb attack on a bus in Ramat Gan.

Apr 9, 1995 - Seven Israelis and one American were killed when a bus was hit by an explosives-laden van near Kfar Darom in the Gaza Strip. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.

Jan 22, 1995 - Two consecutive bombs exploded at the Beit Lid junction near Netanya, killing 20 soldiers and one civilian. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.

During 1994, 112 Palestinians were killed by Israeli's and continued to experience widespread abuses, including killings, in addition to the Jabalya and Ibrahimi massacres, through the excessive use of force, torture, arbitrary arrests, and long-lasting curfews over wide areas. They also were subjected to strict and arbitrary controls on movement, which impeded their ability to earn a living, study at universities, obtain goods and services, and otherwise conduct their everyday lives. 

Oct 19, 1994 - In a suicide bombing attack on the No. 5 bus on Dizengoff Street in Tel-Aviv, 21 Israelis and one Dutch national were killed.

Apr 13, 1994 - Five people were killed in a suicide bombing attack on a bus in the central bus station of Hadera. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.

Apr 6, 1994 - Eight people were killed in a car-bomb attack on a bus in the centre of Afula. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.

March 1994 Jabalya Refugee camp killing. 6 Palestinians killed by undercover unit who went into camp and opened fire with no warning.

(Feb 1994) : The Ibrahimi Mosque Massacre (Cave of the Patriarchs) :  During Ramadan, an American-Israeli Zionist extremist opened fire on Palestinian Muslims who were in prayer at the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron. This resulted in the deaths of 29 people, some as young as 12 years old, and left 125 others wounded.

(Sept 1993) Oslo Accords between Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat. Palestinian Authority to control Gaza Strip and West Bank, Israel to withdraw from some areas. A peace plan which resulted in both winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994.

In 1993 A total of 166 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces.

(October 1990) Al Aqsa Massacre:  The 'Temple Trustees' group tried to lay a foundation stone for the intended 3rd Jewish Temple where the Sacred Mosque has stood for many centuries.  Worshipers confronted them and Israeli security forces opened fire, killing at least 17 Palestinians, and more than 150 Palestinians suffered injuries.

(December 1987) First infitada: An Israeli driver kills four Palestinians in a car accident that sparks the first intifada, or uprising, against Israeli occupation in the West Bank and Gaza. The image of Palestinians throwing rocks at Israeli tanks becomes the enduring image of the intifada. Over the next six years, roughly 200 Israelis and 1,300 Palestinians are killed. Hamas established. 

(Sept 1982) : Sabra & Shatila Massacres: The IOF surrounded Palestinian refugee camps in West Beirut. They authorised the right-wing Christian Phalangist militia to enter. The militia massacred nearly 3000 Palestinian refugees and Lebanese civilians in two days of violence.

(3 October 1973) Yom Kippur War/ Ramadan War. Egypt and Syria attempt to retake the Israeli-occupied Sinai Peninsula and Golan Heights.

(5-10 June 1967) - The 6 day war. Israel and several of its Arab neighbours fight the Six-Day War. Israel wins a decisive victory: it suffers seven hundred casualties; its adversaries suffer nearly twenty thousand. Israel emerges with control of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip—areas inhabited primarily by Palestinians—as well as all of East Jerusalem. Israel also takes control of Syria’s Golan Heights and the Sinai Peninsula, which is part of Egypt. Israel will stay in the Sinai Peninsula until April 1982. 700 Israelis and 20,000 others. 

(November 1956)  : Khan Yunis Massacre: IOF soldiers conducted a brutal house-to-house search for fedayeen, leading to the estimated loss of 275 to 400 Palestinian lives. A mass grave was uncovered, revealing the remains of 40 Palestinian men who had been bound and executed.

(October 1956) : Kafr Qasim Massacre: Israel imposed a curfew on the Arab villages that bordered Jordan. When villagers returned after curfew they were fired on at close range. In one hour they killed 49 Palestinian born residents of the occupied Israeli village.

(October 1953) : Qibya Massacre:  IOF massacred over 69 Palestinian villagers, with approximately two-thirds of the victims being women and children. The attack also resulted in the destruction of 45 houses, a school, and a mosque.

(October 1948) : Saliha Massacre & Al-Dawayima Massacre:  Al-Dawayima was one of the largest villages in the Hebron area, and the subsequent massacre unfolded in three distinct stages: first in homes and alleyways, followed by the village mosque, and ultimately within a cave. A total of 455 individuals lost their lives, consisting of 280 men and the rest women and children.

(11 July 1948) : Lydda Massacre: Lydda and Ramle, two towns originally designated to be part of an Arab state in Palestine as per the UN Partition Plan of 1947, ultimately came under Israeli control. While estimates of the death toll vary, it is believed that over 400 Lydda residents lost their lives. Unfortunately, the tragedy did not conclude with the massacre. Israel made the decision to forcibly remove all residents from the city.

(May 1948) : Tantura Massacre:  The village surrendered to Israeli forces. IOF launched an assault on the village, resulting in the massacre of nearly 200 Palestinians. Three possible mass graves have since been found.

(15 May 1948 – 10 March 1949) : Arab-Israeli War: First Arab-Israeli War begins. Egypt (supported by Saudi Arabian, Sudanese, and Yemeni troops), Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria invade Israel. The Nakba of displacement. The fighting continues until 1949, when Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria sign armistice agreements.

(13-14 May 1948) : Abu Shusha Massacre: Abu Shusha was subjected to multiple assaults, culminating in the decisive attack and fell to occupation on 14 May. The remaining inhabitants were forcibly displaced on 21 May.

Nakba Massacres, starting (9 April 1948) with Deir Yassin Massacre:  The massacre was committed by the Zionist militia groups. Some victims were found maimed, raped, and then killed. Entire families were murdered. Masses of men were put in trucks to be paraded across Jerusalem before being taken to a quarry to be killed. This triggered a mass exodus of Palestinians from their homes and lands, not only in and around Jerusalem but also further afield.

Abbasiya, Sheikh Burek, Al-Sheik Break, Jaffa, Al-Saraya, Semiramis, Ramla, Yazur, Tabra Tulkarem, Abu Shusha, Tantura, Lydda, Saliha, Al-Dawayima, Al-Husayniyya, Abu Kabir, Cairo-Haifa Train, Qalunya, Nasir al-Din, Tiberias, Ayn al-Zaytoun, Safed, Beit Daras (1947–1948)

Al-Khisas (1947) :  A village in the Safad region of northern Palestine.  A unit from the Palmach forces attacked the village of Al-Khisas in the northern part of the Hula Valley, killing ten people, all women and children.

Bab al-Amud (1947) : One of the gates of Jerusalem.  The attack was carried out by the Irgun gangs using an explosive barrel, resulting in the deaths of 14 individuals and injuring 27 others. The following day, employing the same method and location, 11 people and two British were killed.

(February 1947) : British mandate terminated and Palestine partitioned.

Haifa Massacres (1937, 1939, 1947, 1948)

Jerusalem Massacres (1937, 1947, 1948)

Balad al-Sheikh (1939) : The Haganah gang attacked the village of Balad al-Sheikh, abducted five of its residents, and subsequently killed them.

(1929) Hebron Massacre: killing of 60-67 Jews and hundreds injured. Jewish homes were pillaged and synagogues were ransacked. Triggered by a rumour that Jews were planning to seize control of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

(24 July 1922) : British mandate over Palestine.

(1 May 2021) Jaffa, deaths including Yossef Haim Brenner and numbered 50 Jews and 50 Muslim Palestinians. With Jews including old in habitants as well as Zionists.

(4-7 April 1920) : Jerusalem Pesach/ Nebi Musa  4 days of riots killing of 6 Jews (Palin Commission)

(2 Nov 1917) : Balfour Declaration is signed in support of a Jewish home to be established in Palestine [1]  [2]  

(1917) : Britain conquers Ottoman Empire (of which Palestine was a part)
with the help of Arab nations.

(1915) McMahon Hussein Correspondence An agreement made between Britain and the Arab Nations that in exchange of overthrowing the empire, the Muslim nations would be freed.

Further Timelines: Ahram Justice4Pal ProIsrael