Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2001
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Note: This compilation includes only those attacks on Israelis that resulted in casualties and no Palestinian deaths are recorded. Numerous other attacks which failed to kill, maim, or wound are not included.
January[edit]
5 January: The body of Mordechai Cohen, 34, from Hadera was discovered in the Caesarea industrial area.[1]
14 January: The bullet-ridden body of Ron Tzalah, 32, from Kfar Yam in Gush Katif, was found the following morning near the Kfar Yam hothouses.[1]
17 January: 16-year-old Israeli Ofir Rahum is shot and killed near the Palestinian city of Ramallah. Israeli police claimed that he had been shot by members of the Palestinian Tanzim group, which the police suspected had set a trap through a chat room. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak said the event would make it hard to continue peace talks with the Palestinians.[2][3][1]
23 January: Mordehai Dayan, 27, & Etgar Zeitouny, 34, both of Tel Aviv, were abducted from a restaurant where they had been eating and shot to death in Tul Karem.[4][5]
25 January: Akiva Pashkos, 45, of Jerusalem, was shot dead in a terror attack near the Atarot industrial zone north of Jerusalem.[1]
29 January: An Israeli killed in a drive-by shooting north of Jerusalem.[6][1]
February[edit]
1 February: 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.[1]
1 February: Lior Attiah, 23, of Afula was shot to death while traveling near Jenin.[1]
4 February: Ishmael Abadyev, 35, of Tirat Hacarmel, was stabbed to death by two people from Jenin as he alighted from the bus on his way home from work.[2]
5 February: St.-Sgt. Rujayah Salameh, 23, was killed by sniper fire near Rafah.[1]
11 February: Tzachi Sasson, 35, of Kibbutz Rosh Tzurim in Gush Etzion, was shot and killed by Palestinian gunmen as he drove home from Jerusalem.[1]
14 February: Simcha Shitrit, 30, of Rishon Lezion; Staff-Sgt. Ofir Magidish, 20, of Kiryat Malachi; Sgt. David Iluz, 21, of Kiryat Malachi; Sgt. Julie Weiner, 21, of Jerusalem; Sgt. Rachel Levi, 19, of Ashkelon; Sgt. Kochava Polanski, 19, of Ashkelon; Cpl. Alexander Manevich, 18, of Ashkelon; and Cpl. Yasmin Karisi, 18, of Ashkelon were killed when a bus driven by a Palestinian plowed into a group of soldiers and civilians waiting at a bus stop near Holon, south of Tel-Aviv.[1]
26 February: The body of Mordechai Shefer, 55, of Kfar Sava, was found in an olive grove near Moshav Hagor. An autopsy revealed that he was murdered. Investigators suspect terrorist motives.[1]
March[edit]
1 March: Claude Knap, 29, of Tiberias was killed when a bomb was detonated in a Tel Aviv to Tiberias service taxi at the Mei Ami junction in Wadi Ara.[1]
4 March: Naftali Dean, 85, of Tel Mond; his niece, Shlomit Ziv, 58, of Netanya; and Yevgenya Malchin, 70, of Netanya were killed by a suicide bomber in downtown Netanya; 60 people were injured. The Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.[1]
19 March: 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.[1]
26 March: Shalhevet Pass, age 10 months, was killed by sniper fire at the entrance to the Avraham Avinu neighborhood in Hebron.[1]
May[edit]
May 1[edit]
Assaf Hershkovitz, a resident of the Jewish settlement of Ofra, is killed by gunfire while driving.[7][8] Giv'at Asaf was established near the site of his murder, in his memory.
May 9[edit]
Two 14-year settler boys Koby Mandell and Yosef Ishran were stoned to death.[9][10]
May 18[edit]
5 Israelis killed in a suicide bombing in Netanya. Over 100 are wounded, Hamas claimed responsibility. An Israeli soldier off-duty is killed by gunfire while driving.[11]
June[edit]
June 1[edit]
Dolphinarium massacre: 21 Israeli young people murdered and over 120 wounded by a Hamas militant suicide bombing at a disco near the Dolphinarium in Tel Aviv.[citation needed]
June 5[edit]
Infant Yehuda Shoham was critically injured in an Arab stone-throwing attack near his home in Shiloh. The baby died of his injuries.[citation needed][12]
June 12[edit]
Murder of Georgios Tsibouktzakis: Greek Orthodox churchman is murdered in an Arab drive-by shooting on the Maaleh Adumim road.[13]
June 28[edit]
A woman murdered and another injured in a drive-by shooting.[14]
August[edit]
August 9[edit]
15 people die and 130 are injured in the Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing in Jerusalem. Both Hamas and Islamic Jihad claim responsibility. An Israeli student killed in a shooting attack north of the West Bank.[citation needed]
October[edit]
October 17[edit]
Israeli Tourism Minister Rehavam Zeevi is assassinated by the PFLP.[citation needed]
November[edit]
November 4[edit]
Two Israeli teenagers killed when fire opened by a Palestinian gunman in Jerusalem. 45 people are injured.[15]
November 29[edit]
3 people are killed and 9 wounded in a suicide bombing of a bus near Hadera. Both Islamic Jihad and Fatah claimed responsibility. A soldier is killed and another wounded in a shooting incident on the Green Line.[16]
December[edit]
2 December: Prof. Baruch Singer, 51, from 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.[1] 16 were killed and 40 injured in a suicide bombing on Egged bus No. 16 in Haifa. Hamas claimed responsibility.[1]
12 December: Yair Amar, 13, Esther Avraham, 42, Border Police Chief Warrant Officer Yoel Bienenfeld, 35, Moshe Gutman, 40, Avraham Nahman Nitzani, 17, Yirmiyahu Salem, 48, Israel Sternberg, 46, David Tzarfati, 38, Hananya Tzarfati, 32, and Ya'akov Tzarfati, 64 were all killed in an attack on a No. 189 Dan bus and several cars near Emmanuel in Samaria by three militants using a roadside bomb, anti-tank grenades, and light arms. About 30 others were injured. Fatah and Hamas claimed responsibility. Haim Chiprot, 52, died on 25 March 2002 from injuries sustained in this attack.[1]
17 December: Zion Ohana, 45, from Adam, was brutally murdered by three residents of Jaba in Samaria.[1]
25 December: Sgt. Michael Sitbon, 23, from Beit Shemesh, an IDF reserve soldier, was killed, and four other soldiers were injured in a shooting attack near the Jordanian border north of Beit She'an.[1]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Victims of Palestinian Terror since Sept 2000". web.archive.org. 2011-05-14. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
- ^ a b "Israel's 'First Internet Murder'". Wired Magazine. 2001-01-19. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ^ Philps, Alan (2001-01-20). "Peace hope buried with shot boy". The Independent. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ^ Taba talks halted after 2 Israelis murdered. Hamas claims responsibility Archived 2011-06-12 at the Wayback Machine, Jerusalem Post, Jan 24, 2001
- ^ "We Should Not Forget - Section 18/18". web.archive.org. 2024-02-19. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
- ^ Ofra man killed in drive-by shooting Archived 2011-06-12 at the Wayback Machine, Jerusalem Post, Jan 30, 2001
- ^ Deaths which occurred on a 01 May
- ^ "Death and Daily Life Link Arab and Israeli". The New York Times. 2 May 2001.
- ^ "Israeli boys found stoned to death in cave". The Star. 2001-05-09. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
- ^ "'Stoning to Death' of Israeli Youths Fuels Tension". ABC News. 2001-05-09. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
- ^ Arafat: Decisive battle on for Palestine. Five killed by suicide bomber at Netanya mall Archived 2011-06-12 at the Wayback Machine, Jerusalem Post, May 20, 2001
- ^ Yehuda Shoham, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, June 11, 2001
- ^ Father Georgios Tsibouktzakis, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, June 12, 2001
- ^ Ekaterina (Katya) Weintraub, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, June 28, 2001
- ^ Two teens killed in bus attack. Gunman hits Jerusalem bus at rush hour, wounds dozens Archived 2011-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Three Israelis killed in bus bombing. Soldier shot dead at roadblock Archived 2011-06-12 at the Wayback Machine