2003
Jan
2, 2003
Massoud
Makhluf Alon, age 72, from Menahemiya in the Lower
Galilee . Massoud’s charred body was found in the northern
Jordan Valley in his burned out car. The Fatah Al-Aqsa Brigades
claimed responsibility for the murder.
Jan
5, 2003
Twenty-three
people -15 Israelis and 8 foreign nationals - were killed and
about 120 wounded in a double suicide bombing near the old
Central Bus Station in Tel-Aviv. The attack was carried out by
two members of the Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, with the help
of the Islamic Jihad.
The
Israeli victims:
Moshe
(Maurice) Aharfi, age 60, of Tel-Aviv
Mordechai
Evioni, age 52, of Holon
Andrei
Friedman, age 30, of Tel-Aviv
Meir
Haim, age 74, of Azor
Hannah
Haimov, age 53, of Tel Aviv
Avi
Kotzer, age 43, of Bat Yam
Ramin
Nasibov, age 25, of Tel-Aviv
Staff
Sgt. Mazal Orkobi, age 20, of Azor
Ilanit
Peled, age 32, of Azor
Viktor
Shebayev, age 62, of Holon
Boris
Tepalshvili, age 51, of Yehud
Sapira
Shoshana Yulzari-Yaffe, age 46, of Bat Yam
Lilya
Zibstein, age 33, of Haifa
Amiram
Zmora, age 55, of Holon
Igor
Zobokov, age 32, of Bat Yam
Foreign
workers killed:
Krassimir
Mitkov Angelov, age 32, of Bulgaria
Steven
Arthur Cromwell, age 43, of Ghana
Ivan
Gaptoniak, age 46, of Ukraine
Ion
(Nelu) Nicolae, age 34, of Romania
Guo
Aiping, age 47, of China
Li
Peizhong, age 41, of China
Mihai
Sabau, age 38, of Romania
Zhang
Minmin, age 53, of China died of her wounds on
January 13.
Jan
12, 2003
Eli
Biton, age 48, of Moshav Gadish
Eli
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
12, 2003
Mikhail
Kazakov, age 34, of Jerusalem
Mikhail
was killed by terrorists who infiltrated across the Israel-Egypt
border, near the Negev town of Nitzana .
Jan
17, 2003
Netanel
Ozeri, Sgt.(res.), age 34
Netanel
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.
Jan
23, 2003
Cpl.
Ronald Berer, age 20, of Rehovot
Cpl.
Assaf Bitan, age 19, of Afula
St.-Sgt.
Ya'akov Naim, age 20, of Kfar Monash
Ronald,
Assaf, and Ya’akov were killed by terrorists while on patrol
south of Hebron . Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
Feb
6, 2003
2nd
Lt. Amir Ben-Aryeh, age 21, of Maccabim
St.-Sgt.
Idan Suzin, age 20, of Kiryat Tivon
Amir
and Idan 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, age 24, of Jerusalem
Shahar
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
15, 2003
Cpl.
Noam Bahagon, age 20, of Elkana
Sgt.
Tal Alexei Belitzky, age 21, of Rishon Lezion
St.-Sgt.
Doron Cohen, age 21, of Rishon Lezion
Sgt.
Itay Mizrahi, 20, of Be'er Sheva
These
four soldiers were killed when their tank drove over an
explosive device weighing 100 kgs while on patrol in the Gaza
Strip. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
Feb
23, 2003
Sgt.
Doron Lev, age 19, of Holon
Doron
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
5, 2003
Seventeen
people were killed and 53 wounded in a suicide bombing of an
Egged bus #37 on Moriah Blvd. in the Carmel section of Haifa ,
en route to Haifa University . Hamas claimed responsibility for
the attack.
The
victims:
Maryam
Atar, age 27, of Haifa
Smadar
Firstater, age 16, of Haifa
Kamar
Abu Hamed, age 12, of Daliat al-Carmel
Daniel
Haroush, age 16, of Safed
Mordechai
Hershko, age 41, of Haifa
Tom
Hershko, age 15, of Haifa
Meital
Katav, age 20, of Haifa
Elizabeth
Katzman, age 17, of Haifa
Tal
Kehrmann, age 17, of Haifa
St.-Sgt.
Eliyahu Laham, age 22, of Haifa
Abigail
Litle, age 14, of Haifa
Yuval
Mendellevich, age 13, of Haifa
St.-Sgt.
Be'eri Oved, age 21, of Rosh Pina
Mark
Takash, age 54, of Haifa
Asaf
Zur (Zollinger), age 17, of Haifa .
Anatoly
Biryakov, age 20, of Haifa died of his injuries on
March 8.
Moran
Shushan, age 20, of Haifa , died of her injuries on
March 11.
Mar
7, 2003
Rabbi
Eli Horowitz, age 52, of Kiryat Arba
Dina
Horowitz, age 50, of Kiryat Arba, (Rabbi Eli’s
wife)
Rabbi
Eli and Dina were killed and five wounded Friday night by armed
terrorists disguised as Jewish worshippers who infiltrated
Kiryat Arba, entered their home and killed them while they were
celebrating the Sabbath. Hamas claimed responsibility for the
attack.
Mar
10, 2003
St.-Sgt.
Tomer Ron, age 20, of Moshav Moledet
Tomer
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, age 21, of Kibbutz Gvat
Assaf
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
Ami
Cohen, Sgt.-Maj. (res.), age 27, of Netanya
Ami
was killed and another soldier wounded south of Bethlehem when
Palestinians opened fire during a search for wanted terrorists.
Mar
19, 2003
Zion
Boshirian, age 51, of Mevo Dotan
Zion
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, age 20, of Rishon Lezion
St.-Sgt.
Ofer Sharabi, age 21, of Givat Shmuel
Yigal
nd Ofer 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, age 24, of Alon Shvut
Daniel
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, age 39, of Sderot
Ahmed
Salah Kara, age 20, of Shuafat in northern Jerusalem
Zachar
and Ahmed 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.
April
15, 2003
Gavriel
Pedhazur, age 50, of Kohav Yair, was beaten to death
with rocks by two Arabs in the Ben-Shemen Forest . A woman who
was with him was moderately injured in the attack.
April
19, 2003
Three
Israelis were wounded, one seriously when an Islamic Jihad
member opened fire at the Shaked industrial zone in the Shomron.
Apr
20, 2003
Cpl.
Lior Ziv, age 19, of Holon
Lior,
working as an IDF photographer, was killed and three other
soldiers were wounded during an operation to destroy a Hamas
smuggling tunnel in Rafah, in the Gaza Strip.
Apr
24, 2003
Alexander
Kostyuk, age 23, of Bat Yam
Alexander,
a security guard, was killed and 13 were wounded, two seriously,
in a suicide bombing outside the train station in Kfar Sava.
Groups related to the Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and the
PFLP clamied joint responsibility for the attack.
Apr
30, 2003
Ran
Baron, age 23, of Tel Aviv
Dominique
Caroline Hass, age 29, of Tel Aviv
Yanai
Weiss, age 46, of Holon
Ran,
Dominique, and Yanai were killed and about 60 people were
wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a beachfront
pub, "Mike's Place," in Tel Aviv. The Fatah Tanzim and
Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack, carried out as a
joint operation. Investigation revealed that the two British
Muslims involved in the suicide bombing were dispatched to
perpetrate the attack by the Hamas military command in the Gaza
Strip.
May
4, 2003
Tali
Weinberg, age 26, of Beit Aryeh
Tali’s
body was discovered in a garage in Rosh Ha'ayin with numerous
stab wounds. The suspect, Weinberg's boyfriend, arrested on June
11, a age 21-year-old Arab resident of Kafr Qasem, is believed
to have carried out the murder as part of a "loyalty
test" administered by Palestinian terrorist organizations.
May
5, 2003
Gideon
Lichterman, age 27, of Ahiya
Gideon
was killed and two other passengers, his six-year-old daughter
Moriah and a reserve soldier, were seriously wounded when
terrorists fired shots at their vehicle near Shvut Rachel, in
Samaria . The Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed
responsibility for the attack.
May
11, 2003
Zion
David, age 53, of Givat
Ze'ev near Jerusalem
Zion
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.
May
17, 2003
Gadi
Levy, age 31, of Kiryat Arba
Dina
Levy, age 37, of Kiryat Arba (Gadi’s wife)
Gadi
and Dina were killed by a suicide bomber in Hebron . Hamas
claimed responsibility for the attack.
May
18, 2003
Seven
people were killed and 20 wounded in a suicide bombing on Egged
bus no. 6 near French Hill in Jerusalem . Hamas claimed
responsibility for the attack.
The
victims:
Olga
Brenner, age 52, of Pisgat Ze'ev, Jerusalem
Yitzhak
Moyal, age 64, of Pisgat Ze'ev
Nelly
Perov, age 55, of Pisgat Ze'ev
Marina
Tsahivershvili, age 44, of Pisgat Ze'ev
Shimon
Ustinsky, age 68, of Pisgat Ze'ev
Roni
Yisraeli, age 34, of Pisgat Ze'ev
Ghalab
Tawil, age 42, of Shuafat
A
second suicide bomber detonated his bomb when intercepted by
police in northern Jerusalem . The terrorist was killed; no one
else was injured.
May
19, 2003
Kiryl
Shremko, age 22, of Afula
Hassan
Ismail Tawatha, age 41, of Jisr
a-Zarqa
Avi
Zerihan, age 36, of Beit Shean
Keryl,
Hassan, and Avi were killed and about 70 people were wounded in
a suicide bombing at the entrance to the Amakim Mall in Afula.
The Islamic Jihad and the Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades both
claimed responsibility for the attack.
May
19, 2003
Three
Israelis were wounded, one seriously when a suicide bomber
detonated while riding a bicycle near a vehicle close to Kfar
Darom.
May
23, 2003
Nine
persons were wounded in a bomb attack against a passenger bus
traveling near the community of Netzarim.
May
25, 2003
One
person was wounded during a shooting attack in the Jordan Valley
, north of Beka'ot.
May
28, 2003
Two
Israelis were wounded when a bus traveling from Jerusalem to
Kiryat Arba was hit with gunfire from both sides of the road.
June
5, 2003
David
Shambik, age 26, of Jerusalem
Moran
Menachem, age 17, of Jerusalem
David
and Moran were found near Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital in
Jerusalem , brutally beaten and stabbed to death.
June
8, 2003
Assaf
Abergil, Sgt. Maj. (Res.), age 23, of Eilat
Udi
Eilat, Sgt. Maj. (Res.), age 38, of Eilat
Boaz
Emete, Sgt. Maj. (Res.) age 24, of Beit She'an
Chen
Engel, Sgt. Maj. (Res.) age 32, of Ramat Gan
All
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, age 21, of Moshav Moledet
Matan
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
11, 2003
Seventeen
people were killed and over 100 wounded in a suicide bombing on
Egged bus #14A outside the Klal building on Jaffa Road in the
center of Jerusalem . Hamas claimed responsibility for the
attack.
The
victims:
Sgt.
Tamar Ben-Eliahu, age 20, of Moshav Paran
Alan
Beer, age 46, of Jerusalem
Eugenia
Berman, age 50, of Jerusalem
Elsa
Cohen, age 70, of Jerusalem
Zvi
Cohen, age 39, of Jerusalem
Roi
Eliraz, age 22, of Mevaseret Zion
Alexander
Kazaris, age 77, of Jerusalem
Yaffa
Mualem, age 65, of Jerusalem
Yaniv
Obayed, age 22, of Herzliya
Bat-El
Ohana, age 21, of Kiryat Ata
Anna
Orgal, age 55, of Jerusalem
Zippora
Pesahovitch, age 54, of Zur Hadassah
Bianca
Rivka Shichrur, age 62, of Jerusalem
Malka
Sultan, age 67, of Jerusalem
Bertin Tita, age 75, of
Jerusalem
Miriam
Levy, age 74, of Jerusalem died of her wounds on June
12.
Haile
Abraha Hawki, age 56, from Eritrea , her body was
identified on June 24.
June
12, 2003
Avner
Maimon, age 51, of Netanya
Avner
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, age 22, of Tirat Carmel,
Mordechai
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
13, 2003
Two
women were shot while traveling between Nahliel and N'vei Tzuf.
June
17, 2003
Noam
Leibowitz, age 7, of Yemin Orde
Noam
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
19, 2003
Avner
Mordechai, age 58, of Moshav Sde Trumot
Avner
was killed when a suicide bomber blew up in his grocery on Sde
Trumot, south of Beit Shean. The suicide bomber was killed. The
Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.
June
20, 2003
Zvi
Goldstein, age 47, of Eli
Zvi
was killed when his car was fired upon in an ambush by
Palestinian terrorists near Ofra, north of Ramallah. His
parents, Eugene and Lorraine Goldstein, from New York , were
seriously wounded and his wife lightly injured. Hamas claimed
responsibility for the attack.
June
26, 2003
Amos
(Amit) Mantin, age 31, of Hadera
Amos,
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
26, 2003
A
motorist was wounded by gunfire on the Hussan Bypass Road
between el-Hader and Beitar Illit in the Gush Etzion area.
June
27, 2003
Sgt.
Maj. Erez Ashkenazi, age 21, of Kibbutz Reshafim
Erez,
an Israeli navy commando, was killed in an operation in Gaza to
capture a Hamas cell, believed responsible for several bombings
and the firing of anti-tank missiles in the Netzarim area.
June
30, 2003
Krastyu
Radkov, age 46, a construction worker from Bulgaria
Krastyu
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.
July
2, 2003
A
security guard was wounded by gunfire along the Israeli West
Bank barrier near Kalkilya
July
7, 2003
Mazal
Afari, age 65, of Moshav Kfar Yavetz
Mazal
was killed in her home on Monday evening and three of her
grandchildren lightly wounded in a terrorist suicide bombing.
The remains of the bomber were also found in the wreckage of the
house. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.
July 15, 2003
Amir
Simhon, age 24, of Bat Yam
Amir
was killed when a Palestinian armed with a long-bladed knife
stabbed passersby on Tel Aviv's beachfront promenade, after a
security guard prevented him from entering the Tarabin cafe and
was wounded. The terrorist, who was shot and apprehended, is a
member of the Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, which claimed
responsibility for the attack.
July 20, 2003
A
67-year-old resident of the northern Jerusalem neighborhood of
Pisgat Ze'ev was wounded in a stabbing attack in Jerusalem 's
Yemin Moshe area.
July 21, 2003
Cpl.
Oleg Shaichat, age 20, of Upper Nazareth
IDF
soldier Oleg was abducted and killed on July 21 while on his way
home, his body was found on July 28, buried in an olive grove
near Kafr Kana, an Arab village in the Lower Galilee .
August 1, 2003
Dona
Bennet, age 18,
disappeared while traveling to Tiberias. Police believe her
disappearance to be a terrororist act. Her body has never ben
found.
August
3, 2003
A
39-year-woman and three of her children where wounded by
Palestinian terrorist gunfire.
Aug
8, 2003
Roi
Oren, Third Petty Officer, age 20,
Roi,
an Israel Navy commando, was shot in the head and killed in an
assault on a Hamas bomb factory in Nablus .
Aug
10, 2003
Haviv
Dadon, age 16, of Shlomi
Dadon
was struck in the chest and killed by shrapnel from an
anti-aircraft shell fired by Hizbullah terrorists in Lebanon .
Four others were wounded.
Aug
12, 2003
Yehezkel
(Hezi) Yekutieli, age 43, of Rosh Ha'ayin
Hezi
was killed by a teenaged Palestinian suicide bomber who
detonated himself at the local supermarket.
Aug
12, 2003
Erez
Hershkovitz, age 18, of Eilon Moreh
Erez
was killed and three people wounded when a teenaged Palestinian
suicide bomber detonated himself at a bus stop outside Ariel
less than half an hour after the Rosh Ha'ayin attack. Amatzia
Nisanevitch, 22, of Nofim, died of his wounds on August 28.
Aug
19, 2003
Bus
# 2 Massacre:
Twenty-three
people were killed and over 130 wounded when a Palestinian
suicide bomber detonated himself on a No. 2 Egged bus in
Jerusalem 's Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood. Hamas claimed
responsibility for the attack.
The
victims:
Avraham
Bar-Or, age 12, of Jerusalem
Binyamin
Bergman, age 15, of Jerusalem
Yaakov
Binder, age 50, of Jerusalem
Feiga
Dushinski, age 50, of Jerusalem
Miriam
Eisenstein, age 20, of Bnei Brak
Lilach
Kardi, age 22, of Jerusalem
Menachem
Leibel, age 24, of Jerusalem
Elisheva
Meshulami, age 16, of Bnei Brak
Tehilla
Nathanson, age 3, of Zichron Ya'acov
Chava
Nechama Rechnitzer, age 19, of Bnei Brak
Mordechai
Reinitz, age 49, of Netanya
Issachar
Reinitz, age 9, of Netanya
Maria
Antonia Reslas, age 39, of the Philippines
Liba
Schwartz, age 54, of Jerusalem
Hanoch
Segal, age 65, of Bnei Brak
Goldie
Taubenfeld, age 43, of New Square , New York
Shmuel
Taubenfeld, age 3 months, of New Square , New York
Rabbi
Eliezer Weisfish, age 42, of Jerusalem
Shmuel
Wilner, age 50, of Jerusalem
Shmuel
Zargari, age 11 months, of Jerusalem
Fruma
Rahel Weitz, age 73, of Jerusalem died of her wounds
on August 23.
Mordechai
Laufer, age 27, of Netanya died of his wounds on
September 5.
Tova
Lev, age 37, of Bnei-Brak died of her wounds on
September 12.
Aug
29, 2003
Shalom
Har-Melekh, age 25, of Homesh
Shalom
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, age 20, of Givat Ze'ev
Gabriel
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.
Sept
5, 2003
Ra'anan
Komemi, 2nd Petty Officer, age 23, of Moshav Aminadav
Ra’anan,
from the Naval Commandos, was killed in a clash with armed
Palestinians in Nablus . A senior Hamas bomb-maker, believed to
have orchestrated several fatal suicide bombings, was also
killed in the clash. Four soldiers were wounded, one seriously.
Sept
9, 2003
Nine
IDF soldiers were killed and 30 people were wounded in a suicide
bombing at a hitchhiking post for soldiers outside a main
entrance to the Tzrifin army base and Assaf Harofeh Hospital .
Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
The
victims:
Haim
Alfasi, Senior Warrant
Officer, age 39, of Haifa
Yaakov
Ben-Shabbat, Chief Warrant
Officer, age 39, of Pardes Hanna
Cpl.
Mazi Grego, age 19, of Holon
Capt.
Yael Kfir, age 21, of
Ashkelon
Cpl.
Felix Nikolaichuk, age 20, of Bat Yam
Sgt.
Yonatan Peleg, age 19, of Moshav Yanuv
Sgt.
Efrat Schwartzman, age 19, of Moshav Ganei Yehuda
Cpl.
Prosper Twito, age 20, of Upper Nazareth
Sgt.
Liron Siboni, age 19, of Ramat Gan died of her wounds
on November 19.
Sept
9, 2003
Seven
people were killed and over 50 wounded when a suicide bomber at
Cafe Hillel on Emek Refaim St., the main thoroughfare of the
German Colony neighborhood in Jerusalem. Hamas claimed
responsibility for the attack.
The
victims:
Dr.
David Appelbaum, age 51, of Jerusalem
Nava
Appelbaum, age 20, of Jerusalem (David’s daughter)
David
Shimon Avizadris, age 51, of Mevaseret Zion
Shafik
Kerem, age 27, of Beit Hanina
Alon
Mizrahi, age 22, of Jerusalem
Gila
Moshe, age 40, of Jerusalem
Yehiel
(Emil) Tubol, age 52, of Jerusalem .
Sept
25, 2003
St.-Sgt.
Avihu Keinan, age 22, of Shilo
Avihu
was killed and six soldiers wounded in an IDF operation to
arrest wanted Islamic Jihad and Hamas terrorists in the El
Boureij refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip.
Sept
26, 2003
Eyal
Yeberbaum, age 27, of Negohot, south of Hebron ,
Shaked
Avraham, age 7 months, of Negohot
Eyal
and little Shaked were killed during the holiday meal on the eve
of Rosh Hashana in the Yeberbaum home when a Palestinian
terrorist who infiltrated the settlement opened fire with an
M-16 assault rifle. The terrorist was killed by IDF forces. The
Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.
Oct
4, 2003
The
Maxim restaurant massacre:
Twenty-one
people were killed, including four children, and 60 wounded in a
suicide bombing carried out by a female terrorist from Jenin in
the Maxim restaurant in Haifa . The Islamic Jihad claimed
responsibility for the attack.
The
victims:
Admiral
(res.) Ze'ev Almog, age 71, of Haifa
Ruth
Almog, age 70, (Ze’ev’s wife)
Moshe
Almog, age 43, of Haifa (Ze’ev’s son)
Tomer
Almog, age 9, of Haifa (Moshe’s son)
Assaf
Staier, age 11, of Haifa (Moshe’s son)
Zvi
Bahat, age 35, of Haifa
Mark
Biano, age 29, of Haifa
Naomi
Biano, age 25, of Haifa (Mark’s wife)
Hana
Francis, age 39, of Fassouta
Mutanus
Karkabi, age 31, of Haifa
Sharbal
Matar, age 23, of Fassouta
Osama
Najar, age 28, of Haifa , cook
Nir
Regev, age 25, of Nahariya
Irena
Sofrin, age 38, of Kiryat Bialik
Bruria
Zer-Aviv, age 59, of Kibbutz Yagur
Bezalel
Zer-Aviv, age 30, of Kibbutz
Yagur (Bruia’s son)
Keren
Zer-Aviv, age 29, of Kibbutz Yagur (Bezalel’s wife)
Liran
Zer-Aviv, age 4, of Kibbutz Yagur (Bezalel and Keren’s
child)
Noya
Zer-Aviv, age 1, of Kibbutz
Yagur (Bezalel and Keren’s child)
Lydia
Zilberstein, age 56, of Haifa died of her wounds Oct
9
George
Matar, age 59, of Haifa died on Oct 15.
Oct
15, 2003
John
Eric Branchizio, age 37, of Texas
John
Martin Linde, Jr., age 30, of Missouri
Mark
T. Parson, age 31, of New York
John,
John, and Mark, American diplomatic personnel were killed and
one other person was wounded at the Beit Hanoun junction in the
Gaza Strip when a massive bomb demolished an armor-plated jeep
in a convoy carrying U.S. diplomats.
Oct
19, 2003
St.-Sgt.
Erez Idan, age 19, of Rishon Lezion
Sgt.
Elad Pollack, age 19, of Kiryat Motzkin
Sgt.
Roy Yacov Solomon, age 21, of Tel Aviv
Erez,
Elad, and Roy 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.
Oct
22, 2003
Eyal
Noked and Gabi ben-Yitzhak, of Hevron, were wounded in terrorist
shooting attack near the entrance to Hevron’s Admat Yishai
neighborhood.
Oct
24, 2003
St.-Sgt.
Alon Avrahami, age 21, of Or Yehuda
Sgt.
Adi Osman, age 19, of Kfar Sava
Sgt.
Sarit Schneor-Senior, age 19, of Shoham
Alon,
Adi, and Sarit, three IDF soldiers, were killed and two others
wounded when a Palestinian terrorist infiltrated the army base
in the Gaza Strip settlement of Netzarim and opened fire on the
soldiers' barracks. Hamas and the Islamic Jihad claimed joint
responsibility for the attack.
November 6, 2003
Two
Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades militants are killed when their car
bomb explodes prematurely in Qalqilya
November
10, 2003
An
Israeli child was wounded when the Israeli community of N'vei
Dekalim was attacked with mortars. Five mortar bombs hit the
community in two separate attacks.
November
11, 2003
A
Thai worker was wounded in a mortar attack on the Israeli
community of Netzer-Hazani
November
13, 2003
A
26 year old woman was injured by shrapnel from a bomb attack in
eastern Gush Etzion. Fatah claims responsibility.
Nov
18, 2003
Sgt.-Maj.
Shlomi Belsky, age 23, of Haifa
St.-Sgt.
Shaul Lahav, age 20, of Kibbutz Shomrat
IDF
soldiers Shlomi and Shaul 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,
age 33, of Ecuador.
Patricia 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
Ilya
Reiger, age 58, of Jerusalem
Samer
Fathi Afan, age 25, of the Bedouin village Uzeir near
Nazareth
Ilya
and Samer, two Israeli security guards, 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.
Dec 15, 2003
Five
Israelis are injured, one critically, as Palestinian terrorists
shoot on two cars near the Kissufim crossing in the Gaza Strip.
Dec
22, 2003
Capt.
Hagai Bibi, age 24, of Maaleh Adumim
Capt.
Leonardo (Alex) Weissman, 23, of Afula
Hagai
and Alex were killed when a Palestinian terrorist opened fire
and threw hand grenades as they emerged from their jeep on the
Kissufim-Gush Katif road in the Gaza Strip. The Fatah al-Aqsa
Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
Dec
25, 2003
Adva
Fisher, age 20, of Kfar Sava
St.-Sgt.
Noam Leibowitz, age 22, of Elkana
Cpl.
Angelina Shcherov, age 19, of Kfar Sava
Cpl.
Rotem Weinberger, age 19, of Kfar Sava
All
were killed and 20 people were wounded in a suicide bombing at a
bus stop at the Geha Junction, east of Tel Aviv, near Petah
Tikva. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed
responsibility for the attack.
2004
Jan
13, 2004
Ro'i
Arbel, age 29, of Talmon
Ro'i
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.
Jan
14, 2004
Cpl.
Andrei Kegeles, age 19, of Nahariya
St.-Sgt.
Tzur Or, age 20, of Rishon Lezion
Gal
Shapira, age 29, of Ashkelon (security guard )
St.-Sgt.
Vladimir Trostinsky, age 22, of Rehovot (Border
Policeman )
All
were killed and 10 wounded when a female suicide bomber
detonated a bomb at the Erez Crossing in the Gaza Strip. Hamas
and the Fatah Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed joint
responsibility for the attack.
Jan
29, 2004
Eleven
people were killed and over 50 wounded, 13 of them seriously, in
a suicide bombing of an Egged bus no. 19 at the corner of Gaza
and Arlozorov streets in Jerusalem . Both the Fatah-related Al
Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades and Hamas claimed responsibility for the
attack, naming the bomber as Ali Yusuf Jaara, a 24-year-old
Palestinian policeman from Bethlehem .
The
victims:
Avraham
(Albert) Balhasan, age 28, of Jerusalem
Rose
Boneh, age 39, of Jerusalem
Hava
Hannah (Anya) Bonder, age 38, of Jerusalem
Anat
Darom, age 23, of Netanya
Viorel
Octavian Florescu, age 42, of Jerusalem
Natalia
Gamril, age 53, of Jerusalem
Yechezkel
Isser Goldberg, age 41, of Betar Illit
Baruch
(Roman) Hondiashvili, age 38, of Jerusalem
Dana
Itach, age 24, of Jerusalem
Mehbere
Kifile, age 35, of Ethiopia
Eli
Zfira, age 48, of Jerusalem .
Feb
22, 2004
Eight
people were killed and 60 wounded, 11 of them school pupils, in
a suicide bombing on Jerusalem bus no. 14A near the Liberty Bell
Park . The Fatah Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed
responsibility for the attack, which was carried out by Mohammed
Za'ul, from the Bethlehem area.
The
victims:
Israel
Ilan Avisidris, age 41, of Jerusalem
Lior
Azulai, age 18, of Jerusalem
Yaffa
Ben-Shimol, age 57, of Jerusalem
Rahamim
Doga, age 38, of Mevasseret Zion
Yehuda
Haim, age 48, of Givat Ze'ev
St.-Sgt.
Netanel Havshush, age 20, of Jerusalem
Yuval
Ozana, age 32, of Jerusalem
Benaya
Yehonatan Zuckerman, age 18, of Jerusalem .
Feb
26, 2004
Amir
Zimmerman, Sgt.-Maj.(res.), age 25, of Kfar Monash
Amir
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, age 30, (address unknown)
Rima
Novikov Kukoi, age 25 (Eitan’s wife)
Eitan
and Rima 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
14, 2004
Ten
people were killed and 16 wounded in a double suicide bombing at
Ashdod Port. Hamas and Fatah claimed responsibility for the
attack.
The victims:
Gil Abutbul, age 38, of
Ashdod
Danny
Assulin, age 51, of Ashdod
Avraham
Avraham, age 34, of Ashdod
Zion
Dahan, age 30, of Ashdod
Ophir
Damari, age 31, of Rehovot
Moshe
Hendler, age 29, of Rehovot
Mazal
Marciano, age 30, of Ashdod
Avi
Suissa, age 56, of Kiryat Malakhi
Maurice
Tubul, age 30, of Ashdod
Pinhas
Avraham Zilberman, age 45, of Tel Aviv.
Mar
19, 2004
George
Khoury, age 20, of Jerusalem .
George, a Christian Arab and the son of 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, age 40, of Avnei Hefetz
Kobi
was shot dead by a terrorist outside his home, after his
daughter Hani, age 14, was shot and wounded. Hamas claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Apr
17, 2004
Kfir
Ohayon, age 20, of Eilat
Border
Policeman Cpl. Kfir was killed, three others wounded when a
Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up at the Erez Crossing.
Hamas and Fatah claimed joint responsibility for the attack.
Apr
25, 2004
Yaniv
Mashiah, Border Policeman Cpl, age 20, of Jaffa
Yaniv
was killed and three others 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, age 34, of Katif in the Gaza Strip
Hila
Hatuel, age 11, of Katif in the Gaza Strip
Hadar
Hatuel, age 9, of Katif in the Gaza Strip
Roni
Hatuel, age 7, of Katif in the Gaza Strip
Merav
Hatuel, age 2, of Katif in the Gaza Strip
Tali
and her daughters Hila, Hadar, Roni, and Merav 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
11, 2004
Six
IDF soldiers were killed during an IDF operation to target
Qassam workshops in Gaza City , when an Armored Personnel
Carrier was struck by an explosive device planted by Palestinian
terrorists. Hamas and the Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility
for the attack.
The
soldiers killed:
Sgt.
Adaron Amar, age 20, of Eilat
Sgt.
Aviad Deri, age 21, of Maale Adumim
Staff-Sgt.
Ofer Jerbi, age 21, of Moshav
Ben-Zakai
Staff-Sgt.
Ya'akov (Zelco) Marviza, age 25, of Kibbutz Hama'apil
Sgt.
Kobi Mizrahi, age 20, of Moshav Mata
Staff-Sgt.
Eitan Newman, age 21, of Jerusalem .
May
12, 2004
An
IDF officer and four soldiers were killed, and three IDF
soldiers were lightly injured, while preparing to detonate a
weapon-smuggling tunnel on the Philadelphi Route near the
Israeli-Egyptian border near Rafah. Their armored personnel
carrier exploded, apparently after being hit by an RPG anti-tank
rocket. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.
The
soldiers killed:
Cpl.
Elad Cohen, age 20, of Jerusalem
Sgt.-Maj.
Aiman Ghadir, age 24, of Bir Makhsur
Capt.
Aviv Hakani, age 23, of Ashdod
Sgt.
Za'ur (Zohar) Smelev, age 19, of Ofakim
Sgt.
Lior Vishinski, age 20, of Ramat Gan .
May
14, 2004
St.-Sgt.
Rotem Adam, age 21, Rishon Lezion
Sgt.
Alexei Hayat, age 21, of Beer Sheva
Rotem
and Alexei 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, age 25, of Menahemia
Shachar
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
21, 2004 -
Weerachai
Wongput, age 37, from Thialand.
Weerachai a foreign worker from the Nong Han District of the
northeastern province of Udon Thani in Thailand , died after
being hit by shrapnel from a mortar fired into greenhouses in
Kfar Darom in the Gaza Strip. The mortar was fired by
Palestinians trying to divert attention from an attempt to
infiltrate the settlement. Hamas claimed responsibility for the
attack.
June
27, 2004
St.-Sgt.
Roi Nissim, age 20, of Rishon Lezion
Roi
was killed and five other soldiers were wounded when their
outpost in the Gaza Strip was blown up by Hamas terrorists who
tunneled under the position and detonated a massive explosive
charge.
June
28, 2004
Mordechai
Yosepov, age 49, of Sderot
Afik
Zahavi, age 4, of Sderot
Mordechai
and Afik were killed when a Kassam rocket fired by Hamas
terrorists in the Gaza Strip struck near a nursery school in the
northern Negev town of Sderot .
June
29, 2004
Moshe
Yohai, age 63, of Ashdod
Moshe
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, age 49, of Mevo Dotan
Victor
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, age 25, of Binyamina
Moran
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 .
July
11, 2004
Sgt.
Ma'ayan Na'im, age 19, of Bat Yam
Ma’ayan
was killed and 33 wounded when a bomb exploded at a bus stop in
downtown Tel Aviv at about 7 a.m. One person was critically
wounded, four were moderately wounded, and the rest were lightly
hurt. Israeli prime-minister Ariel Sharon said that: "Today’s
fatality [in the Tel Aviv bombing] was the first act of murder
perpetrated under the protective wing of the Hague ruling"
Aug
2, 2004
A
Qassam rocket hits Sderot and damages a house, causing blast
injuries to three people.
Aug
13, 2004
Shlomo
Miller, age 50, of Itamar in Samaria
Shlomo,
father of seven children, was killed by a Palestinian terrorist
who opened fire outside the settlement gate. The The Al-Aqsa
Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility.
Aug
15, 2004
A
MAGAV policeman was slashed with a knife across the neck by an
Arab from Shuafat, in the Old City of Jerusalem. The officer
managed to kill the attacker, but was seriously wounded and
underwent emergency surgery.
Aug
27, 2004
An
IDF Combat Engineering force rescues three Israelis from
lynching by Arabs in the Qalandia refugee camp. A Palestinian
mob attacked the Israelis, stoned them, beat them and tried to
set their truck on fire. The Israelis were wounded and after
rescue were treated at "Haddasah Ein-Kerem" hospital
in Jerusalem .
Aug
30, 2004
An
Israeli civilian was wounded by gunfire directed towards an IDF
position near Khan Yunis. He was evacuated to Barzilai Hospital
in Ashkelon .
Aug
31, 2004
Sixteen
people were killed and 100 wounded in two suicide bombings
within minutes of each other on two Beersheba city buses, on
route nos. 6 and 12. The buses were traveling along Beersheba 's
main street, Rager Blvd , near the city hall. Hamas in Hebron
claimed responsibility for the attack.
The
victims:
Shoshana
Amos, age 64, of Beersheba
Aviel
Atash, age 3, of Beersheba
Vitaly
Brodsky, age 52, of Beersheba
Tamara
Dibrashvilli, age 70, of Beersheba
Raisa
Forer, age 55, of Beersheba
Larisa
Gomanenko, age 48, of Beersheba
Denise
Hadad, age 50, of Beersheba
Tatiana
Kortchenko, age 49, of Beersheba
Rosita
Lehman, age 45, of Beersheba
Karine
Malka, age 23, of Beersheba
Nargiz
Ostrovsky, age 54, of Beersheba
Maria
Sokolov, age 57, of Beersheba
Roman
Sokolovsky, age 53, of Beersheba
Tiroayent
Takala, age 33, of Beersheba
Eliyahu
Uzan, age 58, of Beersheba
Emmanuel
Yosef (Yosefov), age 28, of Beersheba
Sept
3, 2004
Two
Arabs transporting a bomb were killed when the bomb exploded
prematurely. No one else is injured.
Sept
7, 2004
A
60 year old jogger is wounded by shrapnel from a Qassam rocket
fired at Sederot
Sept
8, 2004
A
car bomb exploded near a MAGAV road block in Baqa al-Sharkiya,
only its suicide bomber driver was killed. The Fatah's al-Aqsa
Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.
Sept
22, 2004
Lance
Cpl. Menashe Komemi, age 19, of Moshav Aminadav
Lance
Cpl. Mamoya Tahio, age 20, of Rehovot
Menashe
and Mamoya, both Border Policemen, were killed and 17 Israelis
wounded in a suicide bombing carried out by a female terrorist
at the French Hill junction hitchhiking post in northern
Jerusalem . The Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Sept
23, 2004
Capt.
Tal Bardugo, age 21, of Jerusalem
St.-Sgt.
Nir Sami, age 21, of Jerusalem
St.-Sgt.
Israel Lutati, age 20, of Neve Dekalim
Tal,
Nir, and Israel were killed by several Palestinian terrorists,
armed with AK-47 assault riffles and hand grenades, who
infiltrated the military post near the community of Morag in the
southern Gaza Strip. Another soldier and a journalist were also
wounded in the exchange of fire in which the terrorists were
killed. Two Fatah-related terror groups and the Islamic Jihad
claimed responsibility for the attack.
Sept
23, 2004
A
Qassam rocket attack on Sederot resulted in eight Israelis being
treated at Barzalai Hospital in Ashkelon .
Sept
24, 2004
Tiferet
Tratner, age 24, of Jerusalem
Tiferet
was killed in her home in Neveh Dekalim by a mortar strike on
the Gush Katif settlement bloc in the Gaza Strip.
Sept
29, 2004
Dorit
Aniso, age 2, of Sderot
Yuval
Abebeh, age 4, of Sderot,
Dorit
and Yuval were killed by a Kassam rocket fired from Gaza while
playing in the street. Some 20 people were wounded. Hamas
claimed responsibility for the attack.
Sept
30, 2004
St.-Sgt.
Gilad Fisher, age 22, of Mitzpeh Hoshaya
Gilad
was killed before dawn when Hamas terrorists, under cover of
heavy fog, attacked an IDF lookout post east of Beit Hanoun in
the Gaza Strip. Two other soldiers were wounded. The terrorists
were killed.
Sept
30, 2004
Shlomit
Batito, 36, of Nissanit
Shlomit
was shot and killed by Hamas terrorists while jogging on the
road. Sgt. Victor Ariel, age 20, of Kadima, a medic, was killed
by a grenade thrown by one of the terrorists as he ran to aid
Batito. The terrorists were killed by soldiers.
Sept
30, 2004
Victor
Ariel, age 20, from Moshav Kadima, a medic.
Victor was killed while treating Shulamit Batito
October
4, 2004
Ronen
Ben-Meiri, age 31, from Haifa , an Israeli undercover
policeman.
Ronen was killed in a gunfight with Palestinian Authority Force
17 members in Ramallah.
October 5, 2004
An
Israeli Arab motorist is shot and wounded by occupants of a
passing car while he was changing the tire of his vehicle on
Route 60 near Gush Etzion.
Oct
6, 2004
Pratheep
Nanongkham, age 24, from Thailand
Pratheep,
a greenhouse worker from Maha Sarakham province in Thailand,
was killed when armed terrorists infiltrated the hothouse area
of Kfar Darom in the central Gaza Strip. Hamas claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Oct
7, 2004
Sinai Resorts Massacres:
A
total of 32 people were killed in terror bombings at two Sinai
holiday resorts frequented by Israelis: 29 at the Taba Hilton
and three at Ras a-Satan. Among the dead were 12 Israelis; over
120 were wounded.
The
Israeli victims at Taba:
Assaf
Greenwald, age 27, of Ramat Gan
Hafez
al-Hafi, age 39, of Lod
Rotem
Moriah, age 27, of Tel Aviv
Tzila
Niv, age 43, of Rakefet
Gilad
Niv, age 11, of Rakefet (Tzila’s son)
Lior
Niv, age 3, of Rakefet (Tzila’s son)
Oleg
Paizakov, age 32, of Bat Yam
Ludmilla
Paizakov, age 30, of Bat Yam (Oleg’s wife)
Khalil
Zeitounya, age 10, of Jaffa
The
Israeli victims at Ras a-Satan:
Michal
Alexander, age 27, of Ganei Tikva
Roy
Avisaf, age 28, of Kfar Sava
Einat
Naor, age 27, of Kibbutz
Zikim.
In
addition:
6
Egyptians, 2 Italians, 14 Russians and Eastern Europeans were
killed
Oct
8, 2004
An
unknown Palestinian worker died from his wounds
Friday morning following a Palestinian sniper attack on hothouse
workers on the Rafah Yam settlement in the southern Gaza Strip
Oct
19, 2004
St.-Sgt.
Yair Nisim Turgemann, age 22, of Kiryat Arba
Yair
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.
Oct
21, 2004
Sgt.-Maj.
Moshe Almaliach, age 35, of Dimona
Moshea,
father of three, a career NCO in the IDF engineering corps, was
killed by a bomb explosion While conducting construction work on
the Philadelphi road in the Gaza Strip. Hamas claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Oct
28, 2004
Sgt.
Michael Chizhik, age 21, of Tiberias
Michael
was killed and six other soldiers wounded in a mortar shell
attack on an IDF outpost at Morag in the southern Gaza Strip.
Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
Nov
1, 2004
Three
people were killed and over 30 wounded in a suicide bombing at
the Carmel Market in central Tel Aviv. The Popular Front for the
Liberation of Palestine in Nablus claimed responsibility for the
attack, carried out by Amar Alfar, 18, from Askar refugee camp
in Nablus .
The
victims:
Tatiana
Ackerman, age 32, of Tel Aviv
Leah
Levine, age 64, of Givatayim
Shmuel
Levy, age 65, of Jaffa .
Dec
7, 2004
St.-Sgt.
Nadav Kudinski, age 20, of Kiryat Gat
Nadav,
of the Oketz canine unit was killed by a bomb, along with his
dog, when a booby-trapped chicken coup exploded northwest of the
Karni Corssing in the Gaza Strip. Four soldiers were wounded in
the exchange of fire while evacuating him. Hamas claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Dec
12, 2004
Five IDF soldiers were killed and five wounded when a tunnel
filled with 1.5 tons of explosives were detonated under an IDF
post at the Rafah crossing, followed by the infiltration of
the post by two terrorists who opened fire and activated another
explosive device. Hamas and the Fatah Hawks claimed
responsibility for the attack.
The soldiers killed:
Sgt. Araf Azbarga, age 19,
of Kseifeh
Sgt. Sa'id Jahaja, age 19,
of Arara
Sgt. Hussein Abu Leil, age
23, of Ein Mahal
Corp. Adham Shehada, age 19,
of Turan
Sgt. Tarek al-Ziadne, age
20, of Rahat.
Dec
14, 2004
Jitladda
Tap-arsa, age 19, from Thailand . Jitladda
Jitladda a female agricultural worker from Udon Thani’s Nong
Han district in northereastern Thailand , was killed and two
other foreign workers from Thailand and Nepal were wounded by
mortar shells fired at Ganei Tal in the Gush Katif settlement
bloc from the Gaza Strip.
Dec
21, 2004
Ariella
Fahima, age 39, of Moshav Nehusha, south of Beit
Shemesh
Ariella
was stabbed to death at the door to her house, apparently by a
terrorist who infiltrated the perimeter fence.
Dec
22, 2004
Salem
(Sami) al-Kimlat, age 28, of
Rahat
Sami,
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
2, 2005
Nissim
Arbiv, age 25, of Nissanit in the Gaza Strip
Nissim
was mortally wounded in a mortar shell attack while working in
the Erez Industrial Zone. He died of his wounds on January 11.
Two others were wounded in the attack, for which Hamas claimed
responsibility.
Jan
7, 2005
St.-Sgt.
Yosef (Yossi) Atia, age 21, of Petah Tikva
Yossi
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.
Jan
12, 2005
Gideon
Rivlin, age 50, of Ganei Tal
Gideon
was killed and three IDF soldiers were wounded when a bomb was
detonated as a military vehicle patroled the route near Morag in
the southern Gaza Strip. Two terrorists were killed by IDF
forces. The area was booby-trapped with explosive devices, in
addition to the bomb that exploded. The Islamic Jihad claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Jan
13, 2005
Shortly
before the closing of the Karni Crossing, terrorists activated
an explosive device on the Palestinian side, blowing a hole in
the door through which Palestinian terrorists infiltrated the
Israeli side of the crossing and opened fire at Israeli
civilians. As a result of the explosion and exchanges of fire,
six Israeli civilians and three Palestinian terrorists were
killed, and five Israeli civilians were wounded. Hamas and the
Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed joint responsiblity for
the attack.
The
victims:
Dror
Gizri, age 30, of Sderot
Ibrahim
Kahili, age 46, of Umm
al-Ghanem
Munam
Abu Sabia, age 33, of Daburiyeh
Ivan
Shmilov, age 53, of Sderot
Herzl
Shlomo, age 51, of Sderot
Ofer
Tiri, age 23, of Ashkelon .
Jan
15, 2005
Ayala-Haya
(Ella) Abukasis, age 17, of Sderot.
Ella was mortally wounded when a Qassam rocket landed near her
and shrapnel penetrated her cerebellum, leaving her brain dead.
She was struck while protecting her younger brother, who was
lightly wounded. Ella died on January 21.
Jan
18, 2005
Oded
Sharon , age 36, from Gan Yavne
Oded,
an ISA officer, was killed, an IDF officer seriously wounded,
and four IDF soldiers and three members of the ISA were lightly
wounded in a suicide bombing attack at the Gush Katif junction
in the central Gaza Strip. While search procedures were being
implemented at a post at the junction, the suicide bomber with
explosives strapped to his body detonated himself. Hamas claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Feb
25, 2005
Yitzhak
Buzaglo, age 40, of Mishmar Hayarden
Aryeh
Nagar, age 37, of Kfar Sava
Yael
Orbach, age 28, of Rehovot
Ronen
Reuvenov, age 30, of Tel Aviv
Odelia
Hubara, age 26, of Jerusalem , died of her wounds on
February 28.
Five
people were killed and 50 wounded Friday night, when a
suicide bomber blew himself up outside 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.
May
2, 2005
St.-Sgt.
Dan Talasnikov, age 21, of Nir Galim
Dan
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
7, 2005
Bi
Shude, age 46, from Jilin province in northeastern
China
Salah
Ayash Imran, age 57, of Khan Yunis (married and the
father of 8)
Muhammed
Mahmoud Jaroun, of Khan Yunis
The
three workers Bi, Salah, and Muhammed were killed and five
wounded when a Qassam rocket hit a packing shed in Ganei Tal, in
the Gaza Strip, penetrating the building's roof and exploding
indoors. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the
attack.
June
19, 2005
IDF
NCO Sgt.-Maj. Avi Karouchi, age 25, of Beersheba
Avi
was killed and two soldiers were wounded in a coordinated
Palestinian attack in which RPG missiles and gunfire were fired
at an IDF engineering force conducting construction work on the
Philadelphi route along the Israeli-Egyptian border. The Islamic
Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.
June
20, 2005
Yevgeny
Reider, age 28 of Hermesh
Yevgeny
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, age 17, of Beit Hagai
Aviad
Mansour, age 16, of Otniel
Avihai
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
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.
July
12, 2005
Rachel
Ben Abu, age 16, of Tel Aviv
Nofar
Horowitz, age 16, of Tel Aviv
Julia
Voloshin, age 31, of Netanya
Rachel,
Nofar, and Julia were killed and about 90 people were
wounded when a suicide bomber attack outside Hasharon Mall in
Netanya.
Anya
Lifshitz, age 50, of Netanya died on July 13.
Cpl.
Moshe Maor Jan, age 21, of Netanya died on July 14.
The
bomber was identified as Ahmed Abu Khalil, age 18, from the West
Bank village of Atil . The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility
for the attack.
July
14, 2005
Dana
Galkowicz, age 22, of Kibbutz Bror Hayil
Dana
was killed by a Kassam rocket fired at Netiv Ha'asara north of
the Gaza Strip. Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and Fatah all claimed
responsibility for the attack.
July
23, 2005
Dov
Kol, age 58, of Jerusalem
Rachel
Kol, age 53, of Jerusalem
Dov
and Rachel were killed late Saturday night near the Kissufim
crossing in the southern Gaza Strip while returning home from
visiting family in Gush Katif. Three others were wounded. The
Islamic Jihad and Fatah al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed
responsibility for the attack.
August
24, 2005
Shmuel Mett, age 21, of Britain, a Mir Yeshiva
student
Shmeul was was returning from prayer at the Western Wall to the yeshiva in Jerusalem’s Beit Yisrael neighborhood when he was fatally stabbed near Jaffa Gate in the Old City. Two other students were wounded.
Sept 21, 2005
Sasson Nuriel, age 55, of Jerusalem
Sasson was kidnapped and slain by Palestinian terrorists. His body was found on Sept 26 in a garbage dump in the industrial zone of Bitunya, west of Ramallah. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
Oct 16, 2005
Matat (Rosenfeld) Adler, age
21, of Carmel
Kineret Mandel (Matat's
cousin), age 23, of Carmel
Oz Ben-Meir, 15, of Maon
Matat,
Kineret, and Oz were killed and three others 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.
Oct 23, 2005
Katy David, age 27, of Kfar Yona
Katy was found murdered in a grove of eucalyptus trees near Hadera. Katy was stabbed and beaten to death by two
cowardly Arab terrorists, who later confessed that they murdered her "because she was a Jew."
May God avenge her death.
Oct 26, 2005
Michael Kaufman, age 68, of Hadera
Pirhiya Machlouf, age 53, of Hadera
Sabiha Nissim, age 66, of Moshav Ahituv
Jamil Qa'adan, age 48, of Baka al-Gharbiya
Ya'acov Rahmani, age 68, of Hadera.
Genia Poleis, age 66, of Hadera died of her wounds 11 days later, on November 5.
Six people were killed and 55 wounded, six seriously, in this suicide bombing at the Hadera open-air market. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.
Nov 2, 2005
St.-Sgt. Yonatan Evron, age 20, of Rishon
Lezion
Yonaton
was mortally wounded in a gun battle with terrorists near Jenin. He died en route to hospital.
Nov 9, 2005
Hussam Fathi Mahajna, age 36, an Israeli Arab businessman from Umm
al-Fahm
Hussam was among 57 people murdered and 300 wounded in simultaneous attacks by suicide bombers in Amman, Jordan at three luxury hotels.
Hussam was a guest at a wedding held at the Radisson Hotel, known to be popular with Israeli tourists. Al-Qaida claimed
responsibility for the attacks.
Dec 5, 2005
Haim Amram, age 26, of
Netanya, a security guard at the mall
Alexandra Garmitzky, age 65, of
Netanya
Daniel Golani, age 45, of
Nahariya
Elia Rosen, age 38, of Bat
Hefer
Keinan Tsuami, age 20, of Petah
Tikva.
Five people were killed and over 50 wounded in a suicide bombing at the entrance to the Sharon shopping mall in Netanya. The terrorist detonated the bomb when he was stopped by security guards, one of whom was killed. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.
Dec 8, 2005
Sgt. Nir Kahane, age 20, of Kiryat
Tivon,
Nir was stabbed to death at the Kalandiya checkpoint, south of Ramallah. The assailant was
apprehended. The Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
Dec 16, 2005
Yosef (Yossi) Shok, age 35, of Beit Hagai
Yosef 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.
Dec 29, 2005
Lt. Ori Binamo, 21, of Nesher
Ori was killed when a terrorist en route to carry out an attack in Israel detonated himself at a roadblock set up near Tulkarm following an intelligence tip. A second intended suicide terrorist was also killed in the blast as well as the taxi driver and a third passenger. Three soldiers and seven Palestinians were wounded.
Feb 5, 2006
Kinneret Ben Shalom Hajbi, 58, of Petah Tikva
Kinneret was stabbed to death by a Palestinian terrorist while traveling on a number 51 service taxi to Tel Aviv. Five other passengers were wounded.
Mar 1, 2006
Eldar Abir, age 48, of Migdalim
Eldar 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.
March 30, 2006
Rafi Halevy, age 63, of Kedumim
Helena Halvey (Rafi's wife)
age 58, of Kedumim
Re’ut Feldman, age 20, of Herzliya
Shaked Lasker, age 16, of Kedumim
All 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.
Apr 17, 2006
Philip Balhasan, age 45, of Ashdod
Rozalia Beseneyi, age 48, of
Romania
Piroşca
Boda,
age 50, of Romania
Marcel Cohen, age 73, of Nice, France
Ariel Darhi, age 31, of Bat Yam
Victor Erez, age 60, of Givatayim
Binyamin Haputa, age 47, of Lod
David Shaulov, age 29, of Holon
Lily Yunes, age 42, of Oranit.
Lior Anidzar, age 26, of Tel Aviv died of his wounds on May 13.
Daniel Wultz, age 16, of Weston, Florida (USA) died on May 14.
Eleven people were killed and over 60 wounded in a suicide bombing during the Passover holiday at the Rosh Ha'ir shawarma restaurant, near the old central bus station in Tel Aviv. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.
June 11, 2006
Marwan Abed Shweika, age 35, of the Abu Tor neighborhood in Jerusalem
Marwan was killed and two other Arab Israelis were wounded in a shooting attack while driving late at night West Bank highway north of Jerusalem.
June 25, 2006
Lt. Hanan Barak, age 20, of Arad
Staff-Sgt. Pavel Slutzker, age 20, of Dimona
Hanan and Pavel were killed when terrorists from the Hamas and Popular Resistance Committees terror organizations infiltrated Israeli territory between the Kerem Shalom and Sufa crossings, by means of a tunnel dug from the Rafah area. Another soldier was abducted, and four others were wounded.
June 25, 2006
Eliyahu Pinhas Asheri, age 18, of Itamar
Eliyahu was kidnapped by terrorists from the Popular Resistance Committees while hitchhiking from Betar Illit, southwest of Bethlehem, to Neveh Tzuf, where he was studying. His body was found on June 29 in Ramallah. It is believed that he was murdered shortly after his kidnapping.
July 17, 2006
St.-Sgt. Osher Damari, age 20, of Netanya
Osher was killed and six IDF soldiers wounded by an explosive device in Nablus as troops from the Haruv Battalion were engaged in anti-terrorist activity. The Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
July 27, 2006
Dr. Daniel Yaakobi, age 59, a doctor from Yakir in the West
Bank
Daniel's burnt body was found in the trunk of his car near Qalqilya. The Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
August 10, 2006
Angelo Frammartino, age 24, of Monte Rotondo, Italy
Angelo was stabbed to death by an Arab knifeman while walking with friends on Sultan Suleiman street in east Jerusalem. It is believed that the attack was a nationalistically motivated terror attack, and not an attempted robbery.
August 19, 2006
St.-Sgt. Ro'i Farjoun, age 21, of Yehud
Ro'i was killed when a terrorist opened fire at the Bekaot chekpoint in the Jordan Valley. The Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
Sept 12, 2006
An IDF reserve Bedouin tracker, age 44, was killed by sniper fire in the course of an army operation to uncover terror infrastructure in the Gaza Strip, near the Kissufim Crossing. The armed wing of Hamas and the Popular Resistance Committees claimed responsibility for the shooting.
Nov 1, 2006
Staff Sergeant Kiril Golenshein, age 21, of Moshav Keshet
Kiril was killed by a sniper's bullet as his unit entered the town of Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip in pursuit of terrorists firing Kassam rockets at Israel.
Nov 15, 2006
Fatima Slutsker, age 57, of Sderot
Fatima was killed by a Kassam rocket fired into the town by Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip. A barrage of six rockets hit Sderot at about 7 a.m., also seriously wounding a security guard for Defense Minister Amir Peretz.
Nov 21, 2006
Yaakov Yaakobov, age 43, of Sderot
Yaakov died following a day-long struggle by doctors to save his life, after he was mortally wounded by a Kassam rocket fired in the morning by Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip.
Jan 29, 2007
Emi Haim Elmaliah, age 32, of Eilat
Michael Ben Sa'adon, age 27, of Eilat
Israel Zamalloa, age 26, of Eilat
Emi,
Michael, and Israel were killed in a suicide bombing in a bakery
where they were employed in the southern city of Eilat. The Islamic Jihad and the Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
Feb 25, 2007
Erez Levanon, age 42, of Bat Ayin in the Gush Etzion settlement
bloc
Erez was killed by multiple stab wounds. His body was found near Beit Omar, north of Halhul. Security officials believe that the murder was terror-related.
May 21, 2007
Shirel Friedman, age 32, of Sderot
Shirel was killed when a Kassam rocket scored a direct hit on a car near the town's shopping center.
May 27, 2007
Oshri Oz, age 36, of Hod Hasharon
Oshri was killed when a Kassam rocket landed near his car in Sderot. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
July 12, 2007
Staff Sgt. Arbel Reich, age 21, of Yuvalim
Arbel was killed when Hamas terrorists ambushed IDF troops engaged in anti-terror activity in the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. The terrorists detonated previously planted explosive devices and then opened fire with rocket-propelled grenades and machineguns.
Sept 18, 2007
St. Sgt. Ben-Zion Haneman,
age 21, of Moshav Nov in the Golan Heights
ben-Zion was killed in an exchange of fire with terrorists during IDF activity against a terror attack being jointly planned by operatives of the Hamas and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terror organizations in the Ein Beit Ilmeh refugee camp in the West Bank city of
Nablus.
