Violence_in_the_Israeli–Palestinian_conflict_2001
Note: This compilation includes only those attacks on Israelis that resulted in casualties and no Palestinian deaths are recorded. Numerous other attacks which failed to kill, maim, or wound are not included.
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January 17
16-year-old Israeli Ofir Rahum is shot and killed near the Palestinian city of Ramallah. Israeli police claimed that he had been shot by members of the Palestinian Tanzim group, which the police suspected had set a trap through a chat room. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak said the event would make it hard to continue peace talks with the Palestinians.[1][2]
January 23
Mordehai Dayan, 27, & Etgar Zeitouny, 34, both of Tel Aviv, were abducted from a restaurant where they had been eating and shot to death in Tul Karem.[3]
January 29
An Israeli killed in a drive-by shooting north of Jerusalem.[4]
May 1
Assaf Hershkovitz, a resident of the Jewish settlement of Ofra, is killed by gunfire while driving.[5][6] Giv'at Asaf was established near the site of his murder, in his memory.
May 9
Two 14-year settler boys Koby Mandell and Yosef Ishran were stoned to death.[7][8]
May 18
5 Israelis killed in a suicide bombing in Netanya. Over 100 are wounded, Hamas claimed responsibility. An Israeli soldier off-duty is killed by gunfire while driving.[9]
June 1
Dolphinarium massacre: 21 Israeli young people murdered and over 120 wounded by a Hamas militant suicide bombing at a disco near the Dolphinarium in Tel Aviv.[citation needed]
June 5
Infant Yehuda Shoham was critically injured in an Arab stone-throwing attack near his home in Shiloh. The baby died of his injuries.[citation needed][10]
June 12
Murder of Georgios Tsibouktzakis: Greek Orthodox churchman is murdered in an Arab drive-by shooting on the Maaleh Adumim road.[11]
June 28
A woman murdered and another injured in a drive-by shooting.[12]
August 9
15 people die and 130 are injured in the Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing in Jerusalem. Both Hamas and Islamic Jihad claim responsibility. An Israeli student killed in a shooting attack north of the West Bank.[citation needed]
October 17
Israeli Tourism Minister Rehavam Zeevi is assassinated by the PFLP.[citation needed]
November 4
Two Israeli teenagers killed when fire opened by a Palestinian gunman in Jerusalem. 45 people are injured.[13]
November 29
3 people are killed and 9 wounded in a suicide bombing of a bus near Hadera. Both Islamic Jihad and Fatah claimed responsibility. A soldier is killed and another wounded in a shooting incident on the Green Line.[14]
- "Israel's 'First Internet Murder'". Wired Magazine. 2001-01-19. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- Philps, Alan (2001-01-20). "Peace hope buried with shot boy". The Independent. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- Taba talks halted after 2 Israelis murdered. Hamas claims responsibility Archived 2011-06-12 at the Wayback Machine, Jerusalem Post, Jan 24, 2001
- Ofra man killed in drive-by shooting Archived 2011-06-12 at the Wayback Machine, Jerusalem Post, Jan 30, 2001
- "Israeli boys found stoned to death in cave". The Star. 2001-05-09. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
- "'Stoning to Death' of Israeli Youths Fuels Tension". ABC News. 2001-05-09. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
- Arafat: Decisive battle on for Palestine. Five killed by suicide bomber at Netanya mall Archived 2011-06-12 at the Wayback Machine, Jerusalem Post, May 20, 2001
- Yehuda Shoham, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, June 11, 2001
- Father Georgios Tsibouktzakis, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, June 12, 2001
- Ekaterina (Katya) Weintraub, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, June 28, 2001