- Violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2003
"Note: This compilation includes only those attacks that resulted in casualties. Numerous other attacks which failed to murder,
maim , orwound are not included."Palestinians Deaths vs Israeli Death. September 28, 2000 - February 15, 2006
[Total Number of Palestinian deaths] : 4209
*Children: 892
*Women : 273
*Men : 3044[Palestinians killed by Jewish settlers] 72
[Palestinians killed as a result of Israeli shelling] : 83
[Deaths as a result of medical prevention at Israeli checkpoints] : 117
*Of them stillbirths (born dead at checkpoints) : 31[Number of Palestinians extra-judicially assassinated] : 561
*Of them bystanders killed during extra-judicial operations: 253[Total Number Israeli deaths] : 1556
*Children : 113
*Women : 305
*Men : 603
*Settlers : 213
*Soldiers : 322Area Distribution of Palestinian deaths
*West Bank (including east Jerusalem) : unknown
Injuries
[Palestinians injured by Israeli forces and settlers ] : 36589
*Live ammunition: 8213
*Rubber/Plastic bullets: 6356
*Tear gas: 6336
*Miscellaneous: 8469[Number of Palestinians permanently disabled or maimed by injuries : 3530
Educational Statistics
[School Students killed] : 576 Injured : 3471 Detained : 669
[University Students Killed] : 199 Injured : 1245 Detained : 720
[Teachers killed] 32 Injured : 54 Detained : 176
=Destruction of Palestinian Property (dunum = 1000 m² )=*Confiscated land : 249680.9
*Razed land: 73613
*Estimated number of uprooted trees : 1187762
*Homes demolished : 7768Total Death Toll in 2003: 232
"Note: The death toll quoted here is just the sum of the listings. There may be many omissions from the list. The human rights organisation
B'Tselem has complied statistics of about 600 deaths during 2003 in the occupied territories alone."January (death toll: 56)
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January 2 : The body of a 72-year-old Israeli was found in the northernJordan Valley in his burned out car. TheFatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility for the murder.
*January 5 : 23 people, including eight foreigners, are murdered in two nearly simultaneoussuicide bombings in centralTel Aviv . More than 100 others were reported seriously injured. Islamic Jihad andYasser Arafat 's Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility. Another arm of Yassar Arafat's movement denied responsibility.
*January 6 : Israeli forces raided the Maghazi refugee camp inGaza and killed three Palestinians and wounded a dozen more. [http://www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/(Symbol)/E.CN.4.2003.G.29.En?Opendocument]
*January 12 : A 48-year-old man was killed and four people wounded when terrorists infiltratedMoshav Gadish and opened fire. ThePalestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.
*January 12 : Two Palestinians were killed and 12 wounded as 50 Israeli army vehicles accompanied with bulldozers and helicopters entered the town ofKhan Yunis in the southernGaza Strip during the night January 11-12. Seven civilian facilities were blown up. [http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/PressR/English/2003/07-2003.htm]
*January 17 : A 34-year-oldIsrael i was killed when terrorists entered his home nearKiryat Arba , and opened fire. His 5-year-old daughter and two others were wounded.Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
*January 26 : During the night January 25-26 Israeli forces invaded the al-Zaytoun neighbourhood of Gaza City. Twelve Palestinians were killed, three were hit with shrapnel from an artillery shell and nine were shot dead. 17 workshops were blown up and 15 more was severely damaged. [http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/PressR/English/2003/17-2003.htm]
*January 31 : 13 Palestinians and over 50 wounded as the IDF made its deepest incursion inGaza City in years. Scores of buildings was raided and 13 factories blown up, many of them used to manufacture weapons. [http://www.ajn.com.au/pages/archives/intifada/0002-intifada-03.html]February (no recorded deaths)
March (death toll: 21)
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March 5 :Haifa bus 37 massacre - 17 killed, about 53 injured in a suicide bombing on a bus inHaifa . Many of the fatalities were children returning home from school. The attack was conducted by Hamas.
*March 7 : A couple fromKiryat Arba , were killed and five wounded by armed terrorists disguised asJew ish worshippers who infiltrated Kiryat Arba, entered their home and murdered them while they were celebrating the Sabbath. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
*March 16 :Rachel Corrie , an American member of theInternational Solidarity Movement inRafah , was killed when she tried to obstruct anIsrael Defense Forces bulldozer operating in a Palestinian residential area ofRafah .
*March 19 : A 51-year-old Israeli was shot dead while driving in his car betweenMevo Dotan andShaked in northernSamaria (in theWest Bank ). TheFatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility.April (death toll: 14)
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April 8 : Two Israeli combat helicopters, accompanied by an F-16 fighter jet, attacked a densely populated area ofGaza City . One helicopter launched two missiles against a car carrying Hamas leaderSa'id Arbid . Arbid and two other Hamas members were killed when the car exploded. Soon after a crowd of Palestinians gathered around the car, the helicopter fired a third missile and killed five more. In total seven Palestinians were killed and 53 more were wounded. [http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/04/08/gaza.attack/index.html]
*April 11 :Tom Hurndall , a British member of theInternational Solidarity Movement , was shot in the head by anIsrael Defense Forces sniper. He died after almost a year in comaJanuary 13 ,2004 . [http://media.guardian.co.uk/israel/story/0,11876,950262,00.html]
*April 15 : An Israeli and a Palestinian were killed and four Israelis were wounded when a Palestinian militant opened fire at the Karni industrial zone crossing in theGaza Strip . Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
*April 24 : A 23-year-old Israeli security guard was killed and 13 were wounded in a suicide bombing outside the train station inKfar Sava . Groups related to the Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and thePFLP claimed joint responsibility for the attack.
*April 30 : Three Israelis are killed, about 60 injured when a BritishMuslim suicide bomber blows himself up outside "Mike's Place " bar on theTel Aviv coast. A second would-be suicide bomber, also a British citizen, failed to explode and attempted to escape through the sea. His body was washed away to the shore a few days later. On March 8, 2004,Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack, and released a videotape showing an interview with the two terrorists.May (death toll: 15)
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May 2 : A British cameraman was shot dead by Israeli soldiers inRafah . [http://media.guardian.co.uk/israel/story/0,11876,950262,00.html]
*May 5 : An Israeli was killed and two others (including the victim's 6-year-old daughter) 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 : A 53-year-old Israeli man was shot in the head and killed by Palestinians in a roadside ambush north of [Jerusalem] . Both Fatah and thePopular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility for the attack.
*May 17 : An Israeli couple were killed by a suicide bomber inHebron . Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
*May 18 :Palestinian suicide bomber kills seven, wounds 20 on bus inJerusalem 's French Hill district. [Hamas] claimed responsibility for the attack.
*May 19 : A suicide bomber blows herself up at the entrance to a mall in the northern Israeli town ofAfula . Three people are killed and about 60 wounded. The Islamic Jihad and the Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades both claimed responsibility for the attack.June (death toll: 26)
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June 5 : The bodies of two Israelis were found nearHadassah Ein Kerem hospital inJerusalem , brutally beaten and stabbed to death.
*June 8 : Haviv Dadon, 16, of Shlomi was killed and four other Israelis wounded in aHizbullah rocket attack.
*June 11 : 17 people killed and over 100 wounded when a suicide bomber detonated himself on board a #14A bus in downtown Jerusalem.Hamas claimed responsibility.
*June 12 : A 51-year-old Israeli was found shot to death in his car in the West Bank. The Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
*June 17 : An Israeli 7-year old girl is killed and three of her family members (including her younger sister) wounded when Palestinians, armed with assault rifles, attack the car they were travelling in, on road no. 6, some few hundreds meters far fromQalqiliya . TheAl-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.
*June 19 : An Israeli shopkeeper is killed inSdei-Trumot (a village in northern Israel), when aPalestinian suicide bomber blows himself up inside the shop. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.
*June 20 : A 47-year-old Israeli was killed when his car was fired upon in an ambush by Palestinians north ofRamallah . His parents, US citizens, were seriously wounded and his wife lightly injured. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
*June 26 : An Israeli phone company employee was killed in a shooting attack by a Palestinian teenager in the Israeli Arab town ofBaka al-Garbiyeh . The Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
*June 30 : A 46-year-old construction worker fromBulgaria was killed in a shooting attack on a road west ofJenin , while driving a truck. The Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack, in opposition to the declared ceasefire.July (death toll: 2)
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July 7 : A 65-year-old Israeli woman was killed in her home inMoshav Kfar Yavetz and three of her grandchildren lightly wounded in a terrorist suicide bombing. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.
*July 15 A 24-year-old Israeli was stabbed to death while protecting his girlfriend against a Palestinian armed with a long-bladed knife on Tel Aviv's beach-front promenade. The terrorist, who was shot and apprehended, is a member of the Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, which claimed responsibility for the attack.August (death toll: 27)
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August 12 : A 43-year-old Israeli was murdered by a teenage Palestinian suicide bomber who detonated himself in aRosh Ha'ayin supermarket.
*August 12: Two Israelis were killed by a teenage Palestinian suicide bomber who detonated himself at a bus stop outside Ariel.
*August 19 :Jerusalem bus 2 massacre - 23 killed, 136 wounded by an explosion, caused by aPalestinian suicide bomber , on board a bus inJerusalem . Among the victims are several children. ThePalestinian Islamic Jihad inHebron , andHamas claim responsibility for the attack.
*August 29 : A 25-year old Israeli was killed in a shooting attack while driving north-east ofRamallah . His wife 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.eptember (death toll: 18)
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September 9 : Nine non-combat soldier were killed and over 30 wound when a suicide bomber exploded in a bus stop near "Asaf-Ha-Rofe" hospital and the military base of "Tzrifin". Hamas claimed responsibility.
*September 9 : Seven people were killed and over 50 wounded when a suicide bomber exploded at the "Cafe Hillel" in Jerusalem. Hamas claimed responsibility.
*September 26 : A 7-month-old baby girl and a 29-year-old man are killed, and both of the baby's parents are wounded, when a Palestinian gunman enters their home in Negohot (in the West Bank) and opens fire, during the family's celebration of the Jewish New Year.October (death toll: 41)
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October 4 :Maxim restaurant suicide bombing - 21 people are killed and 64 wounded when thefemale suicide bomber Hanadi Jaradat explodes in the Jewish-Arab "Maxim" restaurant inHaifa . Four of the victims were children, including a 2-month-old. The Islamic Jihad group claimed responsibility for the suicide-massacre. The terrorist attack came just a day beforeYom Kippur .
*October 19 : Three Israeli soldiers are killed and two more are injured after a roadside ambush nearEin-Yabrud village, south toOfra on theWest Bank .
*October 20 : The Israeli air force launched five attacks inGaza , killing 14 people and wounding 100. [http://www.palestinereport.org/art.php?article=128]
*October 24 : Two female soldiers and one male soldier were killed after two militants infiltrated into the military court insideNetzarim settlement on theGaza Strip . Three more soldier were wounded.November (death toll: 8)
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November 18 : Two soldiers were killed by a Palestinian gunman in a checkpoint nearBethlehem .
*November 19 : Four people were injured and one women was killed, when an Arab terrorist,Ahmed Jahid , opened fire on a group of tourist in Rabin border crossing between the Arava (Israel) andAqaba (Jordan ). The terrorist was killed by Israeli security guards and it is believed he was sent byAl-Qaeda .
*November 22 : Two Israeli civilian security guards were killed in a construction site nearNahal Kidron at the outskirts ofJerusalem . TheAl-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.
*November 26 : Three Palestinian civilians riding in a car on theGaza Strip were killed by Israeli soldiers. [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/C859E6EB-C62B-48AC-8970-67D6718A06A6.htm]December (death toll: 4)
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December 3 : The Israeli security forces captured two terrorists on their way to commit a massacre inYokne'am school. The two were members of the Palestinian security apparatus and were armed with 10kg explosive belt. More details: [http://www.idf.il/newsite/english/120403-2.stm] , [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/368171.html] .
*December 25 : 4 Israelis were killed as a 17-years-oldsuicide bomber blew himself up in a bus station on a main road betweenTel Aviv andPetah Tikva . ThePFLP claimed responsibility.ee also
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