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Civilian casualties in the Second Intifada

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The following is a partial list of civilian casualties in the Second Intifada.

According to the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, 887 (78 percent) of the 1,137 Israelis killed in attacks from September 2000 – 2005 were civilians.[1] Another 8,341 Israelis were wounded during this period, including 5,676 civilians and 2,665 security forces personnel.[2] The majority of casualties were caused by suicide bombings, though Israelis have also been killed by planted bombs, shootings, stonings, stabbings, lynchings, rockets, and other methods of attack.[2]

According to B'Tselem, in the ten years from 2000 to 2010, of the 6371 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces, at least 2996 did not participate in hostilities when killed, and 1317 were minors. Out of 1083 Israelis killed, 741 were civilians (124 minors).[3]

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Background

A 2007 study of Palestinian suicide bombings that took place from September 2000 through August 2005 found that 39.9 percent of the suicide attacks were carried out by Hamas, 25.7 percent by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), 26.4 percent by Fatah, 5.4 percent by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and 2.7 percent by other organizations.[4] The youngest victim of the Second Intifada was an Israeli infant who was nine hours old. Several pregnant women have also been killed.[5][6]

Israeli civilians' deaths do not show a high regularity in their age or gender distribution, as Palestinian militants chose to attack whichever civilian targets were accessible. The targets included the Dolphinarium discotheque massacre, a place frequented by Israeli youth, and open-air markets and public buses, which are disproportionately used by women and the elderly.[1] A number of attacks against Israeli civilians have been considered massacres[7][8][9] while others, such as the murder of a pregnant woman and her four young daughters, have been called crimes against humanity.[10]

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Israeli non-combatant casualties

The following is a partial list of Israeli civilian casualties of the Second Intifada. The International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (IPICT) puts civilian deaths at 78% and Israeli combatants at 22%, between 27 September 2000 and 1 January 2005. According to B'tselem between the start of the Second Intifada and Operation Cast Lead, 731 Israeli civilians and 332 members of the Israeli security services have been killed.[11][2] The Israeli civilians' deaths do not show a high regularity in their age or gender distribution, as Palestinian militants chose to attack whichever civilian targets were accessible. The targets included the Dolphinarium disco attack, a place frequented by Israeli youth, and open-air markets and public buses, which are disproportionately used by women and the elderly.[1] A number of attacks against Israeli civilians have been considered massacres.[12][13][14]

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Palestinian non-combatant casualties

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The following is a partial List of Palestinian civilian casualties in the Second Intifada. The portion of the killed since the beginning of the Second Intifada that were civilians is disputed.[124] According to B'Tselem, in the decade from 27 September 2000 to 27 September 2010, 6371 Palestinians were killed at least 2996 of whom did not participate in hostilities when they were killed.[3]

A study conducted by Israel's International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) concluded that 1,099 were non-combatants, or 35 percent.[125] According to the study, 103 (9 percent) were female and 996 (91 percent) were male.[125] Professor and historian Benny Morris came to a similar conclusion in his 2009 retrospective book One States, Two States, saying that about one third of the Palestinian deaths had been civilians.[126]

The portion of the 4,281 Palestinians killed since the beginning of the Second Intifada that were civilians is disputed. According to the Israeli human rights organization B'tselem, 2,038 were civilians.[127] Israeli historian Benny Morris estimated that about one third of the Palestinian deaths had been civilians.[128]

Another 609 Palestinian fatalities were inflicted by other Palestinians.[129][130]

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Foreigner casualties in the Second Intifada

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During the course of the second intifada, a total of 64 foreign citizens were killed.[129]

Casualties by Israel

  • Iain Hook – English UNRWA aid project manager shot and killed by an IDF soldier, who mistook a cellphone in his hand for a gun or grenade, in Jenin, November 22, 2002.[156][157]
  • Rachel Corrie – American ISM activist killed in an IDF bulldozer during her protest of the demolition of a Palestinian home on March 16, 2003.[158]
  • Tom Hurndall – English ISM volunteer fatally shot by an IDF sniper in Gaza, April 11, 2003.[159]
  • James Miller – Welsh film-maker shot and killed by the IDF in Gaza, May 2, 2003.[160]

Casualties by Palestinians

  • Constantin Straturula, 52, of Romania – Killed in a Palestinian bomb attack May 10, 2001.[2]
  • Virgil Martinescu, 29, of Romania – Killed in a Palestinian bomb attack May 10, 2001.[2]
  • Aleksei Lupalu, 16, of the Ukraine – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing June 2, 2001.[161]
  • Sergei Panchenko, 20, Ukraine.[162] – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing June 2, 2001
  • Giora Balash, 60, from São Paulo, Brazil – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing August 9, 2001.[163]
  • Shoshana Yehudit (Judy) Greenbaum, 31, from Passaic, New Jersey, United States – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing August 9, 2001.[163]
  • Rosaria Reyes, 42, Filipino citizen – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing December 2, 2001.[20]
  • Avraham (Avi) Boaz, 71, American citizen – Kidnapped at a PA security checkpoint in Beit Jala on January 15, 2001; bullet-ridden body found in Beit Sahur.[2]
  • Catherine Berruex, 25, of Switzerland and Turgut Cengiz Toytunç of Turkey, observers at the TIPH - killed in Hebron by Islamic Jihad March 26, 2002 [164]
  • Perla Hermele, 79, of Stockholm, Sweden – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing March 27, 2002.[165]
  • Zuhila Hushi, 47, Chinese citizen, of Gilo – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing April 12, 2002.[166]
  • Lin Chin Mai, 34, Chinese citizen – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing April 12, 2002.[167]
  • Chai Zin Chang, 32, Chinese citizen – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing April 12, 2002.[168]
  • Tatiana Igelski, 43, of Moldova – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing June 19, 2002.[169]
  • Adrian Andres, 30, of Romania – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing July 17, 2002.[170]
  • Li Bin, 33, of China – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing July 17, 2002.[171]
  • Janis Ruth Coulter, 36, of New York (US) – Killed by a Palestinian remotely detonated concealed bomb July 31, 2002.[172][173] It was carried out by an East Jerusalem-based Hamas cell whose members are serving multiple life sentences in Israeli prisons for that attack and others.[174]
  • David Gritz, 24, of Massachusetts (US-France) – Killed by a Palestinian remotely detonated concealed bomb July 31, 2002.[172][173] It was carried out by an East Jerusalem-based Hamas cell whose members are serving multiple life sentences in Israeli prisons for that attack and others.[174]
  • Marla Bennett, 24, of California (US) – Killed by a Palestinian remotely detonated concealed bomb July 31, 2002.[172][173] It was carried out by an East Jerusalem-based Hamas cell whose members are serving multiple life sentences in Israeli prisons for that attack and others.[174]
  • Benjamin Blutstein, 25, of Pennsylvania (US) – Killed by a Palestinian remotely detonated concealed bomb July 31, 2002.[172][173] It was carried out by an East Jerusalem-based Hamas cell whose members are serving multiple life sentences in Israeli prisons for that attack and others.[174]
  • Dina Carter, 37, of Jerusalem (US) – Killed by a Palestinian remotely detonated concealed bomb July 31, 2002.[172][173] It was carried out by an East Jerusalem-based Hamas cell whose members are serving multiple life sentences in Israeli prisons for that attack and others.[174]
  • Adelina Kononen, 37, of the Philippines – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing August 4, 2002.[175]
  • Rebecca Roga, 40, of the Philippines – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing August 4, 2002.[176]
  • Jonathan (Yoni) Jesner, 19, of Glasgow, Scotland – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing September 19, 2002.[177]
  • Mircea Varga, 25, a tourist from Romania – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing November 21, 2002.[178]
  • Ion (Nelu) Nicolae, 34, of Romania – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing January 5, 2003.[179]
  • Mihai Sabau, 38, of Romania – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing January 5, 2003.[180]
  • Li Peizhong, 41, of China – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing January 5, 2003.[181]
  • Steven Arthur Cromwell, 43, of Ghana – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing January 5, 2003.[182]
  • Krassimir Mitkov Angelov, 32, of Bulgaria – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing January 5, 2003.[183]
  • Ivan Gaptoniak, 46, of Ukraine – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing January 5, 2003.[184]
  • Guo Aiping, 47, of China – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing January 5, 2003.[185]
  • Zhang Minmin, 50, of China – died of her injuries on January 13, 2003 from a Palestinian suicide bombing.[186]
  • Haile Abraha Hawki, 56, a foreign worker from Eritrea – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing June 11, 2003.[187]
  • Krastyu Radkov, 46, of Bulgaria – Killed in a Palestinian shooting attack June 30, 2003 west Jenin while driving a truck. Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.[2]
  • Goldie Taubenfeld, 43, of New Square, New York – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing August 19, 2003.[188]
  • Shmuel Taubenfeld, 3 months, of New Square, New York – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing August 19, 2003.[188]
  • Maria Antonia Reslas, 39, of the Philippines – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing August 19, 2003.[188]
  • John Eric Branchizio, 37, of Texas – Killed by a Palestinian bomb October 15, 2003 in the Gaza Strip, along with two other American diplomatic personnel.[2]
  • John Martin Linde, Jr., 30, of Missouri – Killed by a Palestinian bomb October 15, 2003 in the Gaza Strip, along with two other American diplomatic personnel.[2]
  • Mark T. Parson, 31, of New York – Killed by a Palestinian bomb October 15, 2003 in the Gaza Strip, along with two other American diplomatic personnel.[2]
  • Patricia Ter'n Navarrete, 33, of Ecuador – Killed by a Palestinian terrorist in a shooting attack November 19, 2003, north of Eilat.[2]
  • Mehbere Kifile, 35, of Ethiopia – Killed in a Palestinian suicide bombing January 29, 2004.[189]
  • Weerachai Wongput, 37, from the Nong Han District of the northeastern province of Udon Thani in Thailand – Killed by shrapnel from mortar fire on June 21, 2004. Hamas claimed responsibility.[2]
  • Pratheep Nanongkham, 24, of Thailand – Killed when armed terrorists infiltrated the hothouse area of Kfar Darom in the central Gaza Strip on October 6, 2004. Hamas claimed responsibility.[2]
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