Terrorism against Israel in 2001

Terrorism against Israel: 2000 - 2001 - 2002 2003

MDT stands for Monthly Death Toll and the number after denotes how many Israeli were killed by terrorist attack this month.

Table of contents

1 January (MDT: 6 )
2 February (MDT: 13 )
3 March (MDT: 8 )
4 April ( MDT: 7)
5 May
6 June
7 July
8 August
9 September
10 October
11 November
12 December

January (MDT: 6 )

January 14: a settler murdered.
January 17: a 16 year old Israeli youth is seduced by a Palestinian woman and murdered by her accomplices.
January 23: two Israelis abducted from a restaurant where they had been peacefully eating and murdered.
January 25: an Israeli killed in a shooting atack in Ataron (a suburb of Jerusalem).
January 29: an Israeli killed in a drive-by shooting north of Jerusalem.

February (MDT: 13 )

February 1: two Israelis murdered in different places in the West Bank while driving in their cars.
February 5: an Israeli soldier killed by sniper fire.
February 11: an Israeli settler killed by gunfire while driving.
February 14: 8 Israeli soldiers run down by a Palestinian driving a bus.
February 26: a body of an Israeli found. Autopsy and invistigation revealed it was most likely he was killed by terrorists.

March (MDT: 8 )

March 1: an Israeli killed in a suicide bombing in a service taxi.
March 4: 3 elderly Israelis killed in a suicide bombing in downtown Netanya. Hamas claimed responsibility.
March 19: a settler killed in a gunfire attack while driving.
March 26: an 10-months old settler babygirl, Shalevet Pas, killed by deliberate sniper fire in Hebron.
March 28: two Israelis killed in a suicide bombing. Hamas claimed responsibility.

April ( MDT: 7)

April 1: an Israeli soldier killed in a firefight near Nablus. An Israeli woman stabbed to death on a Haifa street.
April 2: an Israeli soldier killed by a sniper while guarding a Jewish religious shrine in Nablus.
April 21: a mutilated body of an Israeli found near Ramallah, terrorists suspected.
April 22: a Kfar-Saba doctor of American origin killed by a suicide bomber. 60 people are wounded, Hamas claimed responsibility.
April 28: an Israeli soldier off-duty killed and 4 women injured in a drive-by shooting in the Galilee. An Israeli woman stabbed to death in Karmiel, Galilee.

May

1, a settler is killed by gunfire while driving.

8, a guard of an Israeli settlement killed.

9, two 14-year settler boys stoned to death.

10, two Romanian workmen are killed in a bomb attack in Gaza.

15, an Israeli young woman is killed by gunfire while driving.

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.
23, an Israeli is killed while driving from a road-side ambush.
25, a burnt body of an Israeli is found near Tulkarem.
29, an Israeli settler is killed by gunfire while driving, Fatah claiming responsibility. Two other Israelis were killed north of Jerusalem.
31, an Israeli settler shot and killed in a drive-by shooting.

June

1, 21 Israeli young people killed by a Hamas suicide bombing near a disco club near the Tel-Aviv Dolphinarium.
5, a 5 month-old baby is mortally wounded by a Palestinian stone.
12, a Greek Orthodox churchman is killed in a drive-by shooting on the Maaleh Adumim road.
14, an Israeli intelligence official is killed by one of his informants.
18, two settlers killed in various locations by Fatah gunfire.
20, a settler is ambushed and killed.
22, two soldiers killed in a suicide explosion of a jeep that signalled for help.
28, a woman killed and another injured in a drive-by shooting.

July

2, an Israeli citizen killed while shopping in an Israeli-Arab market.
4, an Israeli civilian executed in Tul-Karem.
9, two Israeli soldiers killed by an explosive device.
12, an Israeli settler is mortally wounded in a shooting attack.
13, an Israeli settler shot and killed.
19, two Israeli soldiers were killed and about 30, mostly civilians, injured in a suicide bombing on a civilian train station. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
24, an Israeli young man is found brutally murdered in Ramallah.
26, an Israeli youth is killed while driving with his father near Jerusalem.

August

5, a pregnant Israeli settler woman is murdered in a gunfire ambush.

6, an Israeli businessman killed in Amman, Jordan.
7, an Israeli Arab killed because of suspected collaboration with Israel; an Israeli is killed while driving.
9, 15 people die and 130 are injured in the Sbarro pizzeria bombing in Jerusalem. Both Hamas and Islamic Jihad claim responsibility. An Israeli student killed in a shooting attack north of the West Bank.
25, 3 Israeli soldiers killed in an attack against an Israeli outpost. The DFLP claimed responsibility. 3 Israeli civilians killed by gunfire while driving near Jerusalem.
26, an Israeli settler is invited to an Arag village and then killed.
27, an Israeli settler is killed in a roadside ambush.
29, an Israeli fuel truck driver is killed near Nablus.
30, an Israeli is killed in the restaurant owned by his Arab friends.

September

6, an Israeli officer shot and killed in an ambush while driving off-duty to a wedding. Fatah-Tanzim claimed responsibility.
9, 3 people die in a suicide bombing in Nahariya. A teacher and a school janitor killed in a shooting attack while driving in a van to school in Jordan Valley.
11, an Israeli soldier and an Israeli border police serviceman killed in an attack on a border police base.
12, an Israli woman killed while driving.
15, a Jerusalem resident killed in a drive-by shooting.
16, an Israeli soldier killed while arresting Palestinian terrorist leaders.
20, a settler woman is killed, and her husband injured while driving. Their trhee children were also driving in the car, but were not hurt. Fatah claimed responsibility.
28, an Israeli woman killed in a shooting attack in Jordan Valley.

October

2, an Israeli soldier off-duty and her boyfriend killed in a Palestinian infiltration of a Gaza settlement.

4, 3 people killed when terrorist opens fire in the central bus station in Afula. 13 people are injured, Fatah claimed responsibility.

5, an Israeli settler killed in a machine gun ambush.

7, an Israeli farmer killed in a suicide bombing north of Jordan Valley.

17, Israeli Tourism Minister Rehavam Zeevi is assassinated by the PFLP.
18, an Israeli tourist is killed while driving in a jeep in the Judean desert.
28, 4 people killed and 40 wounded when Palestinian policemen attack a crowded a bust stop in Hedera. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. An Israeli soldier killed in the Galilee in a drive-by shooting. Tanzim claimed responsibility.

November

2, An Israeli soldier killed in a roadblock near Ramallah. Fatah (Al-Aqsa) claimed responsibility.
4, two Israeli teenagers killed when fire opened by a Palestinian gunman in Jerusalem. 45 people are injured.
6, an Israeli officer is shot in an ambush.
9, an Israeli settler woman is killed while driving in West Bank.
11, an Israeli man, the security coordinator of a Sharon-plain settlement killed.
24, an Israeli soldier killed in a mortar attack in Gaza, the Hamas claiming responsibility.
27, two Israeli young women killed when the central bus station in Afula is attacked. 50 people are injured. Fatah and the Islamic Jihad claimed joint responsibility. An Israeli settler killed in a grenade attack in Gaza. Hamas claimed responsibility.
29, 3 people are killed and 9 wounded in a suicide bombing of a bus near Hedera. Both Islamic Jihad and Fatah claimed responsibility. A soldier is killed and another wounded in a shooting incident on the Green Line.

December

1, 11 young people killed by a suicide bombing in an entertainment area in Jerusalem. Hamas claimed responsibility.

2, 15 are killed and more than 40 wounded in a suicide bus bombing in Haifa. Hamas claimed responsibility.

12, a bus full of civilians is attacked by gunfire and grenades near the settlement Emmanuel. 10 killed, more than 30 wounded. Both Hamas and Fatah accepted responsibility.
25, a soldier was killed by gunfire over the Jordanian border. No group claimed responsibiliy.
27, Karine A, an arms-smuggling ship manned mostly by Palestinian is seized by Israeli forces