List of massacres in Israel

This is a list of massacres that have occurred in Israel after the 1948 Palestine War.

• For massacres that have occurred in Roman Judea prior to the establishment of the Roman province of Syria Palæstina, see List of massacres in Roman Judea.
• For massacres that took place prior to the British Mandate, see List of massacres in Ottoman Syria.
• For massacres that took place in Mandatory Palestine, see List of killings and massacres in Mandatory Palestine.
• For massacres that took place during the 1948 Palestine War, see Killings and massacres during the 1948 Palestine War.
• For massacres that have occurred in the West Bank and Gaza since 1948, see List of massacres in Palestine.

Name	Date	Location	Responsible Party	Deaths	Notes
Ma'ale Akrabim massacre	16–17 March 1954	Scorpions Pass	Unknown; Arab Bedouins suspected[1]	11[2]	2 injured
Kafr Qasim massacre	29 October 1956	Kafr Qasim	Israel Border Police	47	23 children were among the victims. Israeli President Shimon Peres issued a formal apology in December 2007.[3]
Avivim school bus bombing	8 May 1970	near Avivim	Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command[4]	12[5]	25 wounded; 9 victims were children
Lod Airport massacre	30 May 1972	Lod	Three members of the Japanese Red Army, on behalf of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine	26[6]	80 injured
Kiryat Shmona massacre	11 April 1974	Kiryat Shmona, Israel	Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command	18[7]	8 victims were children; 15 injured
Ma'alot massacre[8]	15 May 1974	Ma'alot[9]	Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine[10]	29[11]	68 injured; victims were mostly children
Zion Square massacre	4 July 1975	Jerusalem	Palestine Liberation Organization	15[12]	77 wounded
Coastal Road massacre	11 March 1978	near Tel Aviv	Palestine Liberation Organization	38[13]	38 people were killed on bus. Victims include 13 children. Other people killed nearby. 71 wounded.
Rishon LeZion Massacre	20 May 1990	Rishon LeZion	Ami Popper, an Israeli citizen	7 [14]	Seven Palestinian workers were killed, 16 Palestinians were wounded. The perpetrator was a 21-year-old Israeli with an automatic weapon. 13 more Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in subsequent demonstrations to protest the massacre in various parts of the territories.[15]
Dizengoff Street bus bombing	19 October 1994	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hamas	22	Suicide bomber blows himself up in a bus during the morning rush hour at Dizengoff street, Tel Aviv. Killing 22 people and injuring 50 others. Hamas claimed responsibility.
Beit Lid suicide bombing[16][17][18][19]	22 January 1995	Beit Lid Junction	Palestinian Islamic Jihad	23[20]	Death toll includes 2 perpetrators; 69 injured; first suicide attack by Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing	9 August 2001	Jerusalem	Hamas	15[21]	130 injured; 7 victims were children
Dolphinarium discotheque bombing	1 June 2001	Tel Aviv	Hamas	21	100+ wounded
2002 Hadera attack[22]	18 January 2002	Hadera	al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades	7[23]	33 wounded[23]
Yeshivat Beit Yisrael bombing[24]	2 March 2002	Beit Yisrael, Jerusalem	Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades	11[25]	Victims included 7 children, 2 of which were infants
Café Moment bombing	9 March 2002	Jerusalem	Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades	11[26]	54 wounded
Passover massacre[27]	27 March 2002	Netanya	Hamas[28]	30[29]	140 injured; some victims were Holocaust survivors; considered the deadliest single attack against Israeli civilians during the Second Intifada
Kiryat Menachem bus bombing	21 November 2002	Jerusalem	Hamas	11[30]	50+ wounded
Tel Aviv central bus station massacre	5 January 2003	Southern Tel Aviv	Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades	23[31]	Over 100 injured
Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing	19 August 2003	Jerusalem	Hamas	24[32]	130+ wounded
Maxim restaurant suicide bombing	4 October 2003	beachfront "Maxim" restaurant, Haifa	Palestinian Islamic Jihad female suicide bomber	21 civilians	60 civilians were injured.
Shfaram massacre[33]	4 August 2005	bus in Shefa-Amr	Israeli army deserter	5 Arab civilians	12 Arab civilians were injured.
2nd Rosh Ha'ir restaurant bombing	17 April 2006	Tel Aviv	Palestinian Islamic Jihad	11 civilians (+1 bomber)[34]
2008 Jerusalem yeshiva attack	6 March 2008	Kiryat Moshe, Jerusalem	Arab gunman, Alaa Abu Dhein	8[35][36]	Attack took place at a school, and seven victims were students.[37]
2008 Jerusalem bulldozer attack	2 July 2008	Jaffa Road, Jerusalem	Hussam Taysir Duwait	3	Attack on motorists. Three people were killed and thirty injured.
2014 Jerusalem synagogue attack	18 November 2014	Har Nof, Jerusalem	Uday Abu Jamal and Ghassan Abu Jamal	5	Attack against a synagogue. Four rabbis and a police officer were killed.
June 2016 Tel Aviv shooting	8 June 2016	Sarona market, Tel Aviv	Khalid al-Mahmara and Muhammad Mahmara	4	Attack on restaurant guests in downtown Tel Aviv. Four civilians killed.
2022 Beersheba attack	22 March 2022	Beersheba	Mohammed Abu al-Kiyan	4	Stabbing and vehicle ramming attack.
2022 Bnei Brak shootings	29 March 2022	Bnei Brak	Diaa Hamarsheh	5	Attack on pedestrians. Four civilians and a police officer killed.
Nova music festival massacre	7 October 2023	Re'im	Hamas	325+[38]	Deadliest massacre in Israeli history. At least 37 Israeli and foreign civilians kidnapped and taken into the Gaza Strip.[39] Part of the Gaza war.
Be'eri massacre	7 October 2023	Be'eri	Hamas	108+[40]	Part of the Gaza war.
Battle of Sderot	7 October 2023	Sderot	Hamas	20	Surprise attack on an Israeli police station. Part of the Gaza war.
Kfar Aza massacre	7 October 2023	Kfar Aza	Hamas	52	Part of the Gaza war.
Nir Oz attack	7 October 2023	Nir Oz	Hamas	25	Part of the Gaza war.
Netiv HaAsara massacre	7 October 2023	Netiv HaAsara	Hamas	20+[41]	Part of the Gaza war.
Holit attack	7 October 2023	Holit	Hamas	13+[42]	Part of the Gaza war.
Ein HaShlosha massacre	7 October 2023	Ein HaShlosha	Hamas	5+[43]	Part of the Gaza war.
Nahal Oz attack	7 October 2023	Nahal Oz	Hamas	100+[44]	Part of the Gaza war.
Psyduck music festival Massacre	7 October 2023	Eshkol Regional Council	Hamas	17	Part of the Gaza war.
Kissufim massacre	7 October 2023	Kissufim	Hamas	4+[45]	Part of the Gaza war.
Nirim attack	7 October 2023	Nirim	Hamas		Part of the Gaza war.
Yakhini massacre	7 October 2023	Yakhini	Hamas		Part of the Gaza war.
Alumim massacre	7 October 2023	Alumim	Hamas	16/17[46][47]	Victims were foreign workers from Thailand and Nepal. Part of the Gaza war.
2024 Jaffa shooting	1 October 2024	Jaffa	Hamas	7[48]	Part of the Gaza war.

See also

• List of killings and massacres in Mandatory Palestine
• List of attacks against Israeli civilians before 1967
• List of massacres in Jerusalem
• Civilian casualties in the Second Intifada
• List of Palestinian suicide attacks
• Palestinian political violence
• List of massacres during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war