The people Peretz forgot: details of many people murdered by Palestinian
guns
since Oslo
Dr. Aaron Lerner 26 May 2005
DM Peretz has decided to enable third parties to provide more gun and rifles
to the Palestinians. Supporters of the move argue that such "light weapons"
do not present a significant danger to Israelis.
The following is a list of some of the people the supporters forgot.
It only includes those who were clearly identified as having been murdered
by gunfire on the Foreign Ministry website.
www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism-+Obstacle+to+Peace/Palestinian+terror+before+2000/Fatal%20Terrorist%20Attacks%20in%20Israel%20Since%20the%20DOP%20-S
www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism-+Obstacle+to+Peace/Palestinian+terror+since+2000/Victims+of+Palestinian+Violence+and+Terrorism+sinc.htm
Oct 24 93 Two IDF soldiers, Staff Sgt. (res.) Ehud Rot, age 35, and Sgt.
Ilan Levi, age 23, were killed by a HAMAS Iz a-Din al Kassam squad. The two
entered a Subaru with Israeli license plates outside a Jewish settlement in
the Gaza Strip, whose passengers were apparently terrorists disguised as
Israelis. Following a brief struggle, the soldiers were shot at close range
and killed. Hamas publicly claimed responsibility for the attack.
Nov 7 93 Efraim Ayubi of Kfar Darom, Rabbi Chaim Druckman's personal driver,
was shot to death by terrorists near Hebron. HAMAS publicly claimed
responsibility for the murder.
Dec 1 93 Shalva Ozana, age 23, and Yitzhak Weinstock, age 19, were shot to
death by terrorists from a moving vehicle, while parked on the side of the
road to Ramallah because of engine trouble. Weinstock died of his wounds the
following morning. Iz a-Din al Kassam claimed responbility for the attack,
stating that it was carried out in retaliation for the killing by Israeli
forces of Imad Akel, a wanted HAMAS leader in Gaza.
Dec 5 93 David Mashrati, a reserve soldier, was shot and killed by a
terrorist attempting to board a bus on route 641 at the Holon junction. The
Islamic Jihad Shekaki gorup claimed responsibility for the attack.
Dec 6 93 Mordechai Lapid and his son Shalom Lapid, age 19, were shot to
death by terrorists near Hebron. HAMAS publicly claimed responsibility for
the attack.
Dec 22 93 Eliahu Levin and Meir Mendelovitch were killed by shots fired at
their car from a passing vehicle in the Ramallah area. HAMAS claimed
responsibility.
Dec 24 93 Lieut.Col. Meir Mintz, commander of the IDF special forces in the
Gaza area, was shot and killed by terrorists in an ambush on his jeep at the
T-junction in Gaza. The HAMAS Iz a-Din al Kassam squads publicly claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Feb 13 94 Noam Cohen, age 28, member of the General Security Service, was
shot and killed in an ambush on his car. Two of his colleagues who were also
in the vehicle suffered moderate injuries. HAMAS claimed responsibility for
the attack.
Feb 19 94 Zipora Sasson, resident of Ariel and five months pregnant, was
killed on the trans-Samaria highway in an ambush by shots fired at her car.
The terrorists were members of HAMAS.
Mar 23 94 Victor Lashchiver, employed as a guard at the Income Tax offices
in East Jerusalem, was shot and killed near Damascus Gate on his way to
work. The Popular Front claimed responsibility for the attack.
Apr 7 94 Yishai Gadassi, age 32 of Kvutzat Yavne, was shot and killed at a
hitchhiking post at the Ashdod junction by a member of HAMAS. The terrorist
was killed by bystanders at the scene.
May 17 94 Rafael Yairi (Klumfenbert), 36, of Kiryat Arba, and Margalit Ruth
Shohat, 48, of Ma'ale Levona, were killed when their car was fired upon by
by terrorists in a passing car near Beit Haggai, south of Hebron.
May 20 94 Staff Sgt. Moshe Bukra, 30, and Cpl. Erez Ben-Baruch, 24, were
shot dead by HAMAS terrorists at a roadblock one kilometer south of the Erez
checkpoint in the Gaza Strip.
Jul 7 94 Sarit Prigal, 17, was shot to death when terrorists opened fire
from a passing car near the entrance to Kiryat Arba.
Jul 19 94 Lt. Guy Ovadia, 23, of Kibbutz Yotvata, was fatally wounded in an
ambush near Rafiah. HAMAS took responsibility for the attack, saying it was
"a response to the massacre at the Erez checkpoint".
Jul 25 94 Border policeman Sgt.-Maj. Jacques Attias, 24, died of his wounds
after being shot by Palestinian policemen during the riots at Erez
checkpoint on July 17.
Aug 14 94 Ron Soval, 18, of Lehavim, north of Beersheba, was shot to death
in an ambush near Kissufim junction in the Gaza Strip. HAMAS claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Sep 4 94 Sgt. Victor Shichman, 24, was killed at the Morag junction in the
southern Gaza Strip while on patrol, from shots fired from a vehicle bearing
Palestinian license plates.
Nov 19 94 Sgt.-Maj. Gil Dadon, 26, of Bat Yam, was killed at the army post
at Netzarim junction by shots fired from a passing car. HAMAS claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Nov 27 94 Rabbi Amiran Olami, 34, of Otniel was killed near Beit Hagai 10
kms south of Hebron by shots fired from a passing car.
Jan 6 95 Ofra Felix, 20, of Beit El, a university student, was killed when
terrorists opened fire on her car north of Beit El.
Feb 6 95 Yevgeny Gromov, 32, of Ashkelon, a security guard, was killed when
terrorists opened fire from a passing car on the Gaza bypass road between
Jabalya and Gaza City, as he was escorting a gasoline truck to a Gaza Strip
filling station.
Mar 19 95 Nahum Hoss, 32, of Hebron and Yehuda Fartush, 41, of Kiryat Arba,
were killed when terrorists fired on an Egged bus near the entrance to
Hebron.
Jan 16 96 Sgt. Yaniv Shimel and Major Oz Tibon, both of Jerusalem, were
killed when terrorists fired on their car on the Hebron-Jerusalem road.
May 14 96 David Baum, 17, a yeshiva high school student in Beit El, was
killed when terrorists fired at students at a hitchhiking post at Beil El,
near Ramallah.
Jun 9 96 Yaron (26) and Efrat (25) Unger, of Kiryat Arba, were killed when
terrorists fired on their car near Beit Shemesh.
Jun 16 96 First-Sgt. Meir Alush, 40, an off-duty policeman, was shot and
killed in a toy store in the village of Bidiya.
Jun 26 96 Staff Sgt. (Res.) Asher Berdugo, 22, of Kiryat Bialik; Sgt. Ashraf
Shibli, 20, of Shibli; and Cpl. (Res.) Ya'acov Turgeman of Rishon Lezion
were killed in an ambush along the Jordan River north of Jericho by
terrorists who infiltrated from Jordan.
Jul 26 96 Uri Munk, 53, and his daughter-in-law, Rachel Munk, 24, of Moshav
Mevo Betar, were killed in a drive-by shooting attack near Beit Shemesh.
30-year-old Ze'ev Munk, Rachel's husband, was critically wounded and died in
the hospital the following week.
Dec 11 96 Etta Tzur, 48, and her son Ephraim, 12, were killed when their car
was shot at by terrorists near Surda, west of Beit El.
Nov 19 97 Gabriel Hirschberg, 26, was killed by automatic gunfire in the Old
City of Jerusalem.
Jan 6 98 Yael Meivar, 25, died of gunshot wounds sustained in a terrorist
attack on Dec 31, 1997 near the settlement of Alei Zahav in Samaria.
Aug 5 98 Harel Bin-Nun, 18, and Shlomo Liebman, 24, were shot and killed in
an ambush by terrorists while on patrol at the Yizhar settlement in Samaria.
Oct 14 98 Itamar Doron, 24, was shot to death near Moshav Ora, outside
Jerusalem.
Oct 26 98 Danny Vargas, 29, of Kiryat Arba was shot to death in Hebron.
Jan 13 99 Sergeant Yehoshua Gavriel, 25, of Ashdod, was killed when
terrorists opened fire at the Othniel junction near Hebron.
Aug 7 99 The body of an Israeli, shot in the head, was found in a burned
vehicle.
Sept 29, 2000 - Border Police Supt. Yosef Tabeja, 27, of Ramle was shot to
death by his Palestinian counterpart on a joint patrol near Kalkilya.
Oct 1, 2000 - Border Police Cpl. Madhat Yusuf, 19, of Beit Jann, died of
gunshot wounds sustained in a gun battle with Palestinians at Joseph's Tomb
in Nablus.
Oct 2, 2000 - Wichlav Zalsevsky, 24, of Ashdod, was shot in the head in the
village of Masha on the trans-Samaria highway.
Sgt. Max Hazan, 20, of Dimona, died of gunshot injuries sustained near Beit
Sahur.
Oct 8, 2000 - The bullet-riddled body of Hillel Lieberman, 36, of Elon Moreh
was found at the southern entrance to Nablus.
Oct 19, 2000 - Rabbi Binyamin Herling, 64, of Kedumim, was killed when Fatah
members and Palestinian security forces opened fire on a group of Israeli
men, women, and children on a trip at Mount Ebal near Nablus.
Oct 30, 2000 - Eish-Kodesh Gilmor, 25, of Mevo Modi'in, was shot and killed
while on duty as a security guard at the National Insurance Institute's East
Jerusalem branch. Another guard was injured.
Amos Machlouf, 30, of the Gilo neighborhood in Jerusalem, was found murdered
in a ravine near Beit Jala.
Nov 1, 2000 - Lt. David-Hen Cohen, 21, of Karmiel and Sgt. Shlomo Adshina,
20, of Kibbutz Ze'elim were killed in a shooting incident in the Al-Hader
area, near Bethlehem.
Nov 8, 2000 - Noa Dahan, 25, of Moshav Mivtahim in the south, was shot to
death while driving to her job at the Rafah border crossing in Gaza.
Nov 10, 2000 - Sgt. Shahar Vekret, 20, of Lod was fatally shot by a
Palestinian sniper near Rachel's Tomb at the entrance to Bethlehem.
Nov 11, 2000 - Sgt. 1st Class Avner Shalom, 28, of Eilat, was killed in a
shooting attack at the Gush Katif junction in the Gaza Strip.
Nov 13, 2000 - Sarah Leisha, 42, of Neveh Tzuf was killed by gunfire from a
passing car while travelling near Ofra, north of Ramallah.
Cpl. Elad Wallenstein, 18, of Ashkelon, and Cpl. Amit Zanna, 19, of Netanya
were killed by gunfire from a car passing the military bus carrying them
near Ofra.
Nov 13, 2000 - Gabi Zaghouri, 36, of Netivot was killed by gunfire directed
at the truck he was driving near the Kissufim junction in the southern part
of the Gaza Strip.
Nov 18, 2000 - St.-Sgt. Baruch (Snir) Flum, 21, of Tel-Aviv was shot and
killed by a senior Palestinian Preventive Security Service officer who
infiltrated the Kfar Darom greenhouses in the Gaza Strip.
St.-Sgt. Sharon Shitoubi, 21, of Ramle, wounded in the Palestinan shooting
attack in Kfar Darom, died of his wounds on Nov 20.
Nov 21, 2000 - Itamar Yefet, 18, of Netzer Hazani died from a gunshot wound
to the head by Palestinian sniper fire at the Gush Katif junction.
Nov 23, 2000 - Sgt. Samar Hussein, 19, of Hurfeish, was killed when
Palestinian snipers opened fire at soldiers patrolling the border fence near
the Erez crossing.
Nov 24, 2000 - Maj. Sharon Arameh, 25, of Ashkelon was killed by Palestinian
sniper fire in fighting near Neve Dekalim in the Gaza Strip.
Nov 24, 2000 - Ariel Jeraffi, 40, of Petah Tikva, a civilian employed by the
IDF, was killed by Palestinian fire as he travelled near Otzarin in the West
Bank.
Dec 8, 2000 - Rina Didovsky, 39, a Beit Hagai school teacher on her way to
work, and Eliyahu Ben-Ami, 41, of Otniel, the driver of the van, were killed
when a car full of gunmen opened fire on the van near Kiryat Arba.
Dec 8, 2000 - Sgt. Tal Gordon, 19, was killed when gunmen in a passing car
opened fire on an Egged bus traveling south from Tiberias to Jerusalem on
the Jericho bypass road.
Dec 21, 2000 - Eliahu Cohen, 29, of Modi'in was shot and killed tonight by
Palestinian terrorists waiting in ambush on the road between Givat Ze'ev and
Beit Horon.
Dec 31, 2000 - Binyamin Zeev Kahane, the son of the late right-wing leader
Meir Kahane, and his wife, Talia, were killed when Palestinian snipers
opened fire while they were driving on the Ramallah bypass road. Five of
their children, aged two months to 10 years, were injured.
Jan 14, 2001 - The bullet-ridden body of Ron Tzalah, 32, of Kfar Yam in Gush
Katif, apparently killed on Sunday night (Jan 14), was found the following
morning near the Kfar Yam hothouses.
Jan 17, 2001 - Ofir Rahum, 16, of Ashkelon, traveled to Jerusalem to meet a
young woman with whom he had conducted a relationship over the Internet. She
then drove him toward Ramallah. At a prearranged location, another vehicle
drove up and three Palestinian gunmen inside shot Rahum more than 15 times.
One terrorist drove off with Rahum's body and dumped it, while the others
fled in the second vehicle.
Jan 25, 2001 - Akiva Pashkos, 45, of Jerusalem, was shot dead in a terror
attack near the Atarot industrial zone north of Jerusalem.
Jan 29, 2001 - Arye Hershkowitz, 55, of Ofra, was killed by shots fired from
a passing car near the Rama junction north of Jerusalem.
Feb 1, 2001 - Dr. Shmuel Gillis, 42, of Carmei Tzur, was killed by
Palestinian gunmen who fired at his car near the Aroub
refugee camp on the Jerusalem-Hebron highway.
Feb 1, 2001 - Lior Attiah, 23, of Afula was shot to death by terrorists
while traveling near Jenin.
Feb 5, 2001 - St.-Sgt. Rujayah Salameh, 23, was killed by sniper fire near
Rafah.
Feb 11, 2001 - Tzachi Sasson, 35, of Kibbutz Rosh Tzurim in Gush Etzion, was
shot and killed by Palestinian gunmen as he drove home from Jerusalem.
Mar 19, 2001 - Baruch Cohen, 59, of Efrat, was killed by shots fired at his
car while driving to work in Jerusalem from his home in the Gush Etzion
area. After being hit by bullets, he lost control of the car and collided
with an oncoming truck.
Mar 26, 2001 - Shalhevet Pass, age 10 months, was killed by sniper fire at
the entrance to the Avraham Avinu neighborhood in Hebron.
Apr 2, 2001 - Sgt. Danny Darai, 20, of Arad, was killed by a Palestinian
sniper after completing guard duty at Rachel's Tomb at the entrance to
Bethlehem.
Apr 28, 2001 - Sgt. Shlomo Elmakias, 20, of Netanya, was killed and four
women passengers wounded in a drive-by terrorist shooting attack on the Wadi
Ara highway in the Galilee.
May 1, 2001 - Assaf Hershkowitz, 30, of Ofra, was killed when his vehicle
was fired upon and overturned at a junction between Ofra and Beit El.
May 15, 2001 - Idit Mizrahi, 20, of Rimonim, was fatally shot in a terrorist
ambush as she drove with her father and brother on the Alon Highway to
attend a family wedding. Terrorists fired 30 bullets, 19 of which hit the
family's car.
May 18, 2001 - Lt. Yair Nebenzahl, 22, of Neve Tzuf (Halamish), was killed
and his mother seriously wounded, in a Palestinian roadside ambush north of
Jerusalem.
May 23, 2001 - Asher Iluz, 33, of Modi'in was killed outside Ariel en route
to supervise a road paving in the area, when Palestinian gunmen opened fire
in an ambush.
May 29, 2001 - Gilad Zar, 41, of Itamar, was shot dead in a terrorist ambush
while driving in the West Bank between Kedumim and Yizhar. The Fatah Tanzim
claimed responsibility for the attack.
May 29, 2001 - Sara Blaustein, 53, and Esther Alvan, 20, of Efrat, were
killed in a drive-by shooting near Neve Daniel in the Gush Etzion bloc south
of Jerusalem. The Fatah Tanzim claimed responsibility for the attack.
May 31, 2001 - Zvi Shelef, 63, of Mevo Dotan, was killed in a drive-by
shooting attack in northern Samaria north of Tulkarem. He was shot in the
head and died en route to hospital.
June 12, 2001 - Father Georgios Tsibouktzakis, 34, a Greek Orthodox monk
from the St. George Monastery in Wadi Kelt in the Judean desert, was shot
and killed while driving on the Jerusalem-Ma'ale Adumim road.
June 14, 2001 - Lt.Col. Yehuda Edri, 45, of Ma'ale Adumim was killed by a
Palestinian informant for Israeli intelligence in a shooting attack on the
Bethlehem bypass tunnel road connecting the Gush Etzion bloc with Jerusalem.
One of his security guards was seriously injured.
June 18, 2001 - Dan Yehuda, 35, of Homesh was killed in a drive-by shooting
attack between Homesh and Shavei Shomron, near Nablus. Alex Briskin, 17, was
moderately injured.
June 18, 2001 - Doron Zisserman, 38, of Einav, was shot and killed in his
car by sniper fire near the entrance to Einav, east of Tulkarem. Fatah
claimed responsibility for the attack.
June 20, 2001 - Ilya Krivitz, 62, of Homesh in Samaria was shot and killed
at close range in an ambush late Wednesday afternoon in the nearby
Palestinian town of Silat a-Dahar.
June 28, 2001 - Ekaterina (Katya) Weintraub, 27, of Ganim in northern
Samaria was killed and another woman injured late Thursday afternoon by
shots fired at the two-car convoy on the Jenin bypass road.
July 2, 2001 - Aharon Obadyan, 41, of Zichron Ya'akov was shot and killed
near Baka a-Sharkia, north of the West Bank city of Tulkarem and close to
the 1967 Green Line border, after shopping at the local market.
July 2, 2001 - The body of Yair Har Sinai, 51, of Susiya in the Hebron
hills, missing since Monday (July 2) was found early Tuesday morning shot in
the head and chest.
July 4, 2001 - Eliahu Na'aman, 32, of Petah Tikva, was shot at point-blank
range just inside the Green Line at Sueika, near Tulkarem.
July 13, 2001 - Yehezkel (Hezi) Mualem, 49, father of four from Kiryat Arba,
was shot and killed between Kiryat Arba and Hebron while protesting a
shooting attack in the area the previous day.
July 14, 2001 - David Cohen, 28, of Betar Illit, died of injuries sustained
in a drive-by shooting in Kiryat Arba on July 12.
July 26, 2001 - Ronen Landau, 17, of Givat Ze'ev, was shot and killed by
Palestinian terrorists while returning home from Jerusalem with his father.
Aug 5, 2001 - Tehiya Bloomberg, 40, of Karnei Shomron, mother of five and 5
months pregnant, was killed when Palestinian gunmen opened fire on the
family vehicle between Alfei Menashe and Karnei Shomron. Three people were
seriously wounded, including her husband, Shimon, and daughter, Tzippi, 14.
Aug 6, 2001 - Yitzhak Snir, 51, of Ra'anana, an Israeli diamond merchant,
was shot dead in Amman, in the yard of the building where he kept a flat.
His body was found the following morning.
Aug 7, 2001 - Wael Ghanem, 32, an Arab Israeli resident of Taibeh, was shot
and killed by Palestinian assailants on the road near Kalkilya. Police
believe he was murdered because of suspected collaboration with Israeli
authorities.
Zohar Shurgi, 40, of Moshav Yafit in the Jordan Valley, was shot and killed
by terrorists while driving home at night on the Trans-Samaria Highway.
Aug 9, 2001 - Aliza Malka, 17, a boarding student at Kibbutz Merav, was
killed by terrorists in a drive-by shooting at the entrance to the kibbutz
in the Gilboa region, west of Beit She'an. Three teenage girls who were with
her in the car were injured, one seriously.
Aug 25, 2001 - Sharon, 26, and Yaniv Ben-Shalom, 27, of Ofarim, were killed
when Palestinian gunmen opened fire on their car as they were returning home
on the Jerusalem-Modi'in on road Saturday night. Their children, aged one
and two, were lightly wounded. Sharon's brother, Doron Sviri, 20, of
Jerusalem was fatally wounded and died the following day.
Aug 26, 2001 - Dov Rosman, 58, of Netanya was killed in a shooting attack
shortly before 17:00 on Sunday afternoon near the entrance to the village of
Zaita, opposite Kibbutz Magal. Fatah claimed responsibility for the attack.
Aug 27, 2001 - Meir Lixenberg, 38, of Itamar, father of five, was shot and
killed by Palestinian terrorists from a roadside ambush while traveling
between the communities of Har Bracha and Itamar, south of Nablus.
Aug 29, 2001 - Oleg Sotnikov, 35, of Ashdod, a truck driver employed by Dor
Energy, was killed in a terrorist shooting attack outside the Palestinian
village of Kutchin, west of Nablus.
Aug 30, 2001 - Amos Tajouri, 60, of Modi'in, was shot in the head at
point-blank range by a masked gunman in the Arab village of Na'alin, while
dining at a restaurant owned by close friends.
Sept 6, 2001 - Lt. Erez Merhavi, 23, of Moshav Tarum was killed in an ambush
shooting near Kibbutz Bahan, east of Hadera, while driving to a wedding. A
female officer with him in the car was seriously injured. Fatah-Tanzim
claimed responsibility for the attack.
Sept 9, 2001 - Ya'akov Hatzav, 42, of Hamra in the Jordan Valley, the
driver, and Sima Franko, 24, of Beit She'an, a kindergarten teacher, were
killed in a shooting attack 300 meters south of the Adam Junction in the
Jordan Valley. A minibus transporting teachers to the regional school was
attacked by Palestinian terrorists.
Sept 11, 2001 - Border Policemen Sgt. Tzachi David, 19, of Tel-Aviv, and
St.-Sgt. Andrei Zledkin, 26, of Carmiel, were killed just after midnight
when Palestinian gunmen opened fire on the Ivtan Border Police base near
Kibbutz Bachan in central Israel. A Fatah group claimed responsibility for
the attack.
Sept 12, 2001 - Ruth Shua'i, 46, of Alfei Menashe, was traveling home around
19:30 PM when shots were fired from a passing vehicle near the village of
Habla near Kalkilya. She sustained injuries to her head and stomach and died
en route to Meir Hospital in Kfar Saba.
Sept 15, 2001 - Meir Weisshaus, 23, of Jerusalem, was fatally shot late
Saturday night in a drive-by shooting on the Ramot-French Hill road in
northern Jerusalem.
Sept 16, 2001 - Sgt. David Gordukal, 23, of Upper Nazareth, was killed in
the exchange of fire on Saturday night in the south of Ramallah, during
which five senior Palestinian terrorists were arrested and a number of
Palestinian positions and a Force 17 camp were attacked.
Sept 20, 2001 - Sarit Amrani, 26, of Nokdim, was killed Thursday morning and
her husband Shai was seriously wounded in a shooting attack near Tekoa,
south of Bethlehem. The couple's three children who were traveling in the
vehicle were not injured. Fatah claimed responsibility for the attack.
Sept 24, 2001 - Salit Sheetrit, 28, of Kibbutz Sde Eliyahu was killed by
gunfire shortly after 6:30 near Shadmot Mehola on the Jordan Valley road.
The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.
Oct 4, 2001 - Sgt. Tali Ben-Armon, 19, an off-duty woman soldier from
Pardesia, Haim Ben-Ezra, 76, of Givat Hamoreh, and Sergei Freidin, 20, of
Afula were killed when a Palestinian terrorist, dressed as an Israeli
paratrooper, opened fire on Israeli civilians waiting at the central bus
station in Afula. 13 other Israelis were wounded in the attack. Fatah
claimed responsibility for the attack.
Oct 5, 2001 - Hananya Ben-Avraham, 46, of Elad was killed by Palestinian
terrorists in a machine gun ambush near Avnei Hefetz in central Israel.
Oct 17, 2001 - Tourism Minister Rechavam Ze'evy, 75, was assassinated by two
shots to the head outside his room at the Jerusalem Hyatt Hotel. The Popular
Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility for the attack.
Oct 18, 2001 - Lior Kaufman, 30, of Ramat Sharon was killed and two injured,
one seriously, by shots fired by terrorists at their jeep in the Judean
desert, near the Mar Saba monastery.
Oct 28, 2001 - St.-Sgt. Yaniv Levy, 22, of Zichron Yaakov was killed by
Palestinian terrorists in a drive-by machine-gun ambush near Kibbutz Metzer
in northern Israel. The Tanzim wing of Arafat's Fatah faction claimed
responsibility for the murder.
Oct 28, 2001 - Ayala Levy, 39, of Elyachin; Smadar Levy, 23, of Hadera;
Lydia Marko, 63, of Givat Ada; and Sima Menahem, 30, of Zichron Yaakov were
killed when two Palestinian terrorists, members of the Palestinian police,
armed with assault rifles and expanding bullets, opened fire from a vehicle
on Israeli pedestrians at a crowded bus-stop in downtown Hadera. About 40
were wounded, three critically. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsiblity for
the attack.
Nov 2, 2001 - St.-Sgt. Raz Mintz, 19, of Kiryat Motzkin was killed by
Palestinian gunmen 5:45 P.M. on Friday at an IDF roadblock at near Ofra,
north of Ramallah. The Fatah-affiliated Al-Aksa Brigade claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Nov 4, 2001 - Shoshana Ben Ishai, 16, of Betar Illit and Menashe (Meni)
Regev, 14, of Jerusalem were killed when a Palestinian terrorist opened fire
with a sub-machine gun shortly before 16:00 at a No. 25 Egged bus at the
French Hill junction in northern Jerusalem. 45 people were injured in the
attack.
Nov 6, 2001 - Capt. (Res.) Eyal Sela, 39, of Moshav Nir Banim, was shot dead
in an ambush by three Palestinian terrorists on the southern Nablus bypass
road.
Nov 9, 2001 - Hadas Abutbul, 39, of Mevo Dotan in northern Samaria was shot
and killed by Palestinian terrorists on Friday afternoon as she drove from
work in nearby Shaked.
Nov 11, 2001 - Aharon Ussishkin, 50, head of security at Moshav Kfar Hess,
east of Netanya, was shot and killed at the entrance to the moshav on Sunday
evening, after being summoned to investigate a suspicious person.
Nov 27, 2001 - Noam Gozovsky, 23, of Moshav Ramat Zvi, and Michal Mor, 25,
of Afula were killed when two Palestinian terrorists from the Jenin area
opened fire with Kalashnikov assault rifles on a crowd of people near the
central bus station in Afula. Police officers and a reserve soldier
confronted them, killing the terrorists in the ensuing firefight. Another 50
people were injured, 10 of them moderately to seriously. Fatah and the
Islamic Jihad claimed joint responsibility.
Nov 29, 2001 - 1st Sgt. Yaron Pikholtz, 20, of Ramat Gan, was killed and a
second soldier was injured in a drive-by shooting incident on the Green
Line, near the West Bank village of Baka el-Sharkiya.
Dec 2, 2001 - Prof. Baruch Singer, 51, of Gedera was killed when Palestinian
gunmen opened fire on his car near the northern Gaza settlement of Elei
Sinai. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
Dec 25, 2001 - Sgt. Michael Sitbon, 23, of Beit Shemesh, an IDF reserve
soldier, was killed, and four other soldiers were injured, in a shooting
attack Tuesday morning near the Jordanian border north of Beit She'an.
Jan 14, 2002 - Sgt. Elad Abu-Gani, 19, of Tiberias, was killed and an
officer sustained gunshot wounds in a terrorist ambush near Kuchin, between
Nablus and Tulkarm. Fatah claimed responsibility for the attack.
Jan 15, 2002 - Avraham (Avi) Boaz, 71, of Ma'aleh Adumim, an American
citizen, was kidnapped at a PA security checkpoint in Beit Jala. His
bullet-riddled body was found in a car in Beit Sahur, in the Bethlehem area.
The Fatah's Al-Aksa Brigade claimed responsibility for the murder.
Jan 15, 2002 - Yoela Chen, 45, of Givat Ze'ev, was shot and killed by
Palestinian terrorists near the gas station at the entrance to Givat Ze'ev
shortly before 20:00. Her aunt who was with her in the car was injured. The
Fatah's Al-Aqsa Brigade claimed responsibility for the murder.
Jan 16, 2002 - Shahada Dadis, 30, an Arab resident of Beit Hanina in East
Jerusalem, was killed in a drive-by terrorist shooting. He was found dead in
a car bearing Israeli license plates south of Jenin in the West Bank.
Jan 17, 2002 - Edward Bakshayev, 48, of Or Akiva; Anatoly Bakshayev, 63, of
Or Akiva; Aharon Ben Yisrael-Ellis, 32, of Ra'anana; Dina Binayev, 48, of
Ashkelon; Boris Melikhov, 56, of Sderot; and Avi Yazdi, 25, of Hadera were
killed and 35 injured, several seriously, when a terrorist burst into a bat
mitzva reception in a banquet hall in Hadera shortly before 23:00, opening
fire with an M-16 assault rifle. The Fatah Al-Aqsa Brigades claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Jan 22, 2002 - Sarah Hamburger, 79, and Svetlana Sandler, 56, both of
Jerusalem, were killed and 40 were injured when a Palestinian terrorist
opened fire with an M-16 assault rifle near a bus stop in downtown
Jerusalem. The Fatah Al-Aqsa Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
Feb 6, 2002 - Miri Ohana, 45, and her daughter Yael, 11, were murdered in
their home when an armed terrorist infiltrated Moshav Hamra, halfway between
Jericho and Beit She'an in the Jordan Valley on Wednesday evening, opening
fire. IDF reserve soldier, St.-Sgt. Maj.(res.) Moshe Majos Meconen, 33, of
Beit She'an, was also killed in the attack. The terrorist, who entered the
Ohana home disguised in IDF uniform, was killed by IDF forces. Both Fatah
and Hamas claimed responsibility.
Feb 9, 2002 - Atala Lipobsky, 78, of Ma'ale Ephraim was shot dead on
Saturday night while driving on the Trans-Samaria Highway with her son.
Palestinian gunmen opened fire on the car, apparently from an ambush,
between Ariel and the Tapuah Junction.
Feb 10, 2002 - Lt. Keren Rothstein, 20, of Ashkelon and Cpl. Aya Malachi,
18, of Moshav Ein Habesor were killed in a drive-by terrorist shooting at
the entrance to the IDF Southern Command base in Be'er Sheva. Four others
were wounded, one critically. One of the terrorists was killed at the scene;
the second, wearing an explosives belt, fled in the direction of a nearby
school when he was shot and killed by a soldier and police officer. Hamas
claimed responsibility for the attack.
Feb 15, 2002 - St.-Sgt. Lee Nahman Akunis, 20, of Holon, was shot and killed
by gunmen on Friday night at a roadblock north of Ramallah. The Fatah's
Al-Aksa Brigade claimed responsibility for the attack.
Feb 18, 2002 - Ahuva Amergi, 30, of Ganei Tal in Gush Katif was killed and a
60-year old man was injured when a Palestinian terrorist opened fire on her
car. Maj. Mor Elraz, 25, of Kiryat Ata and St.-Sgt. Amir Mansouri, 21, of
Kiryat Arba, who came to their assistance, were killed while trying to
intercept the terrorist. The terrorist was killed when the explosives he was
carrying were detonated. The Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Feb 19, 2002 - Lt. Moshe Eini, 21, of Petah Tikva; St.-Sgt. Benny Kikis, 20,
of Carmiel; St.-Sgt. Mark Podolsky, 20, of Tel Aviv; St.-Sgt. Erez Turgeman,
20, of Jerusalem; St.-Sgt. Tamir Atsmi, 21, of Kiryat Ono; and St.-Sgt.
Michael Oxsman, 21, of Haifa were killed and one wounded in an attack near a
roadblock west of Ramallah. Several terrorists opened fire at soldiers at
the roadblock, including three off-duty soldiers inside a structure at the
roadblock, killing them at point-blank range. The Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs
Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
Feb 21, 2002 - Minhal Dragma, 22, of Baka al-Garbiya, was killed when a
terrorist opened fire at IDF soldiers at the entrance to Baka al-Sharkiya.
Feb 22, 2002 - Valery Ahmir, 59, of Beit Shemesh was killed by terrorists in
a drive-by shooting on the Atarot-Givat Ze'ev road north of Jerusalem as he
returned home from work. Fatah claimed responsibility for the attack.
Feb 25, 2002 - Avraham Fish, 65, and Aharon Gorov, 46, both of Nokdim, were
killed in a terrorist shooting attack between Tekoa and Nokdim, south of
Bethlehem. Fish's daughter, 9 months pregnant, was seriously injured but
delivered a baby girl. The Fatah al-Aksa Brigades claimed responsibility for
the attack.
Feb 25, 2002 - Police officer 1st Sgt. Galit Arbiv, 21, of Nesher, died
after being fatally shot, when a terrorist opened fire at a bus stop in the
Neve Ya'akov residential neighbhorhood in northern Jerusalem. Eight others
were injured, two seriously. The Fatah al-Aksa Brigades claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Feb 27, 2002 - Gad Rejwan, 34, of Jerusalem, was shot and killed early
Wednesday morning by one of his Palestinian employees in a factory in the
Atarot industrial area, north of Jerusalem. Two Fatah groups issued a joint
statement taking responsibility for the murder.
Feb 28, 2002 - IDF soldier St.-Sgt. Haim Bachar, 20, of Tel Aviv was killed
during clashes with Palestinians in the Balata refugee camp near Nablus. IDF
forces entered the camp to search for wanted terrorists.
Mar 1, 2002 - IDF soldier Sgt. Ya'acov Avni, 20, of Kiryat Ata was killed by
Palestinian sniper fire in the Jenin refugee camp.
Mar 3, 2002 - Sgt. Steven Kenigsberg, 19, of Hod Hasharon was killed and 4
soldiers injured when a Palestinian gunman opened fire near the Kissufim
crossing in the Gaza Strip. The Islamic Jihad and Tanzim claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Mar 5, 2002 - Police officer FSM Salim Barakat, 33, of Yarka; Yosef Habi,
52, of Herzliya; and Eli Dahan, 53, of Lod were killed and over 30 people
were wounded in Tel-Aviv when a Palestinian terrorist opened fire on two
adjacent restaurants shortly after 2:00 AM. The Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs
Brigade claimed responsibility for the attack.
Mar 5, 2002 - Devorah Friedman, 45, of Efrat, was killed and her husband
injured in shooting attack on the Bethlehem bypass "tunnel road", south of
Jerusalem. The Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claimed responsibility for the
attack.
Mar 6, 2002 - Cpl.(res.) Alexander Nastarenko, 37, of Netanya was killed
when Palestinian gunmen crossed the border fence and ambushed an army jeep
on the patrol road near Kibbutz Nir Oz.
Mar 7, 2002 - Arik Krogliak of Beit El, Tal Kurtzweil of Bnei Brak, Asher
Marcus of Jerusalem, Eran Picard of Jerusalem, and Ariel Zana of Jerusalem,
all aged 18, were killed and 23 people were injured, four seriously, when a
Palestinian gunman penetrated the pre-military training academy in the Gush
Katif settlement of Atzmona. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
Mar 8, 2002 - St.-Sgt. Edward Korol, 20, of Ashdod, was killed by a
Palestinian sniper in Tulkarem.
Mar 10, 2002 - St.-Sgt. Kobi Eichelboim, 21, of Givatayim died Sunday
afternoon from wounds suffered in the morning when a Palestinian gunman
disguised as a worker opened fire at the entrance to Netzarim in the Gaza
Strip.
Mar 12, 2002 - Eyal Lieberman, 42, of Tzoran was killed and another person
was wounded in a shooting attack at the Kiryat Sefer checkpoint, east of
Modi'in.
Mar 12, 2002 - Yehudit Cohen, 33, of Shlomi; Ofer Kanarick, 44, of Moshav
Betzet; Alexei Kotman, 29, of Kibbutz Beit Hashita; Lynne Livne, 49, and her
daughter Atara, 15, of Kibbutz Hanita; and Lt. German Rozhkov, 25, of Kiryat
Shmona were killed when two terrorists opened fire from an ambush on Israeli
vehicles traveling between Shlomi and Kibbutz
Metzuba near the northern border with Lebanon. Seven others were injured.
Israeli forces killed the two gunmen, who were dressed in IDF uniforms, and
carried out wide-scale searches for additional terrorists.
Mar 13, 2002 - Lt. Gil Badihi, 21, of Nataf died of injuries suffered
Wednesday morning in Ramallah. He was shot in the head by a Palestinian
gunman while inside his tank and evacuating infantry personnel.
Mar 17, 2002 - Noa Auerbach, 18, of Kfar Sava was killed and 16 people were
injured when a terrorist opened fire on passersby in the center of Kfar
Sava. The gunman was shot and killed by police.
Mar 19, 2002 - 1st Lt. Tal Zemach, 20, of Kibbutz Hulda, was killed and
three soldiers were injured when Palestinian terrorists opened fire on them
in the Jordan Valley. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
Mar 24, 2002 - Esther Kleiman, 23, of Neve Tzuf, was killed in a shooting
attack northwest of Ramallah, while traveling to work in a reinforced Egged
bus.
Mar 24, 2002 - Avi Sabag, 24, of Otniel was killed in a terrorist shooting
south of Hebron.
Mar 26, 2002 - Major Cengiz Soytunc of Turkey and Catherine Berruex of
Switzerland, members of the TIPH observer force in Hebron, were killed in an
ambush shooting by a Palestinian gunman near Halhul.
Mar 28, 2002 - Rachel and David Gavish, 50, their son Avraham Gavish, 20,
and Rachel's father Yitzhak Kanner, 83, were killed when a terrorist
infiltrated the community of Elon Moreh in Samaria, entered their home and
opened fire on its inhabitants. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
Mar 30, 2002 - Border Policeman Sgt.-Maj. Constantine Danilov, 23, of Or
Akiva was shot and killed in Baka al-Garbiyeh, during an exchange of fire
with two Palestinians trying to cross into Israel to carry out a suicide
attack. The Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility.
Apr 1, 2002 - Sgt.-Maj. Ofir Roth, 22, of Gan Yoshiya, an IDF reserve
soldier, was killed at a roadblock near Jerusalem's Har Homa neighborhood by
a Palestinian sniper firing from Beit Sahur, near Bethlehem.
Apr 5, 2002 - Sgt. Marom Moshe Fisher, 19, of Moshav Avigdor; Sgt. Ro'i Tal,
21, of Ma'alot; and Sgt. Oded Kornfein, 20, of Kibbutz Ha'on - were killed
in exchanges of fire between IDF troops and Palestinian gunmen in Jenin
(Operation Defensive Shield).
Apr 8, 2002 - St.-Sgt. Matanya Robinson, 21, of Kibbutz Tirat Zvi, and Sgt.
Shmuel Weiss, 19, of Kiryat Arba were killed in an ambush by Palestinian
gunfire in the Jenin refugee camp (Operation Defensive Shield).
Apr 9, 2002 - Maj. Assaf Assoulin, 30, of Tel Aviv was killed in an exchange
of fire in Nablus.
Apr 12, 2002 - Border policeman St.-Sgt. David Smirnoff, 22, of Ashdod was
killed when a Palestinian gunman opened fire near the Erez crossing, in the
Gaza Strip, killing one and injuring another four Israelis. The terrorist
killed one and injured three Palestinian workers in the same shooting spree.
The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.
Apr 20, 2002 - Border Policeman St.-Sgt. Uriel Bar-Maimon, 21 of Ashkelon
was killed in an exchange of fire near the Erez industrial park in the
northern Gaza Strip. Israeli forces pursued the Palestinian gunman and
killed him. An explosive belt was found on his body. The Fatah Al-Aqsa
Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility.
Apr 22, 2002 - Sgt. Maj. Nir Krichman, 22 of Hadera, was killed in an
exchange of gunfire, when IDF forces entered the village of Asira
a-Shamaliya, north of Nablus, to arrest known Hamas terrorists.
Apr 27, 2002 - Danielle Shefi, 5; Arik Becker, 22; Katrina (Katya)
Greenberg, 45; and Ya'acov Katz, 51, all of Adora, were killed when
terrorists dressed in IDF uniforms and combat gear cut through the
settlement's defensive perimeter fence and entered Adora, west of Hebron.
Seven other people were injured, one seriously. The terrorists entered
several homes, firing on people in their bedrooms. Both Hamas and the PFLP
claimed responsibility for the attack.
May 12, 2002 - Nisan Dolinger, 43, of Pe'at Sadeh in the southern Gaza Strip
was shot and killed by a Palestinian laborer. The assailant was apprehended.
May 24, 2002 - Reserve IDF Sgt. 1st Class Oren Tzelnik, 23, of Bat Yam was
killed and two soldiers wounded when terrorists opened fire on their APC
during a counter-terrorist operation in Tulkarm.
May 28, 2002 - Albert Maloul, 50, of Jerusalem, was killed when shots were
fired at the car in which he was traveling south on the Ramallah bypass
road. Maloul and his cousin, who was lightly injured, were returning home to
Jerusalem from Eli, where they operate the swimming pool. The Fatah Al Aqsa
Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
May 28, 2002 - Netanel Riachi, 17, of Kochav Ya'akov; Gilad Stiglitz, 14, of
Yakir; and Avraham Siton, 17, of Shilo - three
yeshiva high school students - were killed and two others wounded in Itamar,
southeast of Nablus, when a Palestinian gunman infiltrated the community and
opened fire on the teenagers playing basketball, before he was shot dead by
a security guard. The Fatah Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility
for the attack.
June 6, 2002 - Erez Rund, 18, of Ofra died of gunshot wounds to the chest
sustained in a shooting attack near Ofra, north of Ramallah, when
Palestinian terrorists opened fire from an ambush.
June 19, 2002 - Maj. Shlomi Cohen, 26, of Rehovot and St.-Sgt. Yosef Talbi,
20, of Yehud were killed and four soldiers were wounded Wednesday night in
Kalkilya when Palestinian gunmen opened fire while the soldiers were in
pursuit of two terrorists inside a building.
June 20, 2002 - Rachel Shabo, 40, and three of her sons - Neria, 16, Zvika,
12, and Avishai, 5 - as well as a neighbor, Yosef Twito, 31, who came to
their aid, were murdered when a terrorist entered their home in Itamar,
south of Nablus, and opened fire. Two other children were injured, as well
as two soldiers. The terrorist was killed by IDF forces. The PFLP and the
Fatah Al Aqsa Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
July 10, 2002 - IDF officer Capt. Hagai Lev, 24, of Jerusalem, deputy
commander of a Givati reconaissance unit, was killed by Palestinian sniper
fire while conducting a search for weapons smuggling tunnels in Rafah, in
the southern Gaza Strip. The Fatah Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades claimed
responsibility for the shooting.
July 17, 2002 - Lt. Elad Grenadier, 21, of Haifa was killed and three
soldiers were wounded early Wednesday morning in an exchange of fire with
the terrorists responsible for the attack in Emmanuel on July 16.
July 25, 2002 - Rabbi Elimelech Shapira, 43, of Peduel, was killed and
another civilian injured in a shooting attack near the West Bank community
of Alei Zahav, west of Ariel. The Fatah Al-Aqsa Brigades claimed
responsibility for the attack.
July 26, 2002 - St.-Sgt. Elazar Lebovitch, 21, of Hebron; Rabbi Yosef
Dikstein, 45, of Psagot, his wife Hannah, 42, and their 9-year-old son
Shuv'el Zion were killed in a shooting attack south of Hebron. Two other of
their children were injured. The Fatah Al-Aqsa Brigades claimed
responsibility for the attack.
July 30, 2002 - Shlomo Odesser, 60, and his brother Mordechai, 52, both of
Tapuach in Samaria, were shot and killed when their truck came under fire in
the West Bank village of Jama'in, near Ariel. The Fatah Al-Aqsa Brigades
claimed responsibility for the attack.
Aug 1, 2002 - The body Shani Ladani, 27, of Moshav Olash, shot and bound,
was found west of Tulkarem, near the Green Line, in the industrial zone
where he was employed.
Aug 4, 2002 - Yekutiel Amitai, 34, of Jerusalem, a security guard, and Nizal
Awassat, 52, of the Jabel Mukaber neighborhood in East Jerusalem, were
killed and 17 were wounded when a Palestinian terrorist opened fire with a
pistol near the Damascus Gate of Jerusalem's Old City. Border policemen
exchanged fire with the gunman, killing him. The Fatah al-Aqsa Brigades
claimed responsibility for the attack.
Aug 5, 2002 - Avi Wolanski (29) and his wife Avital (27), of Eli, were
killed and one of their children, aged 3, was injured when terrorists opened
fire on their car as they were traveling on the Ramallah-Nablus road near
Eli in Samaria. The Martyrs of the Palestinian Popular Army, a splinter
group associated with Arafat's Fatah movement, claimed responsibility for
the attack.
Aug 10, 2002 - Yafit Herenstein, 31, of Moshav Mechora in the Jordan Valley,
was killed and her husband, Arno, seriously wounded when a Palestinian
terrorist infiltrated the moshav and opened fire outside their home. The
terrorist was killed by soldiers. The Fatah al-Aqsa Brigades claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Aug 20, 2002 - St.-Sgt. Kevin Cohen, 19, of Petah Tikva, was killed by a
Palestinian sniper near Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip.
Sept 5, 2002 - Lt. Malik Grifat, 24, of Zarzir was killed and a soldier
wounded when a Palestinian terrorist opened fire, from
a crowded school, towards an IDF patrol near Nisanit in the northern Gaza
Strip. The terrorist was killed. The Fatah al-Aqsa Brigades claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Sept 18, 2002 - The charred body of David Buhbut, 67, of Ma'ale Adumim, shot
in the head, was found near el-Azzariya, a Palestinian village near Ma'ale
Adumim, east of Jerusalem, the victim of a terrorist killing.
Sept 18, 2002 - Yosef Ajami, 36, of Jerusalem was killed Wednesday afternoon
when terrorists opened fire on his car near Mevo Dotan, north of Jenin in
the West Bank. The other occupant of the car, a foreign worker, was lightly
injured. The Fatah al-Aqsa Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
Sept 23, 2002 - Shlomo Yitzhak Shapira, 48, of Jerusalem was killed and
three of his children wounded, one seriously, in a shooting attack Monday
evening near the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron. The family, from
Jerusalem, had come to Hebron to celebrate the Sukkot festival.
Sept 26, 2002 - Capt. Harel Marmelstein, 23, of Mevasseret Zion, an IDF
officer from the naval commando, was killed while leading a search for
wanted terrorists in the West Bank village of Labed near Tulkarem. Senior
Hamas terrorist Nisa'at Jaber ambushed the troops, opening fire and killing
the commander. Jaber was killed by the soldiers.
Sept 30, 2002 - St.-Sgt. Ari Weiss, 21, of Ra'anana, was killed and another
soldier from the engineering battalion of the Nahal Brigade was wounded when
Palestinian gunmen opened fire on an army position in the Nablus casbah. The
Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.
Oct 8, 2002 - Oded Wolk, 51, of Modi'in, who was critically wounded in an
ambush shooting south of Hebron, died of his wounds the following day (Oct
9). Three other Israelis were injured in the attack when Palestinian gunmen
opened fire on their car. Hamas claimed resopnsibility for the attack.
Oct 29, 2002 - Three Hermesh residents - Orna Eshel, 53, Linoy Saroussi and
Hadas Turgeman, both 14 - were killed and two were wounded when a terrorist
armed with a Kalashnikov assault rifle and wearing an explosive belt opened
fire, after infiltrating the settlement in northern Samaria. The terrorist
was shot dead. The Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for
the attack.
Nov 6, 2002 - Assaf Tzfira, 18, of B'dolah and Amos Sa'ada, 52, of Rafiah
Yam were killed when when a Palestinian terrorist opened fire in a hothouse
and textile factory at Pe'at Sadeh in the southern Gaza Strip. The terrorist
was killed by a security officer. Hamas claimed responsibility for the
attack.
Nov 10, 2002 - Revital Ohayon, 34, and her two sons, Matan, 5, and Noam, 4,
as well as Yitzhak Dori, 44 - all of Kibbutz Metzer - and Tirza Damari, 42,
of Elyachin, were killed when a terrorist infiltrated the kibbutz, located
east of Hadera near the Green Line, and opened fire. The Fatah Al-Aqsa
Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
Nov 18, 2002 - Esther Galia, 48, of Kochav Hashahar, was killed in a
shooting attack near Rimonim, on the Allon Road, some 15 kilometers
northeast of Ramallah.
Nov 22, 2002 - IDF tracker Sgt.-Maj. Shigdaf (Shai) Garmai, 30, of Lod, was
killed when an Israel Defense Forces Givati Brigade patrol near Tel Qateifa,
in the Gaza Strip, came under Palestinian gunfire. Hamas claimed
responsibility.
Dec 20, 2002 - Rabbi Yitzhak Arama, 40, of Netzer Hazani in Gush Katif, in
the Gaza Strip, was shot and killed on the Kissufim corridor road while
driving with his wife and six children to attend a pre-wedding Sabbath
celebration in Afula. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the
attack.
Jan 12, 2003 - Eli Biton, 48, of Moshav Gadish was killed and four people
wounded when terrorists infiltrated the community and opened fire. Two
terrorists were killed by Israeli forces. The Islamic Jihad claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Jan 17, 2003 - Netanel Ozeri, 34, was killed when terrorists entered his
home, in an outpost north of Kiryat Arba, and opened fire. His 5-year-old
daughter and two friends were wounded. Hamas claimed responsibility for the
attack.
Feb 6, 2003 - 2nd Lt. Amir Ben-Aryeh, 21, of Maccabim, and St.-Sgt. Idan
Suzin, 20, of Kiryat Tivon were killed and two more soldiers were wounded in
a shooting attack in the area of Nablus. Both gunmen were killed by return
fire from IDF troops. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and
Fatah-Tanzim claimed responsibility for the attack.
Feb 11, 2003 - Maj. Shahar Shmul, 24, of Jerusalem was killed by a
Palestinian sniper near the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem while
checking a suspicious vehicle. The PFLP and the Islamic Jihad claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Feb 23, 2003 - Sgt. Doron Lev, 19, of Holon was shot and killed when a
Palestinian sniper opened fire at an army position in the southern Gaza
Strip. The PFLP claimed responsibility for the attack.
Mar 7, 2003 - Rabbi Eli Horowitz, 52, and his wife Dina, 50, of Kiryat Arba,
were killed and five wounded Friday night by armed terrorists disguised as
Jewish worshippers who infiltrated Kiryat Arba, entered their home and
murdered them while they were celebrating the Sabbath. Hamas claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Mar 10, 2003 - St.-Sgt. Tomer Ron, 20, of Moshav Moledet, was killed and
four soldiers were wounded - one seriously - in Hebron, on the road between
the Cave of the Patriarchs and Kiryat Arba, when Palestinian terrorists
opened fire on a foot patrol. Two organizations - Hamas and Ahmed Jibril's
Popular Front-General Command - claimed responsibility for the attack.
Mar 12, 2003 - St.-Sgt. Assaf Moshe Fuchs, 21, of Kibbutz Gvat was killed
and another soldier wounded Wednesday morning in an exchange of fire with
wanted terrorists from the Islamic Jihad in the West Bank village of Saida,
near Tulkarm.
Mar 18, 2003 - Sgt.-Maj. (res.) Ami Cohen, 27, of Netanya was killed and
another soldier wounded south of Bethlehem when Palestinians opened fire
during a search for wanted terrorists.
Mar 19, 2003 - Zion Boshirian, 51, of Mevo Dotan was shot and killed while
driving in his car between Mevo Dotan and Shaked in northern Samaria. The
Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
Apr 10, 2003 - St.-Sgt. Yigal Lifshitz, 20, of Rishon Lezion, and St.-Sgt.
Ofer Sharabi, 21, of Givat Shmuel were killed and nine others wounded when
Palestinian terrorists opened fire before dawn on their base near Bekaot in
the northern Jordan Valley. The PFLP and the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades
claimed responsibility for the attack.
Apr 15, 2003 - Lt. Daniel Mandel, 24, of Alon Shvut was killed and another
soldier was wounded in an exchange of gunfire during a search for wanted
Hamas terrorists in Nablus.
Apr 15, 2003 - Zachar Rahamin Hanukayev, 39, of Sderot and Ahmed Salah Kara,
20, of Shuafat in northern Jerusalem were killed and four Israelis were
wounded when a Palestinian terrorist opened fire at the Karni industrial
zone crossing in the Gaza Strip. The gunman was killed by security
personnel. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
May 11, 2003 - Zion David, 53, of Givat Ze'ev near Jerusalem, was shot in
the head and killed by Palestinian terrorists in a roadside ambush half a
kilometer from Ofra, north of Jerusalem. Both Fatah and the Popular Front
for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility for the attack.
June 8, 2003 - Sgt. Maj. (Res.) Assaf Abergil, 23, of Eilat; Sgt. Maj.
(Res.) Udi Eilat, 38, of Eilat; Sgt. Maj. Boaz Emete, 24, of Beit She'an;
and Sgt. Maj. (Res.) Chen Engel, 32, of Ramat Gan were killed and four
reserve soldiers were wounded when Palestinian terrorists wearing IDF
uniforms opened fire on an IDF outpost near the Erez checkpoint and
industrial zone in the Gaza Strip. Three terrorists were killed by IDF
soldiers. The Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Hamas and the Islamic Jihad
issued a joint statement claiming responsibility for the attack.
June 8, 2003 - St.-Sgt. Matan Gadri, 21, of Moshav Moledet was killed in
Hebron while pursuing two Palestinian gunmen who earlier had wounded a
Border Policeman on guard at the Tomb of the Patriarchs. The two terrorists
were killed.
June 12, 2003 - Avner Maimon, 51, of Netanya, was found shot to death in his
car near Yabed in northern Samaria. The Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades
claimed responsibility for the attack.
June 13, 2003 - St.-Sgt. Mordechai Sayada, 22, of Tirat Carmel, was shot to
death in Jenin by a Palestinian sniper as his jeep patrol passed by. The
Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
June 17, 2003 - Noam Leibowitz, 7, of Yemin Orde was killed and three
members of her family wounded in a shooting attack near the Kibbutz Eyal
junction on the Trans-Israel Highway. The terrorist fired from the outskirts
of the West Bank city of Kalkilya. The Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and
the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command claimed
responsibility for the attack.
June 26, 2003 - Amos (Amit) Mantin, 31, of Hadera, a Bezeq employee, was
killed in a shooting attack in the Israeli Arab town of Baka al-Garbiyeh.
The shots were fired by a Palestinian teenager, who was apprehended by
police. The Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the
attack.
June 30, 2003 - Krastyu Radkov, 46, a construction worker from Bulgaria, was
killed in a shooting attack on the Yabed bypass road in northern Samaria,
west of Jenin, while driving a truck. The Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades
claimed responsibility for the attack, in opposition to the declared
ceasefire.
Aug 8, 2003 - Third Petty Officer Roi Oren, 20, an Israel Navy commando, was
shot in the head and killed in an assault on a Hamas bomb factory in Nablus.
Aug 29, 2003 - Shalom Har-Melekh, 25, of Homesh was killed in a shooting
attack while driving northeast of Ramallah. His wife, Limor, who was seven
months pregnant, sustained moderate injuries, and gave birth to a baby girl
by Caesarean section. The Fatah al-Aqsa Brigades claimed responsibility for
the attack.
Sept 4, 2003 - St.-Sgt. Gabriel Uziel, 20, of Givat Ze'ev was shot and
mortally wounded by a terrorist sniper in Jenin; he died en route to the
hospital. The Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and the Islamic Jihad claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Oct 19, 2003 - St.-Sgt. Erez Idan, 19, of Rishon Lezion, Sgt. Elad Pollack,
19, of Kiryat Motzkin, and Sgt. Roy Yacov Solomon, 21, of Tel Aviv, were
killed and another soldier was seriously wounded while on patrol in Ein
Yabrud, north of Ramallah, when terrorists fired on them from behind. The
Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
Nov 18, 2003 - Two IDF soldiers, Sgt.-Maj. Shlomi Belsky, 23, of Haifa, and
St.-Sgt. Shaul Lahav, 20, of Kibbutz Shomrat, were killed by a Palestinian
terrorist who opened fire with an AK-47 assault rifle, hidden in a prayer
rug, at a checkpoint on the tunnel bypass road, linking Jerusalem and the
Gush Etzion bloc. The Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility
for the attack.
Nov 19, 2003 - Patricia Ter´n Navarrete, 33, of Ecuador was killed and four
other tourists, pilgrims from Ecuador, were wounded when a terrorist entered
the Israel-Jordan border crossing terminal north of Eilat from the Jordanian
side and opened fire. The terrorist was killed by Israeli security guards.
Nov 22, 2003 - Two Israeli security guards, Ilya Reiger, 58, of Jerusalem,
and Samer Fathi Afan, 25, of the Bedouin village Uzeir near Nazareth, were
shot dead at a construction site along the route of the security fence near
Abu Dis in East Jerusalem. The Jenin Martyrs' Brigades, affiliated with
Fatah, claimed responsibility for the attack.
Jan 13, 2004 - Ro'i Arbel, 29, of Talmon, was killed in a terror shooting
ambush near his home in Samaria. Three other passengers of the vehicle were
wounded. The Fatah Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the
attack.
Feb 26, 2004 - Sgt.-Maj.(res.) Amir Zimmerman, 25, of Kfar Monash was killed
and two other soldiers wounded when two Palestinian terrorists opened fire
near the Erez Crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel. The terrorists
were killed by IDF forces. The Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Feb 27, 2004 - Eitan Kukoi, 30, and his wife, Rima Novikov Kukoi, 25, were
killed in a terrorist shooting attack on the Lahav-Ashkelon road, along the
Green Line. The PFLP and the Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades both claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Mar 19, 2004 - George Khoury, 20, a Christian Arab and the son of well-known
veteran attorney Elias Khoury of Beit Hanina, was shot to death from a
vehicle while jogging in the north Jerusalem neighborhood of French Hill.
The Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, which claimed responsibility for the
attack, later published an apology.
Apr 3, 2004 - Yaakov (Kobi) Zagha, 40, of Avnei Hefetz was shot dead by a
terrorist outside his home, after his daughter Hani, 14, was shot and
wounded. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
Apr 25, 2004 - Border Policeman Cpl. Yaniv Mashiah, 20, of Jaffa, was killed
and three others lightly wounded just an hour after the beginning of
Memorial Day for Israel's fallen soldiers when shots were fired at their
vehicle near Hebron. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for
the attack.
May 2, 2004 - Tali Hatuel, 34, and her daughters - Hila, 11, Hadar, 9, Roni,
7, and Merav, 2 - of Katif in the Gaza Strip were killed and another
civilian and two soldiers wounded when two Palestinian terrorists fired on
an Israeli car at the entrance to the Gaza Strip settlement bloc of Gush
Katif. Fatah and Islamic Jihad claimed joint responsibility for the attack.
May 14, 2004 - St.-Sgt. Rotem Adam, 21, Rishon Lezion and Sgt. Alexei Hayat,
21, of Beer Sheva were killed and two soldiers moderately wounded by
Palestinian sniper fire in the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza
Strip.
May 29, 2004 - Maj. Shachar Ben-Yishai, 25, of Menahemia was killed by
Palestinian gunfire following a search in the Balata camp near Nablus. The
Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
June 29, 2004 - Moshe Yohai, 63, of Ashdod, was found shot to death in Beit
Rima, a Palestinian Authority-controlled village near Ramallah, where he had
apparently gone on business. The Aksa Martyrs Brigades claimed
responsibility.
July 4, 2004 - Victor Kreiderman, 49, of Mevo Dotan, was ambushed and shot
to death by Aksa Martyrs Brigades terrorists as he and his wife were driving
near the village of Yabad. His wife, Emma, was lightly wounded.
July 6, 2004 - Capt. Moran Vardi, 25, of Binyamina, of the Navy Seals
commando unit Shayetet 13, was killed, and three others were wounded in an
exchange of fire between IDF forces and Palestinian terrorists while
attempting to arrest terrorists in Nablus.
Aug 13, 2004 - Shlomo Miller, 50, of Itamar in Samaria was killed by a
Palestinian terrorist who opened fire outside the settlement gate. The The
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility.
Oct 19, 2004 - St.-Sgt. Yair Nisim Turgemann, 22, of Kiryat Arba, was killed
at an IDF base near Mevo Dotan in Samaria when Palestinian gunmen opened
fire from Palestinian territory west of the community. The Fatah Al-Aqsa
Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
Dec 22, 2004 - Salem (Sami) al-Kimlat, 28, a Bedouin from the town of Rahat
employed as a security guard at the construction site of the security fence
west of Hebron, was shot and killed by Palestinian terrorists. The Fatah
al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
Jan 7, 2005 - St.-Sgt. Yosef (Yossi) Atia, 21, of Petah Tikva, was killed
and three fellow off-duty soldiers were wounded when Palestinian gunmen
opened fire on their car on the Trans-Samaria Highway. The Fatah al-Aksa
Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
May 2, 2005 - St.-Sgt. Dan Talasnikov, 21, of Nir Galim was killed and
another soldier lightly wounded in an exchange of fire during an operation
to arrest wanted terrorists from the Islamic Jihad in the village of Saida,
north of Tulkarem. One of the terrorists, responsible for the February 25
suicide bombing in Tel Aviv, was killed. The second terrorist was
apprehended.
June 20, 2005 - Yevgeny Reider, 28 of Hermesh was killed and a 16-year old
teenager was wounded in a terrorist shooting attack in the village of Baka
A-Sharkiya in the northern West Bank. The Islamic Jihad claimed
responsibility for the attack.
June 24, 2005 - Avihai Levy, 17, of Beit Hagai was killed in a drive-by
terrorist shooting at a hitchhiking stop about 200 meters from the entrance
to Beit Hagai, south of Hebron. Aviad Mansour, 16, of Otniel, fatally
wounded in the attack, died on June 26. Three others were wounded. The
Islamic Jihad and Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility for
the attack.
Oct 16, 2005 - Matat (Rosenfeld) Adler, 21, and her cousin, Kineret Mandel,
23, both of Carmel, and Oz Ben-Meir, 15, of Maon were killed and three were
wounded when Palestinians opened fire at the Gush Etzion junction south of
Jerusalem. Another teenager was shot and seriously wounded near Eli, in
Samaria. The Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility for both
attacks.
Nov 2, 2005 - St.-Sgt. Yonatan Evron, 20, of Rishon Lezion, was mortally
wounded in a gun battle with terrorists near Jenin. He died en route to
hospital.
Dec 16, 2005 - Yosef (Yossi) Shok, 35, of Beit Hagai was killed in a
shooting attack while driving home in the southern Hebron hills. Two
passengers were wounded. The Islamic Jihad and Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs'
Brigades claimed joint responsibility for the attack.
Mar 1, 2006 - Eldar Abir, 48, of Migdalim was killed when two Palestinian
shot him at point blank range at the gas station near Migdalim in the West
Bank. The Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility for the
attack.
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