Israel's Victims of Terrorism

Victims List  - Terrorist Attacks Against Israel

 

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In where the victims are spoken of in a given-name basis is done so with the utmost respect. It is the author’s desire to remind you the reader that these were individual human beings and not merely statistics.

 

Year: 1929

August 23, 1929

Hebron Massacre:

Arab rioters killed 67 Jews in Hebron . Many of the dead were dismembered. Many incidents of rape were reported. Numerous homes were burned. The remaining Jewish community of Hebron fled to Jerusalem .

 

1936

April 19, 1936
Jaffa Massacre:

Arab rioters attacked Jaffa and killed 16 Jews.

 

1972

Sept 5, 1972

Munich Massacre:
Palestinian terrorists killed 11 Israeli athletes and one German policeman in a dormitory of the Munich Olympic Games.

 

1974
May 15, 1974

Maalot Massacre:
22 children and several adults were killed (66 children were wounded) in the Maalot Massacre, perpetrated by Palestinian terrorists of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

 

1979
April 22, 1979
Dani Haran
Eliyahu Shahar

Four members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terrorists infiltrated Israel from Lebanon and killed Dani Haran, his two daughters, and policeman Eliyahu Shahar.

 

1986

April 17, 1986

Nizar al-Hindawi fails in his attempt to smuggle a semtex bomb, carried by his five month pregnant fiancée Ann-Marie Doreen Murphy, onto a passenger airliner traveling from London to Tel Aviv.

 

August 3, 1986

Yaron Chen, a Tsahal soldier
Yaron was kidnapped by Hamas terrorists while hitch-hiking back home. His body was later found in the burnt truck.

 

1993

Sept 24, 1993 

Yigal Vaknin, of Basra

Yigal was stabbed to death in an orchard near the trailer home where he lived near the village of Basra . A squad of the HAMAS's Iz a-Din al Kassam claimed responsibility for the attack.

           

Oct 9, 1993    

Dror Forer

Aran Bachar

Dror and Aran were killed by terrorists in Wadi Kelt in the Judean Desert. The Popular Front and the Islamic Jihad 'Al-Aqsa Squads' each publicly claimed responsibility.

           

Oct 24, 1993  

Two IDF soldiers;

Ehud Rot, Staff Sgt. (res.), age 35

Sgt. Ilan Levi, age 23

Ehud and Ilan 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.

           

Oct 29, 1993  

Chaim Mizrahi, resident of Beit-El

Chaim was kidnapped by three terrorists from a poultry farm near Ramallah. He was killed and his body burned. Three Fatah members were convicted of the murder on July 27, 1994.

           

Nov 7, 1993   

Efraim Ayubi of Kfar Darom

Efraim was working as Rabbi Chaim Druckman's personal driver when he was shot to death by terrorists near Hebron . HAMAS publicly claimed responsibility for the murder.

           

Nov 9, 1993    |

Salman 'Id el-Hawashla, age 38,

Salman, an Israeli Bedouin of the Abu Rekaik tribe, driving a car with Israeli plates, was killed by three armed men driving a truck hijacked from the Gaza municipality, in a deliberate head-on collision.

           

Nov 17, 1993 

Sgt. 1st Cl. Chaim Darina, age 37

Chaim was stabbed by a Gazan terrorist while seated at the cafeteria at the Nahal Oz road block at the entrance to the Gaza Strip. The perpetrator was apprehended. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the murder.

           

Dec 1, 1993   

Shalva Ozana, age 23

Yitzhak Weinstock, age 19

Shalva and Yitzak 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 responsibility 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, 1993    

David Mashrati

David, 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 group claimed responsibility for the attack.

           

Dec 6, 1993    

Mordechai Lapid

Shalom Lapid, age 19, (Mordechai’s son)

Mordechai and his son Shalom (Peace) were shot to death by terrorists near Hebron . HAMAS publicly claimed responsibility for the attack.

           

Dec 22, 1993  

Eliahu Levin

Meir Mendelovitch

Eliahu and Meir were killed by shots fired at their car from a passing vehicle in the Ramallah area. HAMAS claimed responsibility.

           

Dec 23, 1993  

Anatoly Kolisnikov, of Ashdod

Anatoly, employed as a relief watchman at a construction site in Ashdod , was stabbed to death while on duty.

           

Dec 24, 1993  

Lieut.Col. Meir Mintz, Commander of the IDF Special Forces in the Gaza area. Meir 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.

           

Dec 31, 1993  

Chaim Weizman

David Bizi

David and Chaim were found killed in a Ramle apartment. ID cards of two Gaza residents were found in the apartment, together with a leaflet of the Popular Front 'Red Eagle' group, claiming responsibility for the murder.

1994

Jan 12, 1994   

Moshe Becker, of Rishon Le-Zion

Moshe was stabbed to death by three Palestinian employees while working in his orchard. The Popular Front claimed responsibility for the murder.

           

Jan 14, 1994   

Grigory Ivanov

Grigory was stabbed to death by a terrorist in the industrial zone at the Erez junction, near the Gaza Strip. HAMAS claimed responsibility for the attack.

           

Feb 9, 1994    

Ilan Sudri

Taxi driver, Ilan was kidnapped and killed while returning home from work. The Islamic Jihad Shekaki group sent a message to the news agencies claiming responsibility for the murder.

           

Feb 10, 1994  

Naftali Sahar

Naftali, a citrus grower, was killed by blows to his head. His body was found in his orchard near Kibbutz Na'an.

           

Feb 13, 1994  

Noam Cohen, age 28

Noam, a 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 17, 1994  

Yuval Golan

Yuval was stabbed on December 29, 1993 by a terrorist near Adarim in the Hebron area, he died of his wounds on Feb 29, 1994.

           

Feb 19, 1994  

Zipora Sasson,  of Ariel
Zipora, 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.

           

Feb 25, 1994  

Sam Eisenstadt, age 80

Sam was assaulted with an axe while walking in the center of Kfar Saba. Sam died of his wounds shortly afterwards.

           

March 23, 1994          

Victor Lashchiver

Victor, 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.

           

March 29, 1994          

Yitzhak Rothenberg, age 70, of Petah Tikva

Yitzhak was attacked on a construction site by two residents of Khan Yunis by axe blows to the head. He died several days later of his wounds. The murderers, apprehended the next day, stated that they carried out the attack in order to clear themselves of suspected collaboration with the Israeli authorities.

           

March 31, 1994          

Yosef Zandani, age 28, of Bnei Ayish

Yosef was found killed in his apartment near Gedera. Near the body was a leaflet of the DFLP "Red Star", explaining that the murder was carried out in revenge for the shooting of one of its members by an Israeli citizen. The Israeli acted in self-defense.

           

April 6, 1994 

First documented car bombing in Israel :

Seven people were killed in a car-bomb attack on a bus in the center of Afula. HAMAS claimed responsibility for the attack.

 

The victims:

Asher Attia, age 48, of Afula (bus driver)

Vered Mordechai, age 13, of Afula

Maya Elharar, age 17, of Afula

Ilana Schreiber, age 45, a teacher from Kibbutz Nir David

Meirav Ben-Moshe, age 16, of Afula

Ayala Vahaba, age 40, a teacher from Afula

Fadiya Shalabi, age 25, of Iksal

Ahuva Cohen Onalla, age 37, wounded in the attack, died of her wounds on April 25.

           

April 7, 1994 

Yishai Gadassi, age 32, of Kvutzat Yavne

Yishai 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.

 

April 13, 1994

Rahamim Mazgauker, age 34, of Hadera

David Moyal, age 26 of Ramat Gan , an Egged mechanic

Daga Perda, age 44, immigrated from Ethiopia in 1991

Bilha Butin, age 49, of Hadera

Sgt. Ari Perlmutter, age 19, of Ir Ovot in the Arava

All were killed in a suicide bombing attack on a bus in the central bus station of Hadera. HAMAS claimed responsibility for the attack.

           

April 21, 1994

Shahar Simani , age 20, of Ashkelon

The body of officer cadet Simani, was found stabbed to death near the roadside at the village of Beit Hanina , north of Jerusalem . He had been kidnapped while hitchhiking in the south.

           

May 17, 1994 

Rafael Yairi (Klumfenbert), age 36, of Kiryat Arba

Margalit Ruth Shohat, age 48, of Ma'ale Levona  
Rafael and Margalit were killed when their car was fired upon by by terrorists in a passing car near Beit Haggai, south of Hebron.

           

May 20, 1994 

Staff Sgt. Moshe Bukra, age 30

Cpl. Erez Ben-Baruch, age 24

Moshe and Erez were shot dead by HAMAS terrorists at a roadblock one kilometer south of the Erez checkpoint in the Gaza Strip.

           

July 7, 1994    

Sarit Prigal, age 17

Sarit was shot to death when terrorists opened fire from a passing car near the entrance to Kiryat Arba.

           

July 7, 1994

Arye Frankenthal, age 20, of Moshav Gimzo near Lod.

Arye had left his base in the south the previous day, his body was found stabbed and shot near the Arab village of Kafr Akab, near Ramallah.

           

July 19, 1994  

Lt. Guy Ovadia, age 23, of Kibbutz Yotvata.

Guy 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".

 

July 23, 1994

Two Palestinian terrorists stabbed an American woman in the Old City of Jerusalem

           

July 25, 1994  

Sgt.-Maj. Jacques Attias, age 24

Jacques, working as a border policeman, died of his wounds after being shot by Palestinian policemen during the riots at Erez checkpoint on July 17.

           

July 26, 1994

A car bomb exploded at the Israel Embassy in London, wounding 14 people.

 

Aug 2, 1994

Yoram Sakuri, age 30, of Kiryat Netafim in Samaria

Yoram died of stab wounds suffered when a terrorist broke into his home on July 1st.

           

Aug 14, 1994

Ron Soval, age 18, of Lehavim, north of Beersheba

Ron was shot to death in an ambush near Kissufim junction in the Gaza Strip. HAMAS claimed responsibility for the attack.

           

Aug 26, 1994  

Shlomo Kapach, age 22, of Bat Yam

Gil Revah, age 21, of Bat Yam

Shlomo and Gil, both elevator technicians, were killed at a Ramle building site. Israel has requested the extradition of the suspected killers from the Palestinian Authority.

           

Sept 4, 1994   

Sgt. Victor Shichman, age 24

Victor was killed at the Morag junction in the southern Gaza Strip while on patrol, from shots fired from a vehicle bearing Palestinian license plates.

           

Sept  1994      

Natasha Ivanov, age 32, of Ashdod

Natasha was strangled to death. In March 2001, a Palestinian arrested for being in Israel illegally, admitted to carrying out the murder in order to gain acceptance into a terrorist organization.

           

Oct 9, 1994    

Ma'ayan Levy, age 19, of Zayit

Samir Mugrabi, age 35, of Kafr Aka

Ma'ayan, an off-duty soldier and Samir, a civilian, were killed in a terrorist attack in the Nahalat Shiva section of downtown Jerusalem . HAMAS claimed responsibility for the attack.

           

Oct 14, 1994  

Cpl. Nahshon Wachsman, age 20

After being abducted by HAMAS, Nahshon was killed by his captors.

 

Oct 14, 1994

Capt. Nir Poraz, age 23

Nir was killed in the course of the unsuccessful IDF rescue operation to obtain his release.

           

Oct 19, 1994  

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

 

The victims:

Haviv Tishbi, age 54, of Tel Aviv

Moshe Gardinger, age 83, of Tel Aviv

Pnina Rapaport, age 74, of Tel Aviv

Galit Rosen, age 23, of Holon

Zippora Ariel, age 64, of Tel Aviv

David Lida, age 74, of Tel Aviv

Puah Yedgar, age 56, of Givatayim

Dalia Ashkenazi, age 62, of Tel

Aviv Esther Sharon, age 21, of Lod

Ofra Ben-Naim, age 33, of Lod

Tamar Karlibach-Sapir, age 24, of Moshav Zafaria

Shira Meroz-Kot, age 20, of Kibbutz Beit Hashita

Miriam Adaf, age 54, of Sderot

Anat Rosen, age 21, of Ra'anana

Salah Ovadia, age 52, of Holon

Eliahu Wasserman, age 66, of Bat Yam

Alexandra Sapirstein, age 55, of Holon

Dr. Pierre Atlas, age 56, of Kiryat Ono

Ella Volkov, age 21, of Safed

Ayelet Langer-Alkobi, age 26, of Kibbutz Yiron

Kochava Biton, age 59, of Tel Aviv

Reinier Verbiest, age 25, of the Netherlands .

           

Nov 11, 1994 

Capt. Yehazkel Sapir, age 36, of Kfar Sava

Lt. Yotam Rahat, age 31, of Tel-Aviv

Capt. Elad Dror, age 24, of Kibbutz Nachson

Yehazkel, Yotam, and Elad were killed at the Netzarim junction in the Gaza Strip when a Palestinian riding a bicycle detonated explosives strapped to his body. Islamic Jihad said it carried out the attack to avenge the car bomb killing of Islamic Jihad leader Hani Abed on Nov 2

           

Nov 19, 1994

Sgt.-Maj. Gil Dadon, age 26, of Bat Yam

Gil was killed at the army post at Netzarim junction by shots fired from a passing car. HAMAS claimed responsibility for the attack.

           

Nov 27, 1994

Rabbi Amiran Olami, age 34, of Otniel

Rabbi Amiran was killed near Beit Hagai 10 kms south of Hebron by shots fired from a passing car.

           

Nov 30, 1994

Sgt. Liat Gabai, age 19, of Afula,

Liat was axed to death in the center of Afula.

 

1995

Jan 6, 1995     

Ofra Felix, age 20, of Beit El,

Ofra, a university student, killed when terrorists opened fire on her car north of Beit El.

           

Jan 22, 1995   

Twenty soldiers and one civilian were killed when two consecutive bombs exploded at the Beit Lid junction near Netanya. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.

 

The victims:

Lt. David Ben-Zino, age 20, of Ashdod

Lt. Adi Rosen, age 20, of Moshav Bitzaron

Lt. Yuval Tuvya, age 22, of Jerusalem

Sgt.-Maj. Anan Kadur, age 24, of Daliat al-Carmel

Staff-Sgt. Damian Rosovski, age 20, of Kadima

Staff-Sgt. Yehiel Sharvit, age 21, of Haifa

Staff-Sgt. Yaron Blum, age 20, of Jerusalem

Sgt. Maya Kopstein, age 19, of Jerusalem

Sgt. Daniel Tzikuashvili, age 19, of Jerusalem

Sgt. Avi Salto, age 19, of Rishon Lezion

Sgt. Rafael Mizrahi, age 19, of Ramat Gan

Sgt. Eran Gueta, age 20, of Ashkelon

Cpl. Soli Mizrahi, age 18, of Ramat Ramat Gan

Cpl. David Hasson, age 18, of Ashkelon

Cpl. Amir Hirschenson, age 18, of Jerusalem

Cpl. Gilad Gaon, age 18, of Herzliya

Cpl. Ilie Dagan, age 18, of Kochav Yair

Cpl. Eitan Peretz, age 18, of Nahariya

Lt. Eyal Levy, age 20, of Ashdod

Cpl. Yaniv Weiser, age 18, of Givatayim

Shabtai Mahpud, age 34, of Moshav Tnuvot - civilian

           

Feb 6, 1995

Yevgeny Gromov, age 32, of Ashkelon

While working as a security guard, Yevgeny 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.

           

Feb 13, 1995

Rafael Cohen, age 35, of Jerusalem

Rafael, a taxi driver, was fatally stabbed on the Jerusalem-Ma'aleh Adumim road.

           

March 19, 1995

Nahum Hoss, age 32, of Hebron

Yehuda Fartush, age 41, of Kiryat Arba

Nahum and Yehuda were killed when terrorists fired on an Egged bus near the entrance to Hebron .

           

March 29, 1995          

Police Insp. Nitzan Cohen, age 22, of Jerusalem

Sgt.-Maj. Jamal Suwitat, age unknown, of Makr village 
in Western Galilee Nitzan and Jamal were killed when a Palestinian driver rammed his truck into their jeep in