Summary of terrorist attacks in Israel

Summary of Terrorist Attacks in Israel
compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 8 May 2026

Note on the following two tables: these figures are not complete. They are based on data from the Israeli foreign ministry and the list of 1,855 attacks at "Chronology of terrorist attacks in Israel". The "Chronology" list is known to be incomplete for some years. For annual data, where two figures are given for fatalities, the first is from the Israeli foreign ministry and the second figure (in parenthesis) is for only those attacks listed individually in the "Chronology" list. Data on injuries, particularly before 1968, is also incomplete. Figures from the "Chronology" list include casualties among terrorists during attacks and military casualties in certain cases during counterterrorism operations, leading to differences from the official Israeli figures. For monthly data, only data from the "Chronology" list is included. Data for terrorist attacks outside Israel are not included.

Total reported casualties from terrorist attacks 1948-2026 (including attacks not listed in the Chronology) are 5,153 killed and 21,201 injured (these figures include terrorists). Casualties in these terrorist attacks include at least 225 children killed and 244 injured (these figures are incomplete).

Casualties from terrorism in Israel, 1948-2026, by year

year	attacks	killed	injured
1948	8	379 (223)	397
1949	0	37 (0)	0
1950	0	52 (0)	0
1951	0	41 (0)	0
1952	1	40 (1)	0
1953	3	46 (4)	3
1954	1	41 (11)	2
1955	2	30 (3)	18
1956	11	53 (24)	30
1957	6	19 (8)	2
1958	6	15 (11)	31
1959	7	10 (8)	0
1960	1	11 (1)	0
1961	0	8 (0)	0
1962	1	10 (0)	1
1963	0	7 (0)	0
1964	0	9 (0)	0
1965	3	10 (6)	4
1966	4	10 (5)	3
1967	0	16 (0)	0
1968	8	55 (21)	221
1969	12	33 (14)	133
1970	5	74 (18)	63
1971	2	18 (5)	36
1972	7	46 (41)	97
1973	1	27 (0)	18
1974	11	67 (72)	265

year	attacks	killed	injured
1975	19	39 (53)	199
1976	10	14 (9)	72
1977	22	9 (11)	177
1978	11	57 (70)	295
1979	32	10 (46)	337
1980	22	16 (26)	131
1981	11	14 (11)	82
1982	2	6 (2)	26
1983	4	21 (10)	88
1984	10	9 (10)	114
1985	22	27 (27)	52
1986	17	14 (16)	49
1987	16	11 (18)	60
1988	9	16 (14)	35
1989	10	40 (23)	41
1990	8	33 (19)	65
1991	12	21 (22)	27
1992	10	34 (17)	24
1993	26	45 (30)	34
1994	42	65 (120)	456
1995	17	29 (62)	285
1996	15	56 (79)	330
1997	10	41 (36)	439
1998	21	16 (13)	38
1999	6	8 (5)	2
2000	29	44 (36)	263 (87)
2001	118	207 (222)	1,548 (1,394)

year	attacks	killed	injured
2002	135	452 (484)	2,284 (2,100)
2003	67	208 (240)	1,002 (858)
2004	45	117 (128)	663 (404)
2005	28	56 (73)	504 (383)
2006	48	30 (95)	383 (1,010)
2007	10	13 (14)	462 (0)
2008	30	36 (48)	679 (449)
2009	14	15 (6)	234 (24)
2010	7	11 (11)	29 (3)
2011	11	22 (28)	159 (93)
2012	9	10 (13)	309 (15)
2013	11	6 (8)	44 (13)
2014	62	25 (53)	66 (85)
2015	108	83	251
2016	122	90	381
2017	34	34	53
2018	42	26	118
2019	16	18	169
2020	3	3	0
2021	96	53	362
2022	57	32	129
2023	80	1,260	5,317
2024	81	39	204
2025	94	21	171
2026	14	1	16

Casualties from terrorism in Israel, 2000-2023, by month

2000			2001			2002			2003
month	killed	injured	month	killed	injured	month	killed	injured	month	killed	injured
Jan	0	0	Jan	7	60	Jan	20	255	Jan	34	127
Feb	0	0	Feb	13	29	Feb	37	48	Feb	10	2
Mar	0	0	Mar	10	108	Mar	140	650	Mar	25	104
Apr	0	0	Apr	8	73	Apr	44	164	Apr	13	90
May	0	0	May	20	205	May	33	190	May	19	104
Jun	0	0	Jun	28	122	Jun	63	194	Jun	37	111
Jul	0	0	Jul	11	20	Jul	33	157	Jul	4	4
Aug	0	0	Aug	32	169	Aug	18	69	Aug	31	140
Sep	2	0	Sep	15	129	Sep	17	82	Sep	25	90
Oct	6	0	Oct	15	73	Oct	27	105	Oct	32	67
Nov	19	79	Nov	17	110	Nov	48	176	Nov	6	4
Dec	9	8	Dec	46	296	Dec	7	10	Dec	6	15

2004			2005			2006			2007
month	killed	injured	month	killed	injured	month	killed	injured	month	killed	injured
Jan	17	64	Jan	15	16	Jan	0	20	Jan	4	0
Feb	14	63	Feb	6	50	Feb	1	5	Feb	1	0
Mar	19	16	Mar	0	0	Mar	8	0	Mar	0	0
Apr	4	7	Apr	0	0	Apr	12	61	Apr	0	0
May	20	12	May	2	1	May	0	1	May	2	0
Jun	5	16	Jun	8	15	Jun	4	7	Jun	0	0
Jul	3	37	Jul	9	93	Jul	38	477	Jul	1	0
Aug	19	118	Aug	9	75	Aug	33	445	Aug	0	0
Sep	10	24	Sep	1	0	Sep	1	0	Sep	1	0
Oct	4	6	Oct	10	59	Oct	0	0	Oct	2	0
Nov	4	30	Nov	1	11	Nov	3	1	Nov	1	0
Dec	9	11	Dec	12	63	Dec	0	0	Dec	2	0

2008			2009			2010			2011
month	killed	injured	month	killed	injured	month	killed	injured	month	killed	injured
Jan	2	0	Jan	1	23	Jan	0	0	Jan	2	1
Feb	4	38	Feb	0	0	Feb	1	0	Feb	0	0
Mar	13	11	Mar	2	0	Mar	3	0	Mar	6	50
Apr	12	18	Apr	1	1	Apr	0	0	Apr	2	1
May	2	90	May	1	0	May	1	0	May	0	0
Jun	1	4	Jun	0	0	Jun	1	3	Jun	0	0
Jul	6	82	Jul	0	0	Jul	0	0	Jul	0	0
Aug	0	0	Aug	0	0	Aug	4	0	Aug	15	41
Sep	1	22	Sep	0	0	Sep	0	0	Sep	2	0
Oct	1	0	Oct	0	0	Oct	0	0	Oct	1	1
Nov	0	0	Nov	0	0	Nov	0	0	Nov	0	0
Dec	6	184	Dec	1	0	Dec	1	0	Dec	0	0

2012			2013			2014			2015
month	killed	injured	month	killed	injured	month	killed	injured	month	killed	injured
Jan	0	0	Jan	0	1	Jan	0	2	Jan	2	16
Feb	0	0	Feb	0	0	Feb	0	0	Feb	0	0
Mar	0	0	Mar	1	3	Mar	2	6	Mar	0	8
Apr	0	0	Apr	1	3	Apr	1	2	Apr	1	0
May	0	0	May	0	0	May	0	0	May	1	3
Jun	4	0	Jun	0	0	Jun	3	3	Jun	2	0
Jul	0	0	Jul	0	0	Jul	25	12	Jul	0	0
Aug	0	0	Aug	0	0	Aug	6	12	Aug	0	0
Sep	2	1	Sep	3	1	Sep	0	0	Sep	1	11
Oct	0	0	Oct	0	0	Oct	4	7	Oct	34	105
Nov	7	14	Nov	1	5	Nov	12	33	Nov	21	61
Dec	0	0	Dec	2	0	Dec	0	13	Dec	21	47

2016			2017			2018			2019
month	killed	injured	month	killed	injured	month	killed	injured	month	killed	injured
Jan	19	27	Jan	7	15	Jan	1	0	Jan	0	0
Feb	15	15	Feb	0	3	Feb	3	8	Feb	1	0
Mar	18	29	Mar	1	2	Mar	4	5	Mar	4	11
Apr	1	24	Apr	5	18	Apr	0	0	Apr	0	0
May	2	11	May	2	1	May	1	1	May	5	141
Jun	10	32	Jun	4	5	Jun	0	0	Jun	0	0
Jul	5	7	Jul	10	2	Jul	0	4	Jul	0	5
Aug	1	4	Aug	0	1	Aug	0	5	Aug	8	12
Sep	8	13	Sep	3	0	Sep	1	1	Sep	0	0
Oct	7	18	Oct	1	2	Oct	9	1	Oct	0	0
Nov	2	196	Nov	1	3	Nov	1	82	Nov	0	0
Dec	2	5	Dec	0	1	Dec	6	11	Dec	0	0

2020			2021			2022			2023
month	killed	injured	month	killed	injured	month	killed	injured	month	killed	injured
Jan	0	0	Jan	0	0	Jan	0	2	Jan	9	9
Feb	0	0	Feb	0	0	Feb	0	1	Feb	9	105
Mar	0	0	Mar	0	0	Mar	11	27	Mar	1	10
Apr	0	0	Apr	0	3	Apr	4	11	Apr	8	27
May	1	0	May	38	246	May	4	6	May	3	3
Jun	0	0	Jun	2	17	Jun	0	3	Jun	13	20
Jul	0	0	Jul	5	48	Jul	0	3	Jul	5	16
Aug	1	0	Aug	6	27	Aug	0	15	Aug	10	16
Sep	0	0	Sep	0	6	Sep	5	14	Sep	1	10
Oct	0	0	Oct	0	1	Oct	3	19	Oct	1,194	5,082
Nov	0	0	Nov	1	6	Nov	5	26	Nov	7	16
Dec	1	0	Dec	1	6	Dec	0	0	Dec	0	3

2024			2025			2026
month	killed	injured	month	killed	injured	month	killed	injured
Jan	0	0	Jan	3	20	Jan	0	8
Feb	5	20	Feb	1	16	Feb	0	0
Mar	3	27	Mar	2	13	Mar	1	6
Apr	1	14	Apr	0	8	Apr	0	0
May	2	6	May	2	13	May	0	0
Jun	1	1	Jun	0	7
Jul	2	17	Jul	1	19
Aug	5	16	Aug	0	15
Sep	7	9	Sep	9	23
Oct	11	72	Oct	0	19
Nov	0	6	Nov	1	10
Dec	2	16	Dec	2	8

Terrorist incidents and casualties by region (through 6 Jan 2016)

region incidents fatalities injuries

Israel 781 1,893 10,259

--Jerusalem 228 491 3,473

--Tel Aviv 68 259 1,550

--other 485 1,143 5,236

Gaza 111 205 363

Sinai 1 1 3

West Bank 322 459 955

total 1,215 2,558 11,580

region	incidents	fatalities	injuries
Israel	781	1,893	10,259
--Jerusalem	228	491	3,473
--Tel Aviv	68	259	1,550
--other	485	1,143	5,236
Gaza	111	205	363
Sinai	1	1	3
West Bank	322	459	955
total	1,215	2,558	11,580

© 2003-2025, 2026 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 8 May 2026.
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