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List of 493 Victims of Palestinian
Terrorism and Circumstances of their Deaths (9/27/00 -
5/12/02).
2000:
Sept 2000;
Oct 2000; Nov
2000; Dec 2000.
2001:
Jan 2001; Feb
2001; Mar 2001;
Apr 2001; May
2001; June 2001;
July 2001;
Aug 2001; Sept
2001; Oct 2001;
Nov 2001; Dec
2001.
2002:
Jan 2002; Feb
2002; Mar 2002;
Apr 2002; May
2002 (up to 5/12).
The list was compiled by the Jerusalem
Post. List of names by date:
Sept 27, 2000 - Sgt. David Biri, 19, of Jerusalem,
was fatally wounded in a bombing near Netzarim in the
Gaza Strip.
Sept 29, 2000 - Border Police Supt. Yossi Tabaja,
27, of Ramle was shot to death by his Palestinian counterpart
on a joint patrol near Kalkilya.
Oct 1, 2000 - Border Police Cpl. Yosef Madhat,
19, of Beit Jann, died of gunshot wounds sustained in
a gun battle with Palestinians at Joseph's Tomb in Nablus.
Oct 2, 2000 - Wichlav Zalsevsky, 24, of Ashdod,
was shot in the head in the village of Masha on the trans-Samaria
highway.
Sgt. Max Hazan, 20, of Dimona, died of gunshot injuries
sustained near Beit Sahur.
Oct 8, 2000 - The bullet-riddled body of Hillel Lieberman,
36, of Elon Moreh was found at the southern entrance to
Nablus.
Oct 12, 2000 - First Cpl. Yosef Avrahami and First
Sgt. Vadim Novesche, 33, two reserve IDF soldiers, were
lynched by a Palestinian mob at the police building in
Ramallah.
Oct 19, 2000 - Rabbi Binyamin Herling, 64, of Kedumim,
was killed when Fatah members and Palestinian security
forces opened fire on a group of Israeli men, women, and
children on a trip at Mount Ebal near Nablus.
Oct 28, 2000 - The body of Marik Gavrilov, 25,
of Bnei Aysh was found inside his burned-out car, between
the village of Bitunia and Ramallah.
Oct 30, 2000 - Eish-Kodesh Gilmor, 25, of Mevo
Modi'in, was shot and killed while on duty as a security
guard at the National Insurance Institute's East Jerusalem
branch. Another guard was injured.
Amos Machlouf, 30, of the Gilo neighborhood in Jerusalem,
was found murdered in a ravine near Beit Jala.
Nov 1, 2000 - Lt. David-Hen Cohen, 21, of Karmiel
and Sgt. Shlomo Adshina, 20, of Kibbutz Ze'elim were killed
in a shooting incident in the Al-Hader area, near Bethlehem.
Nov 1, 2000 - Maj. (res.) Amir Zohar, 34, of Jerusalem
was killed in the Nahal Elisha settlement in the Jordan
Valley while on active reserve duty.
Nov 2, 2000 - Ayelet Shahar Levy, 28, and Hanan
Levy, 33, were killed in a car bomb explosion near the
Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem. 10 people were injured
in the blast. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility
for the attack.
Nov 8, 2000 - Noa Dahan, 25, of Moshav Mivtahim
in the south, was shot to death while driving to her job
at the Rafah border crossing in Gaza.
Nov 10, 2000 - Sgt. Shahar Vekret, 20, of Lod was
fatally shot by a Palestinian sniper near Rachel's Tomb
at the entrance to Bethlehem.
Nov 11, 2000 - Sgt. 1st Class Avner Shalom, 28,
of Eilat, was killed in a shooting attack at the Gush
Katif junction in the Gaza Strip.
Nov 13, 2000 - Sarah Leisha, 42, of Neveh Tzuf
was killed by gunfire from a passing car while travelling
near Ofra, north of Ramallah.
Cpl. Elad Wallenstein, 18, of Ashkelon, and Cpl. Amit
Zanna, 19, of Netanya were killed by gunfire from a car
passing the military bus carrying them near Ofra.
Nov 13, 2000 - Gabi Zaghouri, 36, of Netivot was
killed by gunfire directed at the truck he was driving
near the Kissufim junction in the southern part of the
Gaza Strip.
Nov 18, 2000 - St.-Sgt. Baruch (Snir) Flum, 21,
of Tel-Aviv was shot and killed by a senior Palestinian
Preventive Security Service officer who infiltrated the
Kfar Darom greenhouses in the Gaza Strip.
St.-Sgt. Sharon Shitoubi, 21, of Ramle, wounded in the
Palestinan shooting attack in Kfar Darom, died of his
wounds on Nov 20.
Nov 20, 2000 - Miriam Amitai, 35, and Gavriel Biton,
34, both of Kfar Darom, were killed when a roadside bomb
exploded alongside a bus carrying children from Kfar Darom
to school in Gush Katif. Nine others, including 5 children,
were injured.
Nov 21, 2000 - Itamar Yefet, 18, of Netzer Hazani
died from a gunshot wound to the head by Palestinian sniper
fire at the Gush Katif junction.
Nov 22, 2000 - Shoshana Reis, 21, of Hadera, and
Meir Bahrame, 35, of Givat Olga, were killed, and 60 wounded
when a powerful car bomb was denotated alongside a passing
bus on Hadera's main street, when the area was packed
with shoppers and people driving home from work. 60 were
wounded in the blast.
Nov 23, 2000 - Lt. Edward Matchnik, 21, of Beersheba,
was killed in an explosion at the District Coordination
Office near Gush Katif in the Gaza Strip. (The joint DCOs
were established at the borders of Palestinian-ruled areas
under the interim peace accords and were responsible for
coordinating security and humanitarian cooperation.)
Nov 23, 2000 - Sgt. Samar Hussein, 19, of Hurfeish,
was killed when Palestinian snipers opened fire at soldiers
patrolling the border fence near the Erez crossing.
Nov 24, 2000 - Maj. Sharon Arameh, 25, of Ashkelon
was killed by Palestinian sniper fire in fighting near
Neve Dekalim in the Gaza Strip.
Nov 24, 2000 - Ariel Jeraffi, 40, of Petah Tikva,
a civilian employed by the IDF, was killed by Palestinian
fire as he travelled near Otzarin in the West Bank.
Dec 8, 2000 - Rina Didovsky, 39, a Beit Hagai school
teacher on her way to work, and Eliyahu Ben-Ami, 41, of
Otniel, the driver of the van, were killed when a car
full of gunmen opened fire on the van near Kiryat Arba.
Dec 8, 2000 - Sgt. Tal Gordon, 19, was killed when
gunmen in a passing car opened fire on an Egged bus traveling
south from Tiberias to Jerusalem on the Jericho bypass
road.
Dec 21, 2000 - Eliahu Cohen, 29, of Modi'in was
shot and killed tonight by Palestinian terrorists waiting
in ambush on the road between Givat Ze'ev and Beit Horon.
Dec 28, 2000 - Capt. Gad Marasha, 30, of Kiryat
Arba and Border Police Sgt.-Maj. Yonatan Vermullen, 29,
of Ben-Shemen, were killed when called to dismantle a
road-side bomb near the Sufa crossing in the Gaza Strip.
The bomb was dismantled, but another bomb exploded, killing
both and injuring two other soldiers. The Islamic Jihad
claimed responsibility for the attack.
Dec 31, 2000 - Binyamin Zeev Kahane, the son of
the late right-wing leader Meir Kahane, and his wife,
Talia, were killed when Palestinian snipers opened fire
while they were driving on the Ramallah bypass road. Five
of their children, aged two months to 10 years, were injured.
Jan 14, 2001 - The bullet-ridden body of Ron Tzalah,
32, of Kfar Yam in Gush Katif, apparently killed on Sunday
night (Jan 14), was found the following morning near the
Kfar Yam hothouses.
Jan 17, 2001 - Ofir Rahum, 16, of Ashkelon, traveled
to Jerusalem to meet a young woman with whom he had conducted
a relationship over the Internet. She then drove him toward
Ramallah. At a prearranged location, another vehicle drove
up and three Palestinian gunmen inside shot Rahum more
than 15 times. One terrorist drove off with Rahum's body
and dumped it, while the others fled in the second vehicle.
Jan 23, 2001 - Motti Dayan, 27, and Etgar Zeituny,
34, cousins from Tel Aviv, were abducted from a restaurant
in Tulkarem by masked Palestinian gunmen and executed.
Jan 25, 2001 - Akiva Pashkos, 45, of Jerusalem,
was shot dead in a terror attack near the Atarot industrial
zone north of Jerusalem.
Jan 29, 2001 - Arye Hershkowitz, 55, of Ofra, was
killed by shots fired from a passing car near the Rama
junction north of Jerusalem.
Feb 1, 2001 - Dr. Shmuel Gillis, 42, of Karmei
Tzur, was killed by Palestinian gunmen who fired at his
car near the Aroub refugee camp on the Jerusalem-Hebron
highway.
Feb 1, 2001 - Lior Attiah, 23, of Afula was shot
to death by terrorists while traveling near Jenin.
Feb 1, 2001 - Doron Zisserman, 38, of Einav, was
shot and killed in his car by sniper fire near the entrance
to Einav, east of Tulkarem. Fatah claimed responsibility
for the attack.
Feb 5, 2001 - St.-Sgt. Rujayah Salameh, 23, was
killed by sniper fire near Rafah.
Feb 11, 2001 - Tzachi Sasson, 35, of Kibbutz Rosh
Tzurim in Gush Etzion, was shot and killed by Palestinian
gunmen as he drove home from Jerusalem.
Feb 14, 2001 - 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 terrorist
plowed into a group of soldiers and civilians waiting
at a bus stop near Holon, south of Tel-Aviv. In addition,
25 people were injured in the attack.
Feb 26, 2001 - 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.
Mar 1, 2001 - Claude Knap, 29, of Tiberias was
killed and 9 people injured when a terrorist detonated
a bomb in a Tel Aviv to Tiberias service taxi at the Mei
Ami junction in Wadi Ara.
Mar 4, 2001 - Naftali Dean, 85, of Tel Mond; his
niece, Shlomit Ziv, 58, of Netanya; and Yevgenya Malchin,
70, of Netanya were killed in a suicide bombing in downtown
Netanya; 60 people were injured. The Hamas claimed responsibility
for the attack.
Mar 19, 2001 - 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.
Mar 26, 2001 - Shalhevet Pass, age 10 months, was
killed by sniper fire at the entrance to the Avraham Avinu
neighborhood in Hebron.
Mar 28, 2001 - Eliran Rosenberg-Zayat, 15, of Givat
Shmuel and Naftali Lanzkorn, 13, of Petah Tikva were killed
in a suicide bombing at the Mifgash Hashalom ("peace stop")
gas station several hundred meters from an IDF roadblock
near the entrance to Kalkilya, east of Kfar Saba. Four
people were injured. Hamas claimed responsibility for
the attack.
Apr 1, 2001 - Staff Sgt. Ya'akov Krenschel, 23,
of Nahariya, an IDF reserve soldier, was killed in a firefight
between army and Palestinian forces southeast of Nablus.
Apr 1, 2001 - Dina Guetta, 42, of Haifa, was stabbed
to death on Ha'atzmaut Street. Her murder was the initiation
rite into a terrorist cell apprehended in July.
Apr 2, 2001 - Sgt. Danny Darai, 20, of Arad, was
killed by a Palestinian sniper after completing guard
duty at Rachel's Tomb at the entrance to Bethlehem.
Apr 21, 2001 - The mutilated body of Stanislav
Sandomirsky, 38, of Beit Shemesh, was found in the trunk
of his car near a village north of Ramallah late last
night. Terrorist motives are suspected.
Apr 22, 2001 - Dr. Mario Goldin, 53, of Kfar Sava,
was killed when a terrorist detonated a powerful bomb
he was carrying near a group of people waiting at a bus
stop on the corner of Weizman and Tchernichovsky streets.
About 60 people were injured in the blast. Hamas claimed
responsibility.
Apr 28, 2001 - Sgt. Shlomo Elmakias, 20, of Netanya,
was killed and four women passengers wounded in a drive-by
terrorist shooting attack on the Wadi Ara highway in the
Galilee.
Apr 28, 2001 - Simcha Ron, 60, of Nahariya, was
found stabbed to death in Kfar Ba'aneh, near Carmiel in
the Galilee. The terrorists responsible for the attack
were apprehended in July.
May 1, 2001 - Assaf Hershkowitz, 30, of Ofra, was
killed when his vehicle was fired upon and overturned
at a junction between Ofra and Beit El.
May 8, 2001 - Arnaldo Agranionic, 48, was murdered
by terrorists as he guarded the Binyamin Farm, a lonely
outpost where he lived, on an isolated hilltop east of
Itamar in Samaria.
May 9, 2001 - Yossi Ish-Ran, 14, and Kobi Mandell,
14, both of Tekoa, were found stoned to death in a cave
about 200 meters from the small community south of Jerusalem
where they lived.
May 10, 2001 - Constantin Straturula, 52, and Virgil
Martinesc, 29, two Romanian citizens employed by an Israeli
contractor, were killed in a bomb attack while repairing
a vandalized fence at the Kissufim Crossing into the Gaza
District.
May 15, 2001 - Idit Mizrahi, 20, of Rimonim, was
fatally shot in a terrorist ambush as she drove with her
father and brother on the Alon Highway to attend a family
wedding. Terrorists fired 30 bullets, 19 of which hit
the family's car.
May 18, 2001 - Tirza Polonsky, 66, of Moshav Kfar
Haim; Miriam Waxman, 51, of Hadera; David Yarkoni, 53,
of Netanya; Yulia Tratiakova, 21, of Netanya; and Vladislav
Sorokin, 34, of Netanya were killed in a suicide bombing
at Hasharon Mall in the seaside city of Netanya, in which
over 100 were wounded. Hamas claimed responsibility for
the attack.
May 18, 2001 - Lt. Yair Nebenzahl, 22, of Neve
Tzuf (Halamish), was killed and his mother seriously wounded,
in a Palestinian roadside ambush north of Jerusalem.
May 23, 2001 - Asher Iluz, 33, of Modi'in was killed
outside Ariel en route to supervise a road paving in the
area, when Palestinian gunmen opened fire in an ambush.
May 25, 2001 - The burnt body of Yosef Alfasi,
50, of Rishon Letzion, was discovered near the West Bank
city of Tulkarem.
May 29, 2001 - Gilad Zar, 41, of Itamar, was shot
dead in a terrorist ambush while driving in the West Bank
between Kedumim and Yizhar. The Fatah Tanzim claimed responsibility
for the attack.
May 29, 2001 - Sarah Blaustein, 53, and Esther
Alvan, 20, of Efrat, were killed in a drive-by shooting
near Neve Daniel in the Gush Etzion bloc south of Jerusalem.
The Fatah Tanzim claimed responsibility for the attack.
May 31, 2001 - Zvi Shelef, 63, of Mevo Dotan, was
killed in a drive-by shooting attack in northern Samaria
north of Tulkarem. He was shot in the head and died en
route to hospital.
June 1, 2001 - Marina Berkovizki, 17, of Tel Aviv;
Roman Dezanshvili, 21, of Bat Yam; Ilya Gutman, 19, of
Bat Yam; Anya Kazachkov, 16, of Holon; Katherine Kastaniyada-Talkir,
15, of Ramat Gan; Aleksei Lupalu, 16, of the Ukraine;
Mariana Medvedenko, 16, of Tel Aviv; Irina Nepomneschi,
16, of Bat Yam; Yelena Nelimov, 18, of Tel Aviv; Yulia
Nelimov, 16, of Tel Aviv; Raisa Nimrovsky, 15, of Netanya;
Pvt. Diez (Dani) Normanov, 21, of Tel Aviv; Simona Rodin,
18, of Holon; Ori Shahar, 32, of Ramat Gan; Liana Sakiyan,
16, of Tel Aviv; Maria Tagilchev, 14, of Netanya; and
Irena Usdachi, 18, of Holon were killed when a suicide
bomber blew himself outside a disco near Tel Aviv's Dolphinarium
along the seafront promenade just before midnight on Friday.
Sergei Pancheskov, 20, of the Ukraine; Yael-Yulia Sklianik,
15, of Holon; Jan Bloom, 25, of Ramat Gan; and Yevgenia
Dorfman, 15, of Bat Yam died subsequently from their injuries.
120 people were wounded in the bombing.
June 11, 2001 - Yehuda Shoham, aged 5 months, of
Shilo, died of injuries incurred in a fatal stoning on
June 5. He was critically injured by a rock thrown at
the family's car near Shilo in Samaria.
June 12, 2001 - Father Georgios Tsibouktzakis,
34, a Greek Orthodox monk from the St. George Monastery
in Wadi Kelt in the Judean desert, was shot and killed
while driving on the Jerusalem-Ma'ale Adumim road.
June 14, 2001 - Lt.Col. Yehuda Edri, 45, of Ma'ale
Adumim was killed by a Palestinian informant for Israeli
intelligence in a shooting attack on the Bethlehem bypass
tunnel road connecting the Gush Etzion bloc with Jerusalem.
One of his security guards was seriously injured.
June 18, 2001 - Dan Yehuda, 35, of Homesh was killed
in a drive-by shooting attack between Homesh and Shavei
Shomron, near Nablus. Alex Briskin, 17, was moderately
injured.
June 20, 2001 - Ilya Krivitz, 62, of Homesh in
Samaria was shot and killed at close range in an ambush
late Wednesday afternoon in the nearby Palestinian town
of Silat a-Dahar.
June 22, 2001 - Sgt. Aviv Iszak, 19, of Kfar Saba,
and Sgt. Ofir Kit, 19, of Jerusalem, were killed in a
suicide bombing near Dugit in the Gaza Strip as a jeep
with yellow Israeli license plates, supposedly stuck in
the sand, blew up as they approached.
June 28, 2001 - Ekaterina (Katya) Weintraub, 27,
of Ganim in northern Samaria was killed and another woman
injured late Thursday afternoon by shots fired at the
two-car convoy on the Jenin bypass road.
July 2, 2001 - Aharon Obadyan, 41, of Zichron Ya'akov
was shot and killed near Baka a-Sharkia, north of the
West Bank city of Tulkarem and close to the 1967 Green
Line border, after shopping at the local market.
July 2, 2001 - The body of Yair Har Sinai, 51,
of Susiya in the Hebron hills, missing since Monday (July
2) was found early Tuesday morning shot in the head and
chest.
July 4, 2001 - Eliahu Na'aman, 32, of Petah Tikva,
was shot at point-blank range just inside the Green Line
at Sueika, near Tulkarem.
July 9, 2001 - Capt. Shai Shalom Cohen, 22, of
Pardes Hanna, was killed and another soldier was wounded
when an explosive charge detonated beneath their jeep
after leaving the Aduraim IDF base south of Hebron.
July 13, 2001 - Yehezkel (Hezi) Mualem, 49, father
of four from Kiryat Arba, was shot and killed between
Kiryat Arba and Hebron while protesting a shooting attack
in the area the previous day.
July 14, 2001 - David Cohen, 28, of Betar Illit,
died of injuries sustained in a drive-by shooting in Kiryat
Arba on July 12.
July 16, 2001 - Cpl. Hanit Arami, 19, and St.Sgt.
Avi Ben Harush, 20, both of Zichron Yaakov, were killed
and 11 wounded - 3 seriously - when a bomb exploded in
a suicide terrorist attack at a bus stop near the train
station in Binyamina, halfway between Netanya and Haifa,
at about 19:30 Monday evening. The Islamic Jihad claimed
responsibility for the attack.
July 24, 2001 - The body of Yuri Gushchin, 18,
of Jerusalem, brutally murdered, bearing stab and gunfire
wounds, was found in Ramallah.
July 26, 2001 - Ronen Landau, 17, of Givat Ze'ev,
was shot and killed by Palestinian terrorists while returning
home from Jerusalem with his father.
Aug 5, 2001 - Tehiya Bloomberg, 40, of Karnei Shomron,
mother of five and 5 months pregnant, was killed when
Palestinian gunmen opened fire on the family vehicle between
Alfei Menashe and Karnei Shomron. Three people were seriously
wounded, including her husband, Shimon, and daughter,
Tzippi, 14.
Aug 6, 2001 - Yitzhak Snir, 51, of Ra'anana, an
Israeli diamond merchant, was shot dead in Amman, in the
yard of the building where he kept a flat. His body was
found the following morning.
Aug 7, 2001 - Wael Ghanem, 32, an Arab Israeli
resident of Taibeh, was shot and killed by Palestinian
assailants on the road near Kalkilya. Police believe he
was murdered because of suspected collaboration with Israeli
authorities.
Zohar Shurgi, 40, of Moshav Yafit in the Jordan Valley,
was shot and killed by terrorists while driving home at
night on the Trans-Samaria Highway.
Aug 9, 2001 - Giora Balash, 60, of Brazil; Zvika
Golombek, 26, of Carmiel; Shoshana Yehudit Greenbaum,
31, of the U.S.; Tehila Maoz, 18, of Jerusalem; Frieda
Mendelsohn, 62, of Jerusalem; Michal Raziel, 16, of Jerusalem;
Malka Roth, 15, of Jerusalem; Mordechai Schijveschuurder,
43, of Neria; Tzira Schijveschuurder, 41, of Neria; Ra'aya
Schijveschuurder, 14, of Neria; Avraham Yitzhak Schijveschuurder,
4, of Neria; Hemda Schijveschuurder, 2, of Neria; Lily
Shimashvili, 33, of Jerusalem; Tamara Shimashvili, 8,
of Jerusalem; and Yocheved Shoshan, 10, of Jerusalem were
killed and about 130 injured in a suicide bombing at the
Sbarro pizzeria on the corner of King George Street and
Jaffa Road in the center of Jerusalem. Hamas and the Islamic
Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.
Aug 9, 2001 - Aliza Malka, 17, a boarding student
at Kibbutz Merav, was killed by terrorists in a drive-by
shooting at the entrance to the kibbutz in the Gilboa
region, west of Beit She'an. Three teenage girls who were
with her in the car were injured, one seriously.
Aug 25, 2001 - Maj. Gil Oz, 30, of Kfar Sava; St.-Sgt.
Kobi Nir, 21, of Kfar Sava; and Sgt. Tzahi Grabli, 19
of Holon were killed and seven soldiers wounded when two
Palestinian terrorists infiltrated an IDF base in Gush
Katif in the Gaza Strip at about 3:00 AM Saturday morning.
The attackers, members of the PLO Fatah faction and of
the Palestinian security forces, were killed by IDF soldiers.
The Democratic Front claimed responsibility for the attack.
Aug 25, 2001 - Sharon, 26, and Yaniv Ben-Shalom,
27, of Ofarim, were killed when Palestinian gunmen opened
fire on their car as they were returning home on the Jerusalem-Modi'in
on road Saturday night. Their children, aged one and two,
were lightly wounded. Sharon's brother, Doron Sviri, 20,
of Jerusalem was fatally wounded and died the following
day.
Aug 26, 2001 - Dov Rosman, 58, of Netanya was killed
in a shooting attack shortly before 17:00 on Sunday afternoon
near the entrance to the village of Zaita, opposite Kibbutz
Magal. Fatah claimed responsibility for the attack.
Aug 27, 2001 - Meir Lixenberg, 38, of Itamar, father
of five, was shot and killed by Palestinian terrorists
from a roadside ambush while traveling between the communities
of Har Bracha and Itamar, south of Nablus.
Aug 29, 2001 - Oleg Sotnikov, 35, of Ashdod, a
truck driver employed by Dor Energy, was killed in a terrorist
shooting attack outside the Palestinian village of Kutchin,
west of Nablus.
Aug 30, 2001 - Amos Tajouri, 60, of Modi'in, was
shot in the head at point-blank range by a masked gunman
in the Arab village of Na'alin, while dining at a restaurant
owned by close friends.
Sept 6, 2001 - Lt. Erez Merhavi, 23, of Moshav
Tarum was killed in an ambush shooting near Kibbutz Bahan,
east of Hadera, while driving to a wedding. A female officer
with him in the car was seriously injured. Fatah-Tanzim
claimed responsibility for the attack.
Sept 9, 2001 - Ya'akov Hatzav, 42, of Hamra in
the Jordan Valley, the driver, and Sima Franko, 24, of
Beit She'an, a kindergarten teacher, were killed in a
shooting attack 300 meters south of the Adam Junction
in the Jordan Valley. A minibus transporting teachers
to the regional school was attacked by Palestinian terrorists.
Sept 9, 2001 - Dr. Yigal Goldstein, 47, of Jerusalem;
Morel Derfler, 45, of Mevasseret Zion; and Sgt. Daniel
Yifrah, 19, of Jerusalem were killed and some 90 injured,
most lightly, in a suicide bombing near the Nahariya train
station in northern Israel.
Sept 11, 2001 - Border Policemen Sgt. Tzachi David,
19, of Tel-Aviv, and St.-Sgt. Andrei Zledkin, 26, of Carmiel,
were killed just after midnight when Palestinian gunmen
opened fire on the Ivtan Border Police base near Kibbutz
Bachan in central Israel. A Fatah group claimed responsibility
for the attack.
Sept 12, 2001 - Ruth Shua'i, 46, of Alfei Menashe,
was traveling home around 19:30 PM when shots were fired
from a passing vehicle near the village of Habla near
Kalkilya. She sustained injuries to her head and stomach
and died en route to Meir Hospital in Kfar Saba.
Sept 15, 2001 - Meir Weisshaus, 23, of Jerusalem,
was fatally shot late Saturday night in a drive-by shooting
on the Ramot-French Hill road in northern Jerusalem.
Sept 16, 2001 - Sgt. David Gordukal, 23, of Upper
Nazareth, was killed in the exchange of fire on Saturday
night in the south of Ramallah, during which five senior
Palestinian terrorists were arrested and a number of Palestinian
positions and a Force 17 camp were attacked.
Sept 20, 2001 - Sarit Amrani, 26, of Nokdim, was
killed Thursday morning and her husband Shai was seriously
wounded in a shooting attack near Tekoa, south of Bethlehem.
The couple's three children who were traveling in the
vehicle were not injured. Fatah claimed responsibility
for the attack.
Sept 24, 2001 - Salit Sheetrit, 28, of Kibbutz
Sde Eliyahu was killed by gunfire shortly after 6:30 near
Shadmot Mehola on the Jordan Valley road. The Islamic
Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.
Oct 2, 2001 - Cpl. Liron Harpaz, 19, of Alei Sinai,
and Assaf Yitzhaki, 20, of Lod, were killed when a Palestinian
terrorist cell infiltrated the northern Gaza District
community of Alei Sinai, opening fire on residents and
hurling grenades into homes. 15 others were wounded in
the attack.
Oct 4, 2001 - Sgt. Tali Ben-Armon, 19, an off-duty
woman soldier from Pardesia, Haim Ben-Ezra, 76, of Givat
Hamoreh, and Sergei Freidin, 20, of Afula were killed
when a Palestinian terrorist, dressed as an Israeli paratrooper,
opened fire on Israeli civilians waiting at the central
bus station in Afula. 13 other Israelis were wounded in
the attack. Fatah claimed responsibility for the attack.
Oct 5, 2001 - Hananya Ben-Avraham, 46, of Elad
was killed by Palestinian terrorists in a machine gun
ambush near Avnei Hefetz in central Israel.
Oct 7, 2001 - Yair Mordechai, 43, of Kibbutz Sheluhot
was killed when a Palestinian suicide terrorist detonated
a large bomb strapped to his body near the entrance of
the kibbutz in the Beit She'an Valley.
Oct 17, 2001 - Tourism Minister Rechavam Ze'evy,
75, was assassinated by two shots to the head outside
his room at the Jerusalem Hyatt Hotel. The Popular Front
for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility
for the attack.
Oct 18, 2001 - Lior Kaufman, 30, of Ramat Sharon
was killed and two injured, one seriously, by shots fired
by terrorists at their jeep in the Judean desert, near
the Mar Saba monastery.
Oct 28, 2001 - St.-Sgt. Yaniv Levy, 22, of Zichron
Yaakov was killed by Palestinian terrorists in a drive-by
machine-gun ambush near Kibbutz Metzer in northern Israel.
The Tanzim wing of Arafat's Fatah faction claimed responsibility
for the murder.
Oct 28, 2001 - Ayala Levy, 39, of Elyachin; Smadar
Levy, 23, of Hadera; Lydia Marko, 63, of Givat Ada; and
Sima Menachem, 30, of Zichron Yaakov were killed when
two Palestinian terrorists, members of the Palestinian
police, armed with assault rifles and expanding bullets,
opened fire from a vehicle on Israeli pedestrians at a
crowded bus-stop in downtown Hadera. About 40 were wounded,
three critically. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsiblity
for the attack.
Nov 2, 2001 - St.-Sgt. Raz Mintz, 19, of Kiryat Motzkin
was killed by Palestinian gunmen 5:45 P.M. on Friday at
an IDF roadblock at near Ofra, north of Ramallah. The
Fatah-affiliated Al-Aksa Brigade claimed responsibility
for the attack.
Nov 4, 2001 - Shoshana Ben-Yishai, 16, of Betar
Illit and Menashe (Meni) Regev, 14, of Jerusalem were
killed when a Palestinian terrorist opened fire with a
sub-machine gun shortly before 16:00 at a No. 25 Egged
bus at the French Hill junction in northern Jerusalem.
45 people were injured in the attack.
Nov 6, 2001 - Capt. (Res.) Eyal Sela, 39, of Moshav
Nir Banim, was shot dead in an ambush by three Palestinian
terrorists on the southern Nablus bypass road.
Nov 9, 2001 - Hadas Abutbul, 39, of Mevo Dotan
in northern Samaria was shot and killed by Palestinian
terrorists on Friday afternoon as she drove from work
in nearby Shaked.
Nov 11, 2001 - Aharon Ussishkin, 50, head of security
at Moshav Kfar Hess, east of Netanya, was shot and killed
at the entrance to the moshav on Sunday evening, after
being summoned to investigate a suspicious person.
Nov 24, 2001 - St.-Sgt. Barak Madmon, 26, of Holon,
an IDF reservist, was killed by a mortar shell that landed
in the soccer field of Kfar Darom in Gush Katif, while
on his way to take up guard duty. Hamas claimed responsibility
for the attack.
Nov 27, 2001 - Noam Gozovsky, 23, of Moshav Ramat
Zvi, and Michal Mor, 25, of Afula were killed when two
Palestinian terrorists from the Jenin area opened fire
with Kalashnikov assault rifles on a crowd of people near
the central bus station in Afula. Police officers and
a reserve soldier confronted them, killing the terrorists
in the ensuing firefight. Another 50 people were injured,
10 of them moderately to seriously. Fatah and the Islamic
Jihad claimed joint responsibility.
Nov 27, 2001 - Etty Fahima, 45, of Netzer Hazani
was killed three others were injured when a Palestinian
terrorist threw grenades and opened fire at a convoy on
the road between the Kissufim crossing and Gush Katif
in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday evening. Hamas claimed responsibility
for the attack.
Nov 29, 2001 - 1st Sgt. Yaron Pikholtz, 20, of
Ramat Gan, was killed and a second soldier was injured
in a drive-by shooting incident on the Green Line, near
the West Bank village of Baka el-Sharkiya.
Nov 29, 2001 - Inbal Weiss, 22, of Zichron Ya'akov;
Yehiav Elshad, 28, of Tel-Aviv; and Samuel Milshevsky,
45, of Kfar Sava were killed and nine wounded in a suicide
bombing on an Egged 823 bus en route from Nazereth to
Tel Aviv near the city of Hadera. The Islamic Jihad and
Fatah claimed responsibility for the attack.
Dec 1, 2001 - Assaf Avitan, 15, of Jerusalem; Michael
Moshe Dahan, 21, of Jerusalem; Israel Ya'akov Danino,
17, of Jerusalem; Yosef El-Ezra, 18, of Jerusalem; Sgt.
Nir Haftzadi, 19, of Jerusalem; Yuri (Yoni) Korganov,
20, of Ma'alei Adumim; Golan Turgeman, 15, of Jerusalem;
Guy Vaknin, 19, of Jerusalem; Adam Weinstein, 14, of Givon
Hahadasha, and Moshe Yedid-Levy, 19, of Jerusalem were
killed and about 180 injured - 17 seriously - when explosive
devices were detonated by two suicide bombers close to
11:30 P.M. Saturday night on Ben Yehuda Street, the pedestrian
mall in the center of Jerusalem. A car bomb exploded nearby
20 minutes later. Hamas claimed responsibility for the
attack.
Ido Cohen, 17, of Jerusalem, fatally injured in the attack,
died of his wounds on December 8.
Dec 2, 2001 - Prof. Baruch Singer, 51, of 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.
Dec 2, 2001 - Tatiana Borovik, 23, of Haifa; Mara
Fishman, 51, of Haifa; Ina Frenkel, 60, of Haifa; Riki
Hadad, 30, of Yokne'am; Ronen Kahalon, 30, of Haifa; Samion
Kalik, 64, of Haifa; Mark Khotimliansky, 75, of Haifa;
Cecilia Kozamin, 76, of Haifa; Yelena Lomakin, 62, of
Haifa; Rosaria Reyes, 42, of the Philippines; Yitzhak
Ringel, 41, of Haifa; Rassim Safulin, 78, of Haifa; Leah
Strick, 73, of Haifa; Faina Zabiogailu, 64, of Haifa;
Mikhail Zaraisky, 71, of Haifa were killed and 40 injured
in a suicide bombing on an Egged bus No. 16 in Haifa shortly
after 12:00. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
Dec 12, 2001 - Yair Amar, 13, of Emmanuel; Esther
Avraham, 42, of Emmanuel; Border Police Chief Warrant
Officer Yoel Bienenfeld, 35, of Moshav Tel Shahar; Moshe
Gutman, 40, of Emmanuel; Avraham Nahman Nitzani, 17, of
Betar Illit; Yirmiyahu Salem, 48, of Emmanuel; Israel
Sternberg, 46, of Emmanuel; David Tzarfati, 38, of Ginot
Shomron; Hananya Tzarfati, 32, of Kfar Saba; Ya'akov Tzarfati,
64, of Kfar Saba were killed when three terrorists attacked
a No. 189 Dan bus and several passenger cars with a roadside
bomb, anti-tank grenades, and light arms fire near the
entrance to Emmanuel in Samaria at 18:00 P.M. About 30
others were injured. Both Fatah and Hamas claimed responsibility
for the attack.
Haim Chiprot, 52, of Emmanuel, injured in the attack,
died of his wounds on March 25, 2002.
Dec 25, 2001 - Sgt. Michael Sitbon, 23, of Beit
Shemesh, an IDF reserve soldier, was killed, and four
other soldiers were injured, in a shooting attack Tuesday
morning near the Jordanian border north of Beit She'an.
Jan 9, 2002 - Maj. Ashraf Hawash, 28, of Beit Zarzir;
Sgt.-Maj. Ibrahim Hamadieh, 23, of Rehaniya; Sgt.-Maj.
Hana (Eli) Abu-Ghanem, 25, of Haifa; and St.-Sgt. Mofid
Sawaid, 25, of Abu Snan, four IDF soldiers of the Bedouin
desert patrol unit, were killed and two injured when two
armed Palestinian terrorists from the southern Gaza Strip,
carrying explosive belts, assault rifles, grenades, and
dressed in Palestinian Authority police uniforms, infiltrated
into Israel at 04:30 this morning and attacked an IDF
post near Kerem Shalom. The terrorists, one a member of
the Palestinian Authority's naval force, and the second
a Hamas operative, were killed. Hamas claimed responsibility
for the attack.
Jan 14, 2002 - Sgt. Elad Abu-Gani, 19, of Tiberias,
was killed and an officer sustained gunshot wounds in
a terrorist ambush near Kuchin, between Nablus and Tulkarm.
Fatah claimed responsibility for the attack.
Jan 15, 2002 - Avraham (Avi) Boaz, 71, of Ma'aleh
Adumim, an American citizen, was kidnapped at a PA security
checkpoint in Beit Jala. His bullet-riddled body was found
in a car in Beit Sahur, in the Bethlehem area. The Fatah's
Al-Aksa Brigade claimed responsibility for the murder.
Jan 15, 2002 - Yoela Chen, 45, of Givat Ze'ev, was
shot and killed by Palestinian terrorists near the gas
station at the entrance to Givat Ze'ev shortly before
20:00. Her aunt who was with her in the car was injured.
The Fatah's Al-Aksa Brigade claimed responsibility for
the murder.
Jan 16, 2002 - Shahada Dadis, 30, an Arab resident
of Beit Hanina in East Jerusalem, was killed in a drive-by
terrorist shooting. He was found dead in a car bearing
Israeli license plates south of Jenin in the West Bank.
Jan 17, 2002 - Edward Bakshayev, 48, of Or Akiva;
Anatoly Bakshayev, 63, of Or Akiva; Aharon Ben Yisrael-Ellis,
32, of Ra'anana; Dina Binayev, 48, of Ashkelon; Boris
Melikhov, 56, of Sderot; and Avi Yazdi, 25, of Hadera
were killed and 35 injured, several seriously, when a
terrorist burst into a bat mitzva reception in a banquet
hall in Hadera shortly before 23:00, opening fire with
an M-16 assault rifle. The Fatah Al-Aqsa Brigades claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Jan 22, 2002 - Sarah Hamburger, 79, and Svetlana
Sandler, 56, both of Jerusalem, were killed and 40 were
injured when a Palestinian terrorist opened fire with
an M-16 assault rifle near a bus stop in downtown Jerusalem.
The Fatah Al-Aqsa Brigades claimed responsibility for
the attack.
Jan 27, 2002 - Pinhas Tokatli, 81, of Jerusalem
was killed and over 150 people were wounded, four seriously,
in a suicide bombing on Jaffa Road, in the center of Jerusalem,
shortly before 12:30. The female terrorist, identified
as a Fatah member, was armed with more than 10 kilos of
explosives.
Feb 6, 2002 - Miri Ohana, 45, and her daughter
Yael, 11, were murdered in their home when an armed terrorist
infiltrated Moshav Hamra, halfway between Jericho and
Beit She'an in the Jordan Valley on Wednesday evening,
opening fire. IDF reserve soldier, St.-Sgt. Maj.(res.)
Moshe Majos Meconen, 33, of Beit She'an, was also killed
in the attack. The terrorist, who entered the Ohana home
disguised in IDF uniform, was killed by IDF forces. Both
Fatah and Hamas claimed responsibility.
Feb 8, 2002 - Moran Amit, 25, of Kibbutz Kfar Hanasi
was stabbed to death by four Palestinians, aged 14 to
16, while strolling on the Sherover Promenade in Jerusalem's
Armon Hanatziv neighborhood Friday afternoon.
Feb 9, 2002 - Atala Lipobsky, 78, of Ma'ale Ephraim
was shot dead on Saturday night while driving on the Trans-Samaria
Highway with her son. Palestinian gunmen opened fire on
the car, apparently from an ambush, between Ariel and
the Tapuah Junction.
Feb 10, 2002 - Lt. Keren Rothstein, 20, of Ashkelon
and Cpl. Aya Malachi, 18, of Moshav Ein Habesor were killed
in a drive-by terrorist shooting at the entrance to the
IDF Southern Command base in Be'er Sheva. Four others
were wounded, one critically. One of the terrorists was
killed at the scene; the second, wearing an explosives
belt, fled in the direction of a nearby school when he
was shot and killed by a soldier and police officer. Hamas
claimed responsibility for the attack.
Feb 14, 2002 - St.-Sgt. Ron Lavie, 20, of Katzrin,
St.-Sgt. Moshe Peled, 20, of Rehovot, and St.-Sgt. Asher
Zaguri, 21, of Shlomi were killed and four soldiers injured
when a powerful mine exploded under a IDF tank on the
Karni-Netzarim road in the Gaza Strip Thursday night,
following the detonation of a roadside bomb at a civilian
convoy of cars and a bus.
Feb 15, 2002 - St.-Sgt. Lee Nahman Akunis, 20,
of Holon, was shot and killed by gunmen on Friday night
at a roadblock north of Ramallah. The Fatah's Al-Aksa
Brigade claimed responsibility for the attack.
Feb 16, 2002 - Nehemia Amar, 15, and Keren Shatsky,
15, both of Ginot Shomron were killed and about 30 people
were wounded, six seriously, when a suicide bomber blew
himself up on Saturday night at a pizzeria in the shopping
mall in Karnei Shomron in Samaria. Rachel Theler, 16,
of Ginot Shomron died of her wounds on February 27. The
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Feb 18, 2002 - Policeman Ahmed Mazarib, 32, of
the Bedouin village Beit Zarzir in the Galilee, was killed
by a suicide bomber whom he had stopped for questioning
on the Ma'ale Adumim-Jerusalem road. The terrorist succeeded
in detonating the bomb in his car. The Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs
Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
Feb 18, 2002 - Ahuva Amergi, 30, of Ganei Tal in
Gush Katif was killed and a 60-year old man was injured
when a Palestinian terrorist opened fire on her car. Maj.
Mor Elraz, 25, of Kiryat Ata and St.-Sgt. Amir Mansouri,
21, of Kiryat Arba, who came to their assistance, were
killed while trying to intercept the terrorist. The terrorist
was killed when the explosives he was carrying were detonated.
The Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility
for the attack.
Feb 19, 2002 - Lt. Moshe Eini, 21, of Petah Tikva;
St.-Sgt. Benny Kikis, 20, of Carmiel; St.-Sgt. Mark Podolsky,
20, of Tel Aviv; St.-Sgt. Erez Turgeman, 20, of Jerusalem;
St.-Sgt. Tamir Atsmi, 21, of Kiryat Ono; and St.-Sgt.
Michael Oxsman, 21, of Haifa were killed and one wounded
in an attack near a roadblock west of Ramallah. Several
terrorists opened fire at soldiers at the roadblock, including
three off-duty soldiers inside a structure at the roadblock,
killing them at point-blank range. The Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs
Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
Feb 22, 2002 - Valery Ahmir, 59, of Beit Shemesh
was killed by terrorists in a drive-by shooting on the
Atarot-Givat Ze'ev road north of Jerusalem as he returned
home from work. Fatah claimed responsibility for the attack.
Feb 25, 2002 - Avraham Fish, 65, and Aharon Gorov,
46, both of Nokdim, were killed in a terrorist shooting
attack between Tekoa and Nokdim, south of Bethlehem. Fish's
daughter, 9 months pregnant, was seriously injured but
delivered a baby girl. The Fatah al-Aksa Brigades claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Feb 25, 2002 - Police officer 1st Sgt. Galit Arbiv,
21, of Nesher, died after being fatally shot, when a terrorist
opened fire at a bus stop in the Neve Ya'akov residential
neighbhorhood in northern Jerusalem. Eight others were
injured, two seriously. The Fatah al-Aksa Brigades claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Feb 27, 2002 - Gad Rejwan, 34, of Jerusalem, was
shot and killed early Wednesday morning by one of his
Palestinian employees in a factory in the Atarot industrial
area, north of Jerusalem. Two Fatah groups issued a joint
statement taking responsibility for the murder.
Feb 28, 2002 - IDF soldier St.-Sgt. Haim Bachar,
20, of Tel Aviv was killed during clashes with Palestinians
in the Balata refugee camp near Nablus. IDF forces entered
the camp to search for wanted terrorists.
Mar 1, 2002 - IDF soldier Sgt. Ya'acov Avni, 20,
of Kiryat Ata was killed by Palestinian sniper fire in
the Jenin refugee camp.
Mar 2, 2002 - The bullet-ridden body of Jerusalem
police detective Chief-Supt. Moshe Dayan, 46, of Ma'aleh
Adumim, was discovered next to his trail motorcycle, near
the Mar Saba Monastery in the Judean Desert. Tanzim claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Mar 2, 2002 - Ten people were killed and over 50
were injured, 4 critically, in a suicide bombing at 19:15
on Saturday evening near a yeshiva in the ultra-Orthodox
Beit Yisrael neighborhood in the center of Jerusalem where
people had gathered for a bar-mitzva celebration. The
terrorist detonated the bomb next to a group of women
waiting with their baby carriages for their husbands to
leave the nearby synagogue. The victims: Shlomo Nehmad
(40), his wife Gafnit (32), and their daughters Shiraz
(7) and Liran (3), of Rishon Lezion; Shaul Nehmad (15),
of Rishon Lezion; Lidor Ilan (12) and his sister Oriah
(18 months), of Rishon Lezion; Tzofia Ya'arit Eliyahu
(23) and her son Ya'akov Avraham (7 months), of Jerusalem.
Avi Hazan, 37, of Moshav Adora, died of his injuries on
Monday morning (Mar 4). The Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade
took responsibility for the attack.
Mar 3, 2002 - Ten Israelis - 7 soldiers and 3 civilians
- were killed and 6 injured when a terrorist opened fire
at an IDF roadblock near Ofra in Samaria: Capt. Ariel
Hovav, 25, of Eli; Lt.(res.) David Damelin, 29, of Kibbutz
Metzar; 1st Sgt.(res.) Rafael Levy, 42, of Rishon Lezion;
Sgt.-Maj.(res.) Avraham Ezra, 38, of Kiryat Bialik; Sgt.-Maj.(res.)
Eran Gad, 24, of Rishon Letzion; Sgt.-Maj.(res.) Yochai
Porat, 26, of Kfar Sava; Sgt.-Maj.(res.) Kfir Weiss, 24,
of Beit Shemesh; Sergei Butarov, 33, of Ariel; Vadim Balagula,
32, of Ariel; and Didi Yitzhak, 66, of Eli. The Fatah
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claimed responsibility for the
attack.
Mar 3, 2002 - Sgt. Steven Koenigsburg, 19, of Hod
Hasharon was killed and 4 soldiers injured when a Palestinian
gunman opened fire near the Kissufim crossing in the Gaza
Strip. The Islamic Jihad and Tanzim claimed responsibility
for the attack.
Mar 5, 2002 - Police officer FSM Salim Barakat,
33, of Yarka; Yosef Habi, 52, of Herzliya; and Eli Dahan,
53, of Lod were killed and over 30 people were wounded
in Tel-Aviv when a Palestinian terrorist opened fire on
two adjacent restaurants shortly after 2:00 AM. The Fatah
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claimed responsibility for the
attack.
Mar 5, 2002 - Devorah Friedman, 45, of Efrat, was
killed and her husband injured in shooting attack on the
Bethlehem bypass "tunnel road", south of Jerusalem. The
Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claimed responsibility for
the attack.
Mar 5, 2002 - Maharatu Tagana, 85, of Upper Nazareth
was killed and a large number of people injured, most
lightly, when a suicide bomber exploded in an Egged No.
823 bus as it entered the Afula central bus station. The
Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.
Mar 6, 2002 - 1st Lt. Pinhas Cohen, 23, of Jerusalem,
was killed overnight near the southern Gaza town of Khan
Yunis, in the course of anti-terrorist activity. Cpl.(res.)
Alexander Nastarenko, 37, of Netanya was killed when Palestinian
gunmen crossed the border fence and ambushed an army jeep
on the patrol road near Kibbutz Nir Oz.
Mar 7, 2002 - Arik Krogliak of Beit El, Tal Kurtzweil
of Bnei Brak, Asher Marcus of Jerusalem, Eran Picard of
Jerusalem, and Ariel Zana of Jerusalem, all aged 18, were
killed and 23 people were injured, four seriously, when
a Palestinian gunman penetrated the pre-military training
academy in the Gush Katif settlement of Atzmona. Hamas
claimed responsibility for the attack.
Mar 8, 2002 - St.-Sgt. Edward Korol, 20, of Ashdod,
was killed by a Palestinian sniper in Tulkarem.
Mar 9, 2002 - Avia Malka, 9 months, of South Africa,
and Israel Yihye, 27, of Bnei Brak were killed and about
50 people were injured, several seriously, when two Palestinians
opened fire and threw grenades at cars and pedestrians
in the coastal city of Netanya on Saturday evening, close
to the city's boardwalk and hotels. The terrorists were
killed by Israeli border police. The Fatah Al Aqsa Brigades
claimed responsibility for the attack.
Mar 9, 2002 - Limor Ben-Shoham, 27, of Jerusalem;
Nir Borochov, 22, of Givat Ze'ev; Danit Dagan, 25, of
Tel-Aviv; Livnat Dvash, 28, of Jerusalem; Tali Eliyahu,
26, of Jerusalem; Uri Felix, 25, of Givat Ze'ev; Dan Imani,
23, of Jerusalem; Natanel Kochavi, 31, of Kiryat Ata;
Baruch Lerner, 29, of Eli; Orit Ozerov, 28, of Jerusalem;
Avraham Haim Rahamim, 28, of Jerusalem were killed and
54 injured, 10 of them seriously, when a suicide bomber
exploded at 22:30 PM Saturday night in a crowded cafe
at the corner of Aza and Ben-Maimon streets in the Rehavia
neighborhood in the center of Jerusalem. Hamas claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Mar 10, 2002 - St.-Sgt. Kobi Eichelboim, 21, of
Givatayim died Sunday afternoon from wounds suffered in
the morning when a Palestinian gunman disguised as a worker
opened fire at the entrance to Netzarim in the Gaza Strip.
Mar 12, 2002 - Eyal Lieberman, 42, of Tzoran was
killed and another person was wounded in a shooting attack
at the Kiryat Sefer checkpoint, east of Modi'in.
Mar 12, 2002 - Yehudit Cohen, 33, of Shlomi; Ofer
Kanarick, 44, of Moshav Betzet; Alexei Kotman, 29, of
Kibbutz Beit Hashita; Lynne Livne, 49, and her daughter
Atara, 15, of Kibbutz Hanita; and Lt. German Rozhkov,
25, of Kiryat Shmona were killed when two terrorists opened
fire from an ambush on Israeli vehicles traveling between
Shlomi and Kibbutz Metzuba near the northern border with
Lebanon. Seven others were injured. Israeli forces killed
the two gunmen, who were dressed in IDF uniforms, and
carried out wide-scale searches for additional terrorists.
Mar 13, 2002 - Lt. Gil Badihi, 21, of Nataf died
of injuries suffered Wednesday morning in Ramallah. He
was shot in the head by a Palestinian gunman as he stood
next to his tank.
Mar 14, 2002 - St.-Sgt. Matan Biderman, 21, of
Carmiel, St.-Sgt. Ala Hubeishi, 21, of Julis, and Sgt.
Rotem Shani, 19, of Hod Hasharon were killed and two soldiers
were injured early Thursday morning when a tank escorting
a civilian convoy drove over a land mine exploded on the
Karni-Netzarim road in the Gaza Strip. Terrorists hiding
in a nearby mosque detonated the remote-controlled explosive
charge beneath the armored vehicle. The Democratic Front
for the Liberation of Palestine and the Fatah's al-Aksa
Martyrs Brigade both claimed responsibility.
Mar 17, 2002 - Noa Auerbach, 18, of Kfar Sava was
killed and 16 people were injured when a terrorist opened
fire on passersby in the center of Kfar Sava. The gunman
was shot and killed by police.
Mar 19, 2002 - 1st Lt. Tal Zemach, 20, of Kibbutz
Hulda, was killed and three soldiers were injured when
Palestinian terrorists opened fire on them in the Jordan
Valley. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
Mar 20, 2002 - Sgt. Michael Altfiro, 19, of Pardes
Hanna; St.-Sgt. Shimon Edri, 20, of Pardes Hanna; SWO
Meir Fahima, 40, of Hadera; Cpl. Aharon Revivo, 19, of
Afula; Alon Goldenberg, 28, of Tel Aviv; Mogus Mahento,
75, of Holon; and Bella Schneider, 53, of Hadera were
killed and about 30 people were wounded, several seriously,
in a suicide bombing of an Egged bus No. 823 traveling
from Tel Aviv to Nazareth at the Musmus junction on Highway
65 (Wadi Ara) near Afula. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility
for the attack.
Mar 21, 2002 - Gadi (34) and Tzipi (29) Shemesh,
of Jerusalem and Yitzhak Cohen, 48, of Modi'in were killed
and 86 people injured, 3 of them seriously, in a suicide
bombing on King George Street in the center of Jerusalem.
The terrorist detonated the bomb, packed with metal spikes
and nails, in the center of a crowd of shoppers. The Fatah
al-Aqsa Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
Mar 24, 2002 - Esther Klieman, 23, of Neve Tzuf,
was killed in a shooting attack northwest of Ramallah,
while traveling to work in a reinforced Egged bus.
Mar 24, 2002 - Avi Sabag, 24, of Otniel was killed
in a terrorist shooting south of Hebron.
Mar 26, 2002 - Major Cengiz Soytunc of Turkey and
Catherine Berruex of Switzerland, members of the TIPH
observer force in Hebron, were killed in an ambush shooting
by a Palestinian gunman near Halhul.
Mar 27, 2002 - 22 people were killed and 140 injured
- 20 seriously - in a suicide bombing in the Park Hotel
in the coastal city of Netanya, in the midst of the Passover
holiday seder with 250 guests. Hamas claimed responsibility
for the attack.
The victims: Shula Abramovitch, 63, of Holon; David Anichovitch,
70, of Netanya; Sgt.-Maj. Avraham Beckerman, 25, of Ashdod;
Shimon Ben-Aroya, 42, of Netanya; Andre Fried, 47, of
Netanya; Idit Fried, 47, of Netanya; Miriam Gutenzgan,
82, Ramat Gan; Ami Hamami, 44, of Netanya; Perla Hermele,
79, of Sweden; Dvora Karim, 73, of Netanya; Michael Karim,
78, of Netanya; Yehudit Korman, 70, of Ramat Hasharon;
Marianne Lehmann Zaoui, 77, of Netanya; Lola Levkovitch,
85, of Jerusalem; Furuk Na'imi, 62, of Netanya; Eliahu
Nakash, 85, of Tel-Aviv; Irit Rashel, 45, of Moshav Herev
La'et; Yulia Talmi, 87, of Tel-Aviv; St.-Sgt. Sivan Vider,
20, of Bekaot; Ernest Weiss, 79, of Petah Tikva; Eva Weiss,
75, of Petah Tikva; Meir (George) Yakobovitch, 76, of
Holon.
Chanah Rogan, 92, of Netanya; Zee'v Vider, 50, of Moshav
Bekaot; Alter Britvich, 88, and his wife Frieda, 86, of
Netanya died of their injuries on April 2-3.
Sarah Levy-Hoffman, 89, of Tel-Aviv died of her injuries
on April 7.
Anna Yakobovitch, 78, of Holon died of her injuries on
April 11.
Mar 28, 2002 - Rachel and David Gavish, 50, their
son Avraham Gavish, 20, and Rachel's father Yitzhak Kanner,
83, were killed when a terrorist infiltrated the community
of Elon Moreh in Samaria, entered their home and opened
fire on its inhabitants. Hamas claimed responsibility
for the attack.
Mar 29, 2002 - Tuvia Wisner, 79, of Petah Tikva
and Michael Orlinsky, 70, of Tel-Aviv were killed Friday
morning, when a Palestinian terrorist infiltrated the
Neztarim settlement in the Gaza Strip.
Mar 29, 2002 - Lt. Boaz Pomerantz, 22, of Kiryat
Shmona and St.-Sgt. Roman Shliapstein, 22, of Ma'ale Efraim
were killed in the course of the IDF anti-terrorist action
in Ramallah (Operation Defensive Shield).
Mar 29, 2002 - Rachel Levy, 17, and Haim Smadar, 55,
the security guard, both of Jerusalem, were killed and
28 people were injured, two seriously, when a female suicide
bomber blew herself up in the Kiryat Yovel supermarket
in Jerusalem. The Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Mar 30, 2002 - Border Policeman Sgt.-Maj. Constantine
Danilov, 23, of Or Akiva was shot and killed in Baka al-Garbiyeh,
during an exchange of fire with two Palestinians trying
to cross into Israel to carry out a suicide attack. The
Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility.
Mar 31, 2002 - 14 people were killed and over 40
injured in a suicide bombing in Haifa, in the Matza restaurant
of the gas station near the Grand Canyon shopping mall.
Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
The victims: Suheil Adawi, 32, of Turan; Dov Chernevroda,
67, of Haifa; Shimon Koren, 55; his sons Ran, 18, and
Gal, 15, of Haifa; Moshe Levin, 52, of Haifa; Danielle
Manchell, 22, of Haifa; Orly Ofir, 16, of Haifa; Aviel
Ron, 54; his son Ofer, 18, and daughter Anat, 21, of Haifa;
Ya'akov Shani, 53, of Haifa; Adi Shiran, 17, of Haifa;
Daniel Carlos Wegman, 50, of Haifa.
Carlos Yerushalmi, 52, of Karkur, died on April 1 of wounds
sustained in the attack.
Apr 1, 2002 - Sgt.-Maj. Ofir Roth, 22, of Gan Yoshiya,
an IDF reserve soldier, was killed at a roadblock near
Jerusalem's Har Homa neighborhood by a Palestinian sniper
firing from Beit Sahur, near Bethlehem.
Apr 1, 2002 - Tomer Mordechai, 19, of Tel-Aviv,
a policeman, was killed in Jerusalem, when a Palestinian
suicide bomber driving toward the city center blew himself
after being stopped at a roadblock. The Fatah al-Aqsa
Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
Apr 3, 2002 - IDF reservist Maj. Moshe Gerstner,
29, of Rishon Lezion was killed in Jenin during anti-terrorist
action (Operation Defensive Shield).
Apr 4, 2002 - Rachel Charhi, 36, of Bat-Yam, critically
injured in a suicide bombing in a cafe on the corner of
Allenby and Bialik streets in Tel-Aviv on March 30, died
of her wounds. Some 30 others were injured in the attack.
The Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility.
Apr 4, 2002 - Border Police Supt. Patrick Pereg,
30, of Rosh Ha'ayin, head of operations in an undercover
unit, was killed Thursday while attempting to arrest a
wanted member of Fatah's al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade.
Apr 4, 2002 - Sgt.-Maj.(res.) Einan Sharabi, 32,
of Rehovot; Lt. Nissim Ben-David, 22, of Ashdod; and St.-Sgt.
Gad Ezra, 23, of Bat-Yam were killed during the IDF anti-terrorist
action in Jenin (Operation Defensive Shield).
Apr 5, 2002 - Sgt. Merom Fisher, 19, of Moshav
Avigdor; Sgt. Ro'i Tal, 21, of Ma'alot; and Sgt. Oded
Kornfein, 20, of Kibbutz Ha'on - were killed in exchanges
of fire between IDF troops and Palestinian gunmen in Jenin
(Operation Defensive Shield).
Apr 6, 2002 - St.-Sgt. Nisan Avraham, 26, of Lod
was killed and five other soldiers were lightly injured
when two Palestinian gunmen opened fire and threw grenades
at the entrance to Rafiah Yam in the Gaza Strip. The Palestinians,
members of the Islamic Jihad, were killed.
Apr 8, 2002 - St.-Sgt. Matanya Robinson, 21, of
Kibbutz Tirat Zvi, and Sgt. Shmuel Weiss, 19, of Kiryat
Arba were killed in an ambush by Palestinian gunfire in
the Jenin refugee camp (Operation Defensive Shield).
Apr 9, 2002 - 13 IDF soldiers were killed and 7
injured in the Jenin refugee camp by Palestinian terrorists.
An IDF patrol by reserve soldiers was ambushed during
operations in the refugee camp. Explosive devices were
detonated against them, as well as gunfire directed against
the soldiers from the rooftops of the surrounding buildings.
The soldiers killed: Maj.(res.) Oded Golomb, 22, of Kibbutz
Nir David; Capt.(res.) Ya'akov Azoulai, 30, of Migdal
Ha'emek; Lt.(res.) Dror Bar, 28, of Kibbutz Einat; Lt.(res.)
Eyal Yoel, 28, of Kibbutz Ramat Rachel; 1st Sgt.(res.)
Tiran Arazi, 33, of Hadera; 1st Sgt.(res.) Yoram Levy,
33, of Elad; 1st Sgt.(res.) Avner Yaskov, 34, of Be'er
Sheva; Sgt. 1st Class (res.) Ronen Alshochat, 27, of Ramle;
gt. 1st Class (res.) Eyal Eliyahu Azouri, 27, of Ramat
Gan; Sgt. 1st Class (res.) Amit Busidan, 22, of Bat Yam;
Sgt. 1st Class (res.) Menashe Hava, 23, of Kfar Sava;
Sgt. 1st Class (res.) Shmuel Danny Meizlish, 27, of Moshav
Hemed; Sgt. 1st Class (res.) Eyal Zimmerman, 22, of Ra'anana.
Apr 9, 2002 - Maj. Assaf Assoulin, 30, of Tel Aviv
was killed in an exchange of fire in Nablus.
Apr 9, 2002 - St.-Sgt. Gedalyahu Malik, 21, of
Jerusalem was killed and 12 soldiers were injured in Jenin
when an explosive charge was thrown at a patrol.
Apr 10, 2002 - Avinoam Alfia, 26, of Kiryat Ata;
Sgt.-Maj.(res.) Shlomi Ben Haim, 27, of Kiryat Yam; Sgt.-Maj.(res.)
Nir Danieli, 24, of Kiryat Ata; Border Police Lance Cpl.
Keren Franco, 18, of Kiryat Yam; Sgt.-Maj.(res.) Ze'ev
Hanik, 24, of Karmiel; Border Police Lance Cpl. Noa Shlomo,
18, of Nahariya; Prison Warrant Officer Shimshon Stelkol,
33, of Kiryat Yam; and Sgt. Michael Weissman, 21, of Kiryat
Yam were killed and 22 people injured in a suicide bombing
on Egged bus #960, en route from Haifa to Jerusalem, which
exploded near Kibbutz Yagur, east of Haifa. Hamas claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Apr 12, 2002 - Lt. Dotan Nahtomi, 22, of Kibbutz
Tzuba, died of wounds sustained earlier in the week during
IDF operations in Dura (Operation Defensive Shield).
Apr 12, 2002 - Border policeman St.-Sgt. David
Smirnoff, 22, of Ashdod was killed when a Palestinian
gunman opened fire near the Erez crossing, in the Gaza
Strip, killing one and injuring another four Israelis.
The terrorist killed one and injured three Palestinian
workers in the same shooting spree. The Islamic Jihad
claimed responsibility for the attack.
Apr 12, 2002 - Nissan Cohen, 57; Rivka Fink, 75;
Suheila Hushi, 48; and Yelena Konrab, 43, all of Jerusalem;
and Ling Chang Mai, 34, and Chai Siang Yang, 32, both
foreign workers from China, were killed and 104 people
were wounded when a woman suicide bomber detonated a powerful
charge at a bus stop on Jaffa road at the entrance to
Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda open-air market. The Al-Aqsa
Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
Apr 20, 2002 - Border Policeman St.-Sgt. Uriel
Bar-Maimon, 21 of Ashkelon was killed in an exchange of
fire near the Erez industrial park in the northern Gaza
Strip. Israeli forces pursued the Palestinian gunman and
killed him. An explosive belt was found on his body. The
Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility.
Apr 22, 2002 - Sgt. Maj. Nir Krichman, 22 of Hadera,
was killed in an exchange of gunfire, when IDF forces
entered the village of Asira a-Shamaliya, north of Nablus,
to arrest known Hamas terrorists.
Apr 27, 2002 - Danielle Shefi, 5; Arik Becker, 22;
Katrina (Katya) Greenberg, 45; and Ya'acov Katz, 51, all
of Adora, were killed when terrorists dressed in IDF uniforms
and combat gear cut through the settlement's defensive
perimeter fence and entered Adora, west of Hebron. Seven
other people were injured, one seriously. The terrorists
entered several homes, firing on people in their bedrooms.
Both Hamas and the PFLP claimed responsibility for the
attack.
May 3, 2002 - IDF officer Major Avihu Ya'akov,
24, of Kfar Hasidim, was killed and two other soldiers
injured in Nablus in a raid against a terror cell that
was planning a suicide attack in Israel.
May 7, 2002 - 15 people were killed and 55 wounded
in a crowded game club in Rishon Lezion, southeast of
Tel-Aviv, when a suicide bomber detonated a powerful charge
in the 3rd floor club, causing part of the building to
collapse. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
The victims: Esther Bablar, 54, of Bat Yam; Yitzhak Bablar,
57, of Bat Yam; Avi Bayaz, 26, of Nes Ziona; Regina Malka
Boslan, 62, of Jaffa; Edna Cohen, 61, of Holon; Rafael
Haim, 64, of Tel-Aviv; Pnina Hikri, 60, of Tel-Aviv; Nawa
Hinawi, 51, of Tel-Aviv; Rahamim Kimhi, 58, of Rishon
Lezion; Nir Lovatin, 31, of Rishon Lezion; Shoshana Magmari,
51, of Tel-Aviv; Dalia Masa, 56, of Nahalat Yehuda; Rassan
Sharouk, 60, of Holon; Israel Shikar, 49, of Rishon Lezion;
Anat Teremforush, 36, of Ashdod.
May 12, 2002 - Nisan Dolinger, 43, of Pe'at Sadeh
in the southern Gaza Strip was shot and killed by a Palestinian
laborer. The assailant was apprehended.
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