Violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2000

Total Death Toll in 2000: 43

February (death toll: 2)

* February 9: Dov and Gabriella Weiss of Giv'at Ze'ev, an Israeli settlement outside of Jerusalem, were found bludgeoned to death in their home. Police confirmed the attack was by militants.
* February 10: Israeli defence forces open fire on a house, killing 2 woman, 4 children (3 daughters and one son).

September (death toll: 2)

* September 27: an Israeli soldier killed in Gaza Strip.
* September 29: an Israeli border patrolman killed by his Palestinian counterpart on a joint patrol near Kalkiliya.The same day, 5 Palestinians in Temple Mount and a sixth in Ramallah were killed. The first five did not participate in hostilities when killed [http://www.btselem.org/English/Statistics/Casualties_Data.asp?Category=1] .
* September 30, 10 Palestinians killed between them, Muhammad Jamal Muhammad a-Dura, a 12-year old boy killed in the arms of his father near the former settlement of Netzarim [http://www.btselem.org/English/Statistics/Casualties_Data.asp?Category=1] .

October (death toll: 10)

* October 1: an Israeli soldier of Druze Arab heritage killed while guarding a Jewish sacred site in Nablus.
* October 2: an Israeli civilian and a soldier are killed in separate attacks by gunfire in West Bank.
* October 8: an Israeli settler found dead in Nablus.

November (death toll: 21)

* November 1: two Israeli soldiers killed in a shooting incident near Bethlehem, and another one while guarding a town in Jordan Valley.
* November 2: two Israeli civilians killed in a car bombing in Jerusalem. The Islamic Jihad claims responsibility.
* November 8: an Israeli citizen is killed while driving to her job in Gaza.
* November 10: an Israeli soldier killed by a Palestinian sniper while guarding a Jewish shrine in Bethlehem.
* November 11: an Israeli soldier killed in a shooting attack in the Gaza strip.
* November 13: two civilians and two soldiers die in three shooting incidents in West Bank and Gaza.
* November 18: an Israeli soldier killed by a senior Palestinian preventive security officer while guarding a settlement in Gaza strip. Another dies of his wounds obtained earlier.
* November 20: two adults killed while escorting a schoolbus in Gaza. 5 children and 4 adults are injured.
* November 21: an Israeli settler youth killed by sniper in Gaza.
* November 22: two Israeli women killed and 60 civilians wounded in a car bomb attack in Hadera.
* November 23: a soldier killed by sniper fire in the Gaza strip. An Israeli officer killed in an explosion at the joint Israeli-Palestinian District Coordination in the same region.
* November 24: an Israeli officer killed by sniper fire in Gaza strip, and an army-employed civilian killed in the West Bank.

December (death toll: 8)

* December 8: An Israeli teacher travelling in a van and the van's driver killed in a drive-by attack in the West Bank. An Israeli soldier killed in a gunfire attack on a civilian bus.
* December 21: an Israeli civilian ambushed and killed near Jerusalem.
* December 28: a soldier and a border police officer killed while dismantling a road-side bomb, by another explosive device, in the Gaza strip. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
* December 31: Binyamin Zeev Kahane (the son of Meir Kahane) and his wife, Talia killed in an ambush by Palestinian snipers. 5 of their children driving with them injured.

ee also

*Israel-Gaza conflict
*October 2000 events