- Violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2004
This page is a partial listing of incidents of violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in 2004.
* IDT = Israeli (civilians/soldiers) killed by Palestinians; cumulative
* PDT = Palestinians (unarmed/armed) killed by Israelis; cumulative. (accuracy of the PDT is disputed, see )"Note: This compilation includes only casualties of the violence. Attacks which did not result in death or injury are not included."
January (IDT: 16(12/4), PDT: 15(6/9) )
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January 3 : Israeli soldiers kill three Palestinians in a clash with Palestinian stone throwers inNablus in theWest Bank , one of them a 15-year-old boy. Later, during the funeral service for the three dead, another Palestinian was shot dead. Three others were wounded. [http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/7630925.htm]
*January 13 : A father of five was shot dead and three Israelis were injured in a roadside ambush by theFatah 'sAl Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades . [http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/terrorism-%20obstacle%20to%20peace/palestinian%20terror%20since%202000/Victims%20of%20Palestinian%20Violence%20and%20Terrorism%20sinc]
*January 14 : Four Israelis were killed atErez crossing after asuicide bomber exploded herself in a checkpoint to the industrial zone of Erez.Hamas and theAl-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed joint responsibility. [http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/terrorism-%20obstacle%20to%20peace/palestinian%20terror%20since%202000/Victims%20of%20Palestinian%20Violence%20and%20Terrorism%20sinc]
*January 28 : Israeli forces entered theAlzaytoun area south ofGaza City , killing eight Palestinians, five of whom were armed members of thePalestinian Islamic Jihad , and wounding dozens [http://www.ipc.gov.ps/ipc_e/ipc_e-1/e_News/news2004/2004_01/123.html] .
*January 29 :Jerusalem bus 19 massacre - Eleven Israelis killed and 50 wounded in a suicide bombing of a city bus in Jerusalem. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility. Hamas also claimed responsibility the next day. The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a [http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfh/go.asp?AEUU016w0 video] documenting the sights that police forensic expert encountered at the scene. (contains graphic content). [http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/terrorism-%20obstacle%20to%20peace/palestinian%20terror%20since%202000/Victims%20of%20Palestinian%20Violence%20and%20Terrorism%20sinc]
*January 30 : Three armed Palestinians were killed in gun fights with IDF forces. Two were killed while carrying explosives near Dugit. The third died in a gunfight atBethlehem . [http://quickstart.clari.net/voa/art/el/08C4D869-112D-402E-8F85501F11C30838.html]February (IDT: 28(23/5), PDT: 32(13/19) )
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February 2 : Yasser Abu al-Aesh, an alleged local leader of Islamic Jihad, was among four militants killed during an Israeli raid in the Rafah refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. The house where the men had been staying was later destroyed. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3450361.stm]
*February 11 : Twelve Palestinian militants and civilians were killed in clashes with Israeli forces inal-Shojaeya neighbourhood inGaza city . InRafah refugee camp one Palestinian civilian was killed by Israeli sniper fire. During the day more than 50 Palestinians were wounded, 23 of them children. [http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/0/fff1462724cb2a7985256e370052b63c?OpenDocument]
*February 22 : Eight Israelis killed and 60 wounded in asuicide bombing of a city bus (14A) inJerusalem , occurring one day before the start of hearings at theInternational Court of Justice regarding theIsraeli West Bank barrier . TheAl-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility. [http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/terrorism-%20obstacle%20to%20peace/palestinian%20terror%20since%202000/Victims%20of%20Palestinian%20Violence%20and%20Terrorism%20sinc]
*February 26 : Sgt.-Maj.(res.) Amir Zimmerman, 25, of Kfar Monash was killed and two other soldiers wounded when two Palestinian guerrillas opened fire near theErez Crossing between theGaza Strip and Israel. The guerrillas were killed by IDF forces. TheFatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack. [http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/terrorism-%20obstacle%20to%20peace/palestinian%20terror%20since%202000/Victims%20of%20Palestinian%20Violence%20and%20Terrorism%20sinc]
*February 27 : An Israeli couple (parents of a 2-year old girl) were shot dead in their car on their way home, in the northernNegev . After firing at the car from a distance, causing the driver to lose control, the terrorists approached the car and shot the couple atpoint-blank range. Altogether, over 40 bullets were used.Yasser Arafat 'sFatah 'sAl-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack. [http://web.israelinsider.com/bin/en.jsp?enPage=ArticlePage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enDispWho=Article%5El3363&enZone=Security&enVersion=0&] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=4460077] , [http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/terrorism-%20obstacle%20to%20peace/palestinian%20terror%20since%202000/Victims%20of%20Palestinian%20Violence%20and%20Terrorism%20sinc]
*February 28 : Mahmud Jhouda, head of Islamic Jihad's "military wing" in Gaza was killed together with another Islamic Jihad member and a relative of his, when the car in which the three were driving was targeted by an Israeli helicopter. [http://washingtontimes.com/world/20040228-104611-2890r.htm]March (IDT: 29(24/5), PDT: 44(18/26) )
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March 3 : ThreeHamas militants were killed in the Gaza Strip when their car was targeted by an Israeli helicopter. Hamas said the three were on "a jihad mission". [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=4491105]
*March 13 : Two Palestinians were killed by Israeli soldiers near theKarni border crossing inGaza . [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1065393.htm]
*March 14 : TwoPalestinian suicide bomber s kill 10 and wound 12 in the Israeliport ofAshdod .Hamas andAl-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claim joint responsibility. [http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/terrorism-%20obstacle%20to%20peace/palestinian%20terror%20since%202000/Victims%20of%20Palestinian%20Violence%20and%20Terrorism%20sinc]
*March 18 : Four Palestinians, two militants and two children, die in two Israeli air strikes onRafah refugee camp inGaza . Several more are wounded. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1068190.htm]
*March 19 : An Israeli man, George Elias Khouri, is shot dead from a passing vehicle while jogging in the French Hill neighborhood ofJerusalem .Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claim the attack, and later apologize when it becomes known that the victim wasGeorge Khouri , aChristian Arab . [http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/terrorism-%20obstacle%20to%20peace/palestinian%20terror%20since%202000/Victims%20of%20Palestinian%20Violence%20and%20Terrorism%20sinc]
*March 22 :Ahmed Yassin , wheelchair bound leader ofHamas , and six Palestinian bystanders killed by an Israeli missile from a helicopter gunship. [http://www.undemocracy.com/securitycouncil/meeting_4929#pg003-bk03]April (IDT: 32(25/7), PDT: 44(18/26) )
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April 3 : Yaakov Zagha, a 40 year father of six, is shot dead outside his house after his daughter Chana, 14, was wounded by a Palestinian from nearbyTul Karem . The shooter was later killed by IDF forces. Both Hamas and Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. [http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/terrorism-%20obstacle%20to%20peace/palestinian%20terror%20since%202000/Victims%20of%20Palestinian%20Violence%20and%20Terrorism%20sinc]
*April 7 : A demonstration of Palestinians and international activists against theWest Bank wall was fired upon by Israeli soldiers. Twenty people were injured, none seriously. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/413406.html]
*April 17 :Israel i border policeman Kfir Ohaiyon, 20, ofEilat was killed and three other Israelis injured in asuicide bombing at theErez Crossing in northernGaza . [http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/terrorism-%20obstacle%20to%20peace/palestinian%20terror%20since%202000/Victims%20of%20Palestinian%20Violence%20and%20Terrorism%20sinc]
*April 25 : Border Policeman Cpl. Yaniv Mashiah, 20, of Jaffa, was killed and three others lightly wounded just an hour after the beginning of Memorial Day for Israel's fallen soldiers, when shots were fired at their vehicle nearHebron . TheAl-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack. [http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/terrorism-%20obstacle%20to%20peace/palestinian%20terror%20since%202000/Victims%20of%20Palestinian%20Violence%20and%20Terrorism%20sinc]May (IDT: 51(30/21), PDT: 44(18/26) )
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May 2 :Tali Hatuel , a 34-year-old Israeli woman who was eight monthspregnant , and her four daughters -- Hila (11), Hadar (9), Roni (7) and Meirav (2) -- were shot to death in theGaza Strip , near theKissufim checkpoint. Three other Israelis were wounded.The Popular Resistance Committees andIslamic Jihad claimed responsibility. [http://www.maarivintl.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=article&articleID=6772]
*May 11 : Six IDF soldiers were killed during an IDF operation to targetQassam rocket workshops in Gaza City, when anarmored personnel carrier was struck by an explosive device planted by Palestinian militants.Hamas and theIslamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack. The soldiers killed: Sgt. Adaron Amar, 20, of Eilat; Sgt. Aviad Deri, 21, of Maale Adumim; Staff-Sgt. Ofer Jerbi, 21, of Moshav Ben-Zakai; Staff-Sgt. Ya'akov (Zelco) Marviza, 25, of KibbutzHaMapil ; Sgt. Kobi Mizrahi, 20, of Moshav Mata; and Staff-Sgt. Eitan Newman, 21, of Jerusalem. [http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/terrorism-%20obstacle%20to%20peace/palestinian%20terror%20since%202000/Victims%20of%20Palestinian%20Violence%20and%20Terrorism%20sinc]
*May 12 : An IDF officer and four soldiers were killed, and three IDF soldiers were lightly injured, while preparing to detonate a weapon-smuggling tunnel on thePhiladelphi Route near the Israeli-Egyptian border near Rafah. Their armored personnel carrier exploded, apparently after being hit by an RPGanti-tank rocket . TheIslamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack. The soldiers killed: Cpl. Elad Cohen, 20, of Jerusalem; Sgt.-Maj. Aiman Ghadir, 24, of Bir Makhsur; Capt. Aviv Hakani, 23, of Ashdod; Sgt. Za'ur (Zohar) Smelev, 19, of Ofakim; and Sgt. Lior Vishinski, 20, of Ramat Gan. [http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/terrorism-%20obstacle%20to%20peace/palestinian%20terror%20since%202000/Victims%20of%20Palestinian%20Violence%20and%20Terrorism%20sinc]
*May 14 : Staff-Sargent Rotem Adam, 21, Rishon Lezion and Sargent Alexei Hayat, 21, of Beer Sheva were killed and two soldiers moderately wounded by Palestinian sniper fire in the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip. [http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/terrorism-%20obstacle%20to%20peace/palestinian%20terror%20since%202000/Victims%20of%20Palestinian%20Violence%20and%20Terrorism%20sinc]
*May 29 : Major Shachar Ben-Yishai, 25, of Menahemia was killed by Palestinian gunfire following a search in the Balata camp near Nablus. The Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack. [http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/terrorism-%20obstacle%20to%20peace/palestinian%20terror%20since%202000/Victims%20of%20Palestinian%20Violence%20and%20Terrorism%20sinc]June (IDT: 56(34/22), PDT: 44(18/26) )
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June 21 : Weerachai Wongput, 37, from the Nong Han District of the northeastern province of Udon Thani inThailand , died after being hit by shrapnel from a mortar fired into greenhouses in Kfar Darom in the Gaza Strip. The mortar was fired by Palestinians trying to divert attention from an attempt to infiltrate the settlement.Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack. [http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/terrorism-%20obstacle%20to%20peace/palestinian%20terror%20since%202000/Victims%20of%20Palestinian%20Violence%20and%20Terrorism%20sinc]
*June 27 : Staff-Sergeant Ro’i Nissim, 20, from Rishon L’Tzion, was killed and five others were injured when an underground tunnel laden with more than 1000kg ofexplosives detonated under IDF outpost of the "Urhan" junction nearGush Katif in theGaza Strip .Hamas andal-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility. [http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/terrorism-%20obstacle%20to%20peace/palestinian%20terror%20since%202000/Victims%20of%20Palestinian%20Violence%20and%20Terrorism%20sinc]
*June 28 : Four-year-old Afik Zahavi, and Mordehai Yosefof, 49, werekill ed inSderot by a PalestinianQassam rocket that hit akindergarten , the first fatal Qassam attack. The boy's mother, Ruthie Zahavi, 28, was critically wounded.Hamas claimed responsibility. [http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/terrorism-%20obstacle%20to%20peace/palestinian%20terror%20since%202000/Victims%20of%20Palestinian%20Violence%20and%20Terrorism%20sinc] *June 29 : Moshe Yohai, 63, from Ashdod, an Israeli truck driver, was shot dead nearRamallah . Theal-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility. [http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/terrorism-%20obstacle%20to%20peace/palestinian%20terror%20since%202000/Victims%20of%20Palestinian%20Violence%20and%20Terrorism%20sinc]July (IDT: 59(36/23), PDT: 44(18/26) )
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July 4 : Victor Kreiderman, 49, was killed and his wife, Emma, wounded, in a shooting attack between Mevo Dotan and Shaked. Theal-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility. Themilitant fled to the nearby Arab village of Yabed. [http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/terrorism-%20obstacle%20to%20peace/palestinian%20terror%20since%202000/Victims%20of%20Palestinian%20Violence%20and%20Terrorism%20sinc]
*July 6 : Captain Moran Vardi, 25, ofShayetet-13 was killed during a battle with two militants barricaded in a house inNablus . In that battle four Palestinians were killed, two of them werePFLP militants. [http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/terrorism-%20obstacle%20to%20peace/palestinian%20terror%20since%202000/Victims%20of%20Palestinian%20Violence%20and%20Terrorism%20sinc]
*July 11 : A remote-control bomb killed Ma'ayan Naim, 19, and wounded 34, in a bus station in Har-Zion Boulevard inTel Aviv .Yasser Arafat 'sal-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claim responsibility. Israeli prime-ministerAriel Sharon said that: "Today’s fatality [in the Tel Aviv bombing] was the first act of murder perpetrated under the protective wing of the Hague ruling". [http://www.maarivintl.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=article&articleID=9635] , [http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/terrorism-%20obstacle%20to%20peace/palestinian%20terror%20since%202000/Victims%20of%20Palestinian%20Violence%20and%20Terrorism%20sinc]August (IDT: 76(53/23), PDT: 47(19/28) )
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August 2 : AQassam rocket hitsSderot and damages a house, causing blast injuries to three people. [http://www.maarivintl.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=article&xCache=%7Bts%20%272004%2D09%2D06%2016%3A53%3A32%27%7D&articleID=10429]
*August 11 : Two people were killed and 16 wounded when an explosive device was detonated by Palestinian militants inside an Arab taxi as it attempted to cross the Qalandia checkpoint just north of Jerusalem. Two Palestinians were killed, and about 20 people, the majority of them Arabs, were wounded. Theal-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades faction ofFatah claimed responsibility and expresses regret that Arabs were among the dead and wounded. [http://www.maarivintl.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=article&xCache=%7Bts%20%272004%2D09%2D06%2016%3A56%3A32%27%7D&articleID=10641]
*August 13 : Shlomo Miller, 50, father of seven children, was shot dead and another person wounded in an ambush near Itamar. The gunman was killed by Israeli security forces and was identified as an officer inYasser Arafat 's Preventative Security Force.Fatah claimed responsibility. [http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/terrorism-%20obstacle%20to%20peace/palestinian%20terror%20since%202000/Victims%20of%20Palestinian%20Violence%20and%20Terrorism%20sinc]
*August 15 : AMAGAV policeman was slashed with a knife across the neck by anArab from Shuafat, in the Old City ofJerusalem . The officer managed to kill the attacker, but was seriously wounded and underwent emergency surgery. [http://www.maarivintl.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=article&xCache=%7Bts%20%272004%2D09%2D06%2016%3A56%3A32%27%7D&articleID=10681]
*August 20 : Nail Khalil Abu Ghulah, reported to suffer a psychological disorder, was shot dead by Israeli soldiers east of Wadi Gaza village while climbing the fence of an Israeli community. [http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/0/8007251f5d5e174d85256efc00539013?OpenDocument]
*August 27 : An IDFCombat Engineering force rescues three Israelis fromlynching by Arabs in theQalandia refugee camp . APalestinian mob attacked the Israelis, stoned them, beat them and tried to set their truck on fire. The Israelis were wounded and after rescue were treated atHadassah Ein Kerem hospital inJerusalem . [http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-2969361,00.html]
*August 30 : An Israeli civilian was wounded by gunfire directed towards an IDF position nearKhan Yunis . He was evacuated to Barzilai Hospital inAshkelon . [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=471198]
*August 31 : TwoPalestinian suicide bombers kill 16 Israelis and wound more than 94 others aboard two city buses inBeer Sheva . Among the dead is four-year-old Avial Atash.Hamas claims responsibility. The victims, all residents of Beersheba: Shoshana Amos, 64; Aviel Atash, 3; Vitaly Brodsky, 52; Tamara Dibrashvilli, 70; Raisa Forer, 55; Larisa Gomanenko, 48; Denise Hadad, 50; Tatiana Kortchenko, 49; Rosita Lehman, 45; Karine Malka, 23; Nargiz Ostrovsky, 54; Maria Sokolov, 57; Roman Sokolovsky, 53; Tekele Tiroyaient, 33; Eliyahu Uzan, 58; Emmanuel Yosef (Yosefov), 28. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6114623] , [http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-2971003,00.html] [http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/terrorism-%20obstacle%20to%20peace/palestinian%20terror%20since%202000/Victims%20of%20Palestinian%20Violence%20and%20Terrorism%20sinc]eptember (IDT: 84(54/30), PDT: 97 (14/83) )
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September 3 : Two Arabs transporting abomb are hit by Israeli gunfire causing the bomb to explode. Both Arabs die. [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1094187588696&p=1078027574121]
*September 7 : A 60 year old jogger is wounded byshrapnel from aQassam rocket fired atSderot . [http://www.maarivintl.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=article&xCache=%7Bts%20%272004%2D09%2D07%2016%3A30%3A23%27%7D&articleID=10966]
*September 7 : FourteenHamas militants are killed and 40 wounded in an Israeli airstrike on their training camp. [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/mideast] , [http://www.maarivintl.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=article&xCache=%7Bts%20%272004%2D09%2D07%2016%3A30%3A23%27%7D&articleID=10966]
*September 8 : Acar bomb explodes near aMAGAV road block inBaqa al-Sharkiya , managing to kill only its driver. TheFatah 'sal-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/475034.html]
*September 8 : An Arabfugitive was killed and two others wounded inJericho during a shootout with Israeli soldiers trying to arrest them. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6184807]
*September 10 : Abdel Aziz Ashkar, 34, aHamas leader was killed by Israeli forces. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3640212.stm]
*September 13 : Three senior militants belonging to theFatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades were killed in an Israeli targeted assassination inJenin . [http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=68897] , [http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-2976693,00.html]
*September 15 : Nine Palestinian militants and a child were killed in two IDF operations inNablus andJenin . In Nablus,Shayetet-13 killed fourFatah militants, and one fromIslamic Jihad . A child was killed in the crossfire. In Jenin, four wantedFatah militants were killed by undercover Border Police troops. Twofemale suicide bomber s turned themselves in to IDF forces following the death of their handler Hanni Aqad. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/477853.html] , [http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART/783/861.html]
*September 20 : SeniorHamas commander inGaza Khaled Abu Shamiyah was killed by Israeli forces. [http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=69098] , [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/479395.html]
*September 20 : TwoHamas members, Rabah Zakut and Nabil al-Saidi, while on their way to launchQassam rocket s into Israel, were killed by Israeli forces in the Rimal neighborhood of Gaza. [http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=69157] [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/479537.html]
*September 22 : Afemale suicide bomber killed herself, wounding some 15 people and killing Momoya Tahio, 20, fromRehovot , and Menashe Komemi, 19, from Moshav Aminadav. Both wereMAGAV officers who stopped her from approaching the nearby bus stop in the French Hill neighborhood ofJerusalem . TheFatah al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/480604.html]
*September 23 : AQassam rocket attack onSderot resulted in eight Israelis being treated at Barzalai Hospital inAshkelon . [http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=69344]
*September 23 : Three militants were killed during an attack on the Israeli community of Morag. [http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=69316] [http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=69340]
*September 23 : Three Israelisoldier s were killed defending the community of Morag, Captain Tal Bardugo, 22, from Jerusalem; St.-Sergeant Nir Sami, 21, from Jerusalem; St.-Sgt. Yisrael Lutati, 20, from N’vei Dekalim. [http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=69346]
*September 24 : Tif’eret Tretner, 24, an Israeli woman, is killed and another is wounded, on Friday morning when four mortar shells were fired at Neveh Dekalim, part of theGush Katif bloc in theGaza Strip . [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/481479.html] [http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=69404]
*September 27 : Two militants detected while placing a bomb near the Erez Crossing were shot and wounded by Israeli troops. [http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=69513]
*September 29 :Hamas member Tawfik Ali Charafi, and two or three others were killed. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3699224.stm] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6362400]
*September 29 : ThreeQassam rocket s hitSderot , killing two-year-old Dorit Aniso and four-year-old Yuval Abebeh, and injuring 10-20 people. Militant groupHamas claimed responsibility. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/483283.html]
*September 30 : Gilad Fischer, 22, from Hoshaiya, an Israeli soldier, was killed near Beit Hanoun. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/483442.html]
*September 30 : At least 24 Palestinians killed and dozens injured in wave of fighting. Seven of the dead were hit by Israeli tank fire in a crowded marketplace [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3702902.stm]
*September 30 : Shulamit Batito, 36, from Nisanit, an Israeli woman, was shot dead while jogging between Nisanit and Alei Sinai. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/483442.html]
*September 30 : Victor Ariel, 20, from Moshav Kadima, a medic, was killed while treating Shulamit Batito. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/483442.html]
** According toHaaretz , 97Palestinians were killed during September 2004, 83 of whom were armed terrorists.October (IDT: 102(68/34), PDT: 165 (50/115)
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October 1 ,2004 : A Palestinian is killed and six are arrested, by IDF forces, in a Palestinian police office near theErez crossing . Anexplosive belt and several rifles were captured in the same office. The seven planned to commit a combinedsuicide attack on the Erez crossing. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/483837.html]
*October 2 ,2004 : Ten Palestinians are killed by IDF forces in another day of fighting in theGaza Strip . Four terrorists were killed, during an infiltration attempt, 200 meters outside Kibbutz "Nahal Oz" in theNegev , while six others,Hamas members, were killed by theIsraeli Air Force 's targeted strikes.
*October 4 : TwoIsrael i soldiers are wounded and six militants are killed, including aHamas field commander, and two Arab civilians are killed during the sixth day of theIsrael i incursion into the Jabaliya refugee camp. TwoQassam rocket s are fired at theIsraeli town ofSderot , injuring one Israeli. [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1096700519530]
*October 4 : Ronen Ben-Meiri, 31, from Haifa, an Israeli undercover policeman was killed in a gunfight withPalestinian Authority Force 17 members in Ramallah. During the gunfight the three targeted Arabs were killed and two other wounded. Among the dead Arabs was Nadiv Sawahteh, wanted for his role in numerous terrorist shooting attacks. [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1096870638333] [http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=69884]
*October 5 : An Israeli Arab motorist is shot and wounded by occupants of a passing car while he was changing the tire of his vehicle on Route 60 nearGush Etzion . [http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=69925]
*October 5 : Bashir Dabash, a senior memberIslamic Jihad in theGaza Strip was killed by Israeli helicopter air-to-surface missiles fired at his vehicle. A second member ofIslamic Jihad riding in the vehicle was killed as well. [http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=69914] Also, on this day,Iman Darweesh Al Hams , a 13 year-old girl, was shot and killed inRafah ,Gaza Strip , by the IDF.
*October 6 : Pratheep Nanongkham, 24, a greenhouse worker from Maha Sarakham province in Thailand, was killed when armed terrorists infiltrated the hothouse area of Kfar Darom in the central Gaza Strip.Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack. [http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/terrorism-%20obstacle%20to%20peace/palestinian%20terror%20since%202000/Victims%20of%20Palestinian%20Violence%20and%20Terrorism%20sinc]
*October 7 : Threecar bomb s are detonated inEgypt ian towns in theSinai Peninsula frequented byIsrael itourist s. The largest explosion, which killed at least 35 and wounding 114, was at aHilton Taba in Taba, near the border with Israel. The other two explosions occurred at the towns ofRas al-Sultan andNuweiba , killing two Israelis and four Egyptians. A group calling itself "Jamayia al-Islamia al-Alamiya" ("World Islamist Group") later claims responsibility and threatens further attacks. 13 of the victims were Israelis, 6 where Egyptians, 2 were Italians and 14 were from Russia and Eastern Europe. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/485939.html] [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,11009969%255E1702,00.html] [http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/07/egypt.hotel.explosion/index.html]
*October 8 : A Palestinian worker died from his wounds Friday morning following a Palestinian sniper attack on hothouse workers on the Rafah Yam settlement in the southern Gaza Strip. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/486312.html]
*October 16 :Operation Days of Penitence is officially ended, with an estimated 130 Palestinian killed, of which 87 were armed combatants.
*October 18 : six Palestinian militants are killed in failed attacks IDF forces. Two crossed theIsraeli Gaza Strip barrier and killed by IDF patrol, two were killed in Kissufim junction and two were killed inRafah , after trying to plant a bomb. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/490691.html]
*October 19 : Yair Turgeman, 22, is killed bysniper fire directed at the Menashe Battalion in northernSameria . Theal Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades , a faction ofPalestinian Authority ChairmanYasser Arafat 'sFatah , claimed responsibility. [http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=70695]
*October 21 : twoHamas militant were shot dead while trying to infiltrate Kibbutz Nahal Oz in the cover of morning fog. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/491750.html]
*October 21 : Moshe Elmaleh, 34, of Dimona, husband and father of three, soldier in theIsraeli Engineering Corps was killed by aHamas bomb blast along thePhiladelphi Route . [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1098331914969]
*October 21 :Hamas chief explosives engineerAdnal al-Ghoul and his deputy, Imad al-Baas, were killed and two others wounded by theIsrael Air Force helicopter strike inJabalia . [http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=70803] [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1098331916230] [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/491750.html]
*October 28 : IDF Sergeant Michael Chizik was killed by mortars fired at an army post near the Gaza settlement of Morag. Six other soldiers were injured in the attack, of them three suffered serious wounds. [http://www.maarivintl.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=article&articleID=11459]
* According toHaaretz 165 Palestinians were killed by IDF forces during October 2004, of whom only 50 were noncombatants (30.3%). [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/495832.html]November (IDT: 105(71/34) , PDT: )
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November 1 : Three Israelis (Leah Levine aged 64, Shmuel Levy aged 65, and Tatiana Ackerman aged 34) were killed and 30 wounded when a 16-years oldchild suicide bomber blow himself at the open air Carmel Market inTel Aviv . ThePopular Front for the Liberation of Palestine , a part ofYasser Arafat 'sPLO organization claims the bombing as theirs. Arafat'sPalestinian Authority condemned the bombing. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6674930] [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/496569.html]
*November 5 : TwoPalestinian children, Ahmad al-Sameiri (8) and his cousin Muhammad al-Sameiri (7), are killed by an explosion in therefugee camp ofKhan Yonis in theGaza Strip . Hospital officials say it was from a tank shell that hit a house.Israeli spokesmen said there had been no army fire in the area. They believe it was either caused when a Palestinian mortar misfired or by the detonation of a roadside bomb. [http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6725339§ion=news] , [http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/041106/2004110601.html] , [http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART/815/685.html]
*November 6 : Two militants were killed en route to attacking the Israeli community of Gadid. One Israeli soldier was wounded.Islamic Jihad confirms that the dead were theirs. [http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=71612] [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6733780§ion=news]
*November 6 : TwoAl-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades militants are killed when theircar bomb explodes prematurely inQalqilya . [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6734196§ion=news] [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/israel_palestinians]
*November 7 : Cpl. Tom Dekel (20), is killed during a military operation nearTulkarm , apparently by friendly fire. [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/israel_palestinians]
*November 7 : Four militants were killed after they opened fire upon IDF soldiers inJenin . The four, Amin Abu-Qamil, Fadi Ajabriya, Muhmad Mashraqa and Muhmad Simi-Salah, include two fromFatah and two fromIslamic Jihad . [http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=71682]
*November 10 : One militant was killed en route to the Israeli community of Dugit and an Israeli naval patrol. [http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=71831]
*November 10 : An Israeli child was wounded when the Israeli community of N'vei Dekalim was attacked with mortars. Five mortar bombs hit the community in two separate attacks. [http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=71849]
*November 11 : A Thai worker was wounded in a mortar attack on the Israeli community of Netzer-Hazani. [http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=71894]
*November 11 :al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades attack Netzarim withbomb s, mortar rounds,rocket propelled grenade s andautomatic weapon s. Three Arabs are killed. [http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=B2QIMXIA0YRY4CRBAEKSFFA?type=worldNews&storyID=6787281§ion=news]
*November 13 : A 26 year old woman was injured byshrapnel from a bomb attack in easternGush Etzion .Fatah claims responsibility. [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=71989] [http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=72030]
*November 25 : ThreeHamas operatives were killed and one was seriously injured during fights with IDF forces. InHebron , Two Hamas seniors were killed and one was seriously wounded after the IDF demolished the house they were hiding in. InRafah , one Hamas member was killed from a tank shell as the IDF uncovered asmuggling tunnel in a residential building. [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/mideast_unrest_lead]December (IDT: 114(74/40), PDT: )
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December 7 : Nadav Kudinski, an Israeli soldier from the K9 unit, and hisdog were killed from abomb hidden in a chicken coop covering an underground tunnel. In the ensuing battle twoHamas militants were killed. Later, twoIslamic Jihad were killed. [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/mideast_dc]
*December 12 : At least 5Israel i soldiers from the "Bedouin Scouts Battalion" are killed and 10 are injured, as a tunnel rigged with 1500kg ofexplosive s, combined with twosuicide bomber s, exploded near the Humanitarian Rafah crossing betweenRafah andEgypt .Hamas andal-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades ' offshoot called "Fatah Hawk " claimed joint responsibility. A Fatah gunmen was killed by IDF forces after he shot on therescue unit soldiers. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/513285.html]
*December 14 : A Thai worker is killed and two more are injured inGush Katif byPalestinian mortar shell. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/514263.html]
*December 15 : Five Israelis are injured, one critically, asPalestinian militants shoot on two cars near the Kissufim crossing in theGaza Strip . IDF forces managed to kill one of the shooters.Islamic Jihad andAl-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed joint responsibility. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/514884.html] , [http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3019172,00.html]
*December 15 : In theWest Bank , gunmen of theAl-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades shot dead 20-year-old Ibrahim Zeita, who they said had acted as an informant for Israel. His body was then dumped in aRamallah square. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/514884.html]
*December 16 andDecember 17 : Israel launched "Operation Orange Iron" inKhan Yunis , in which IDFtank s and armored bulldozers entered the west part of the town to prevent mortar shellings. During the operation 11 Palestinians were killed, of who 8 armed militants and 3 civilian, and between 24-50 were injured. IDF said that two soldiers were lightly injured from ananti-tank missile . [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/515606.html]
*December 21 : Ariela Fahima, 39, mother to four and resident of Moshav Nechusa, was found dead near her home. TheIsraeli Police said that this was an act of terror, committed by Palestinians from the near-byWest Bank . [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArtVty.jhtml?sw=fahima&itemNo=517822]
*December 22 : Israeli civil security guard who guarded bulldozers used for building theIsraeli West Bank barrier was killed in a shooting attack by two Palestinian militants. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/517548.html]
*December 30 : TenPalestinian s, of who 9 were armed, are killed in anIsrael i army incursion into theKhan Younis refugee camp in theGaza Strip . During the raid the localHamas commander is killed and two Israeli soldiers are slightly wounded. The raid, codenamed "Purple Iron" was the third operation in Khan Yunis in response to constant mortars shelling onIsraeli settlements . [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4133833.stm (BBC)] , [http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasen/spages/520846.html (Haaretz)] , [http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasite/spages/521147.html]See also
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Media coverage of the Arab-Israeli conflict External links
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=PkC_2NwyoWE Terror in Israel]
* [http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/terrorism-%20obstacle%20to%20peace/palestinian%20terror%20since%202000/Palestinian%20violence%20and%20terrorism%20since%20September Palestinian terrorism since September 2000] (from Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Fatalities only.
* [http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/terrorism-%20obstacle%20to%20peace/palestinian%20terror%20since%202000/Victims%20of%20Palestinian%20Violence%20and%20Terrorism%20sinc List of victims] (from Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Fatalities only.
* [http://www.btselem.org/English/Statistics/Total_Casualties.asp B'Tselem casualty statistics] (infrequently updated, distinguishes between Israelis living on each side of theGreen Line except inJerusalem ) Fatalities only.
* [http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/terrorism/terrisrael.html Chronology of militants Attacks in Israel] compiled by Wm. Robert Johnstonee also
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2004 Israel-Gaza conflict
*Operation Days of Penitence (2004)
*Operation Rainbow (2004)
*Israel-Gaza conflict
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