This article contains lists of Palestinian suicide attacks carried out by

Palestinian Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...

individuals and militant groups, usually against

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

i civilian targets. The use of indiscriminate attacks on civilian populations is illegal under international law. The first suicide attack was carried out in 1989 and the attacks steeply declined by 2008. The high point was in 2002 during the

Second Intifada The Second Intifada ( ar, الانتفاضة الثانية, ; he, האינתיפאדה השנייה, ), also known as the Al-Aqsa Intifada ( ar, انتفاضة الأقصى, label=none, '), was a major Palestinians, Palestinian uprising a ...

. A 2007 study of Palestinian suicide bombings during the Second Intifada (September 2000 through August 2005) found that 39.9 percent of the suicide attacks were carried out by

Hamas Hamas (, ; , ; an acronym of , "Islamic Resistance Movement") is a Palestinian Sunni-Islamic fundamentalist, militant, and nationalist organization. It has a social service wing, Dawah, and a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Bri ...

, 26.4 percent by

Fatah Fatah ( ar, فتح '), formerly the Palestinian National Liberation Movement, is a Palestinian nationalist social democratic political party and the largest faction of the Confederation, confederated multi-party Palestine Liberation Organizati ...

, 25.7 percent by the

Palestinian Islamic Jihad The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine ( ar, حركة الجهاد الإسلامي في فلسطين, ''Harakat al-Jihād al-Islāmi fi Filastīn''), known in the West simply as Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), is a Palestinian Islamist pa ...

(PIJ), 5.4 percent by the

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine ( ar, الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين, translit=al-Jabhah al-Sha`biyyah li-Taḥrīr Filasṭīn, PFLP) is a secular Palestinian Marxism–Leninism, Marxist–Leninist an ...

(PFLP) and 2.7 percent by other organizations. The

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has advocated classifying suicide bombings as crimes against humanity, a position adopted by Amnesty International and

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in 2002.The European Union, Antisemitism, and the Politics of Denial
University of Nebraska Press, by R. Amy Elman, page 90 ''The criteria used for this list: successful deliberate attacks committed by Palestinian militant groups against either civilians or security forces, in which the perpetrators intended to die during the attack.'' *''Bold indicates attacks resulting in over 10 deaths''. *''Bold Underscored indicates attacks resulting in over 20 deaths''. *The perpetrator(s) are not included in the death tolls noted in this list.

1980s

1989 (1 attack)

1990s

1993 (2 bombings)

1994 (5 bombings)

1995 (4 bombings)

1996 (4 bombings)

1997 (3 bombings)

1998 (2 bombings)

1999 (2 bombings)

2000s

The

Al-Aqsa Intifada The Second Intifada ( ar, الانتفاضة الثانية, ; he, האינתיפאדה השנייה, ), also known as the Al-Aqsa Intifada ( ar, انتفاضة الأقصى, label=none, '), was a major Palestinian uprising against Israe ...

saw a dramatic upswing in suicide bombings, with A, 40% of the total number originated in East Jerusalem.

2000 (5 bombings)

2001 (40 bombings)

2002 (47 bombings)

2003 (23 bombings)

2004 (17 bombings)

2005 (9 bombings)

2006 (3 bombings)

2007 (1 bombing)

2008 (2 bombings)

2010s

2015 (1 bombing)

2016 (1 bombing)

Total number of injuries and fatalities, by year

''Note: statistics are taken from lists above.''

Sources and external links

Israeli Ministry of Foreign AffairsJohnston's Terrorism Archive
Fatal terrorist attacks in Israel since the Declaration of Principles
Palestinian Suicide Bombers: A Statistical Analysis

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* {{Arab–Israeli conflict * * Palestinian suicide attacks Terrorist attacks attributed to Palestinian militant groups Palestinian suicide attacks suicide attacks

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