List of massacres in the Palestinian territories
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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in the Palestinian territories (East Jerusalem, West Bank and the Gaza Strip) after the 1948 Palestine war.
- For massacres in Israel, see List of massacres in Israel.
- For massacres of (and by) Palestinians in Lebanon see List of massacres in Lebanon
- For organised mob violence against civilians see Pogroms in the Middle East
- For massacres that took place during the 1948 Palestine War, see Killings and massacres during the 1948 Palestine War, for related context see Nakba.
- For massacres that took place in Mandatory Palestine, see List of massacres in Mandatory Palestine.
- For massacres that took place prior to the British Mandate, see List of massacres in Ottoman Syria and List of massacres in Roman Judea.
Massacres in the Occupied Palestinian territories
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Name | Date | Location | Responsible Party | Deaths | Notes |
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Qibya massacre | 14 October 1953 | Qibya, Jordanian-occupied West Bank | Israel Defense Forces | 69 | Qibya was the target of an Israeli raid by Unit 101 under the command of Ariel Sharon, which resulted in the deaths of some 69 unarmed Palestinian civilians.[1] |
Kafr Qasim massacre | 29 October 1956 | Kafr Qasim, Israeli side of the Green Line | Israeli Border Police | 49 | A wartime curfew was imposed without the knowledge of many workers out in the fields. The victims were killed as they were attempting to return home from work. |
Khan Yunis massacre | 3 November 1956 | Khan Yunis, Egyptian-occupied Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 275+[2] | Palestinians killed in house-to-house search for fedayeen |
Rafah massacre | 12 November 1956 | Rafah, Egyptian-occupied Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 111+[3] | Male Palestinian villagers suspected of supporting Palestinian guerrillas |
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1990 Temple Mount killings | 8 October 1990 | East Jerusalem | Israeli Border Police | 17[4] | 150 Palestinians wounded by Israeli security forces, and 20 Israeli civilians and police wounded by Palestinians. |
Cave of the Patriarchs massacre | 25 February 1994 | Hebron | Israeli settler Baruch Goldstein | 29 | 29 Muslims praying inside the Ibrahimi Mosque were killed with 125 more wounded.[5] |
Ibrahim al-Maqadma Mosque missile strike | 3 January 2009 | Beit Lahia | Israeli Air Force | 16 | |
2011 Itamar attack | 11 March 2011 | Itamar[6] | Two Palestinians[7] | 5[8] | Both parents and three children of one family stabbed to death in their home, one infant decapitated.[9] |
Al-Dalu family killing | 18 November 2012 | Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 12[10] | |
Battle of Shuja'iyya | 19-23 July 2014 | Gaza Strip | Golani Brigade | 70-120[11] | U.S. military officers alleged that the Israeli forces were not targeting Hamas sites specifically, leading to a high civilian death toll. [12] |
Wehda Street massacre | 16 May 2021 | Gaza Strip | Israeli Defense Forces | 44 | Israeli forces bombed al-Wehda Street, a densely populated residential and commercial neighbourhood.[13] |
Jabalia camp massacre | 31 October 2023 | Jabalia Camp, Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 50-120+[14] | 777+ wounded.[15] |
Shadia Abu Ghazala School massacre | 13 December 2023 | Gaza Strip | Israeli Ground Forces | 15+ | Eyewitnesses reported the victims had been shot and killed point-blank by Israeli soldiers.[16] |
2024 Rafah hostage raid | 12 February 2024 | Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 94-100+ | Women and children, including Sidra Hassouna, killed in airstrikes on Rafah.[17] |
Flour massacre | 29 February 2024 | Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 112+[18] | Palestinians waiting for food aid killed after shooting by Israeli forces in Gaza.[18] |
Kuwait Roundabout mass killings | 14 March 2024 | Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces (Palestinian claim)
Gazan militants (Israeli claim) |
20[19] | 155 wounded. |
Tel al-Sultan massacre | 26 May 2024 | Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 40+[20] | The Israeli Air Force struck Tel al-Sultan, Rafah, setting fire to a Palestinian displacement camp.[20] |
May 2024 Al-Mawasi refugee camp attack | 28 May 2024 | Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 21+[21] | |
Nuseirat refugee camp massacre | 8 June 2024 | Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 274+[22] | The Nuseirat rescue operation resulted in the deaths of hundreds of Palestinians in the Nuseirat refugee camp, including women and children, and over 600 injuries.[22] |
Al-Awda school massacre | 9 July 2024 | Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 31+[23] | |
Al-Tabaeen school attack | 10 August 2024 | Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 80-93+[24] | |
14 October 2024 Al-Aqsa Hospital attack | 14 October 2024 | Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 6+[25][26] | At least 6 sheltering outside Shuhada Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah were killed, and 70+ injured, when an Israeli airstrike set their tents on fire. Victims include 19-year-old Sha'ban al-Dalou. |
March 2025 Israeli strikes on Gaza | 18 March 2025 | Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 404+[27] | Israel launched airstrikes on Gaza after the ceasefire deal officially expired.[28] |
Other events
These events involving multiple deaths in the occupied Palestinian territories are not widely known, or recognized, as 'massacres'.
Massacres in Israeli-occupied Egypt and Syria
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Name | Date | Location | Responsible Party | Deaths | Notes |
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Ras Sedr massacre | 8 June 1967 | Ras Sedr, Egypt | Israeli Army | 52 | during the Six Day War |
See also
- List of massacres in Israel
- List of massacres in Palestine
- Zeitoun killings
- Al-Fakhura school incident
- 31 October 2023 Jabalia refugee camp airstrike
- 12 February 2024 Rafah strikes
- Al-Sardi school attack
- War crimes in the Israel–Hamas war
- Bombing of Gaza
- Gaza Strip mass graves
- Ras Sedr massacre
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