Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2002
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Note: This compilation includes only those attacks that resulted in casualties. Attacks which did not kill or wound are not included.
Timeline
editJanuary
edit- 4 January: An Israeli army undercover unit kills a Hamas member in the village of Tal and arrests two others.[1]
- 9 January: Two Hamas militants wearing Palestinian police uniforms attack an IDF post near the Gaza Strip with grenades and assault rifles. Four Israeli soldiers and one of the attackers are killed.[2][3]
- 10 January-11: The Israeli army demolished 59 houses and damaged another 200 in Rafah refugee camp. Over six hundred Palestinians are made homeless.[4][5]
- 14 January: The IDF killed Raed al-Karmi, head of Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades (AMB) in Tulkarm. AMB gunmen kill an Israeli soldier near Shavei Shomron.[4]
- 14 January: Sgt. Elad Abu-Gani, 19, from Tiberias was killed and an officer was injured in a Palestinian ambush near Kuchin, with Fatah claiming responsibility.[3]
- 15 January: Avraham (Avi) Boaz, 71, an American from Ma'aleh Adumim, was kidnapped at a PA checkpoint in Beit Jala and later found dead in Beit Sahur, Bethlehem. Fatah's Al-Aksa Brigade claimed responsibility..[3]
- 15 January: Yoela Chen, 45, of Givat Ze'ev, was shot and killed by Palestinian militants near Givat Ze'ev's gas station; her aunt was injured. Responsibility was claimed by Fatah's Al-Aqsa Brigade.[3]
- 17 January: 2002 Bat Mitzvah massacre: A gunman killed six and wounded 33 in a Bat Mitzvah celebration in Hadera. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.[3][4] Wanted AMB member Khamis Abdallah is killed by the Israeli army in an apparent assassination in Nablus. A Palestinian is killed by shellfire on the Gaza border. Two Preventive Security Force officers are killed when an Israeli F-16 destroyed the Palestinian Authority's main police headquarters in Tulkarem.[citation needed]
- 18 January: In an apparent assassination,[citation needed] wanted AMB member Faraj Hani Odeh Nazzal is killed in the West Bank.[6]
- 21 January: A 19-year-old Palestinian was killed and seven wounded in fighting with Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Tulkarm.[7]
- 22 January: Sarah Hamburger, 79, and Svetlana Sandler, 56, both from Jerusalem, were killed and 40 injured by a Palestinian with an M-16 at a Jerusalem bus stop; the Fatah Al-Aqsa Brigades claimed responsibility.[3]
- 27 January: Pinhas Tokatli, 81, was killed and over 150 were wounded in a suicide bombing in Jerusalem by a Fatah female suicide bomber armed with over 10 kilos of explosives.[3][8]
February
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- 6 February: Miri Ohana, 45, and her daughter Yael, 11, were killed in Moshav Hamra by an armed militant. St.-Sgt. Maj.(res.) Moshe Majos Meconen, 33, also died in the attack. Both Fatah and Hamas claimed responsibility.[3][9]
- 8 February: Moranne Amit, 25, from Kibbutz Kfar Hanasi was fatally stabbed in Jerusalem by four young Palestinians.[3]
- 9 February: Atala Lipobsky, 78, of Ma'ale Ephraim, was shot and killed in an apparent ambush on the Trans-Samaria Highway.[3]
- 10 February: Lt. Keren Rothstein, 20, and Cpl. Aya Malachi, 18, were killed and four others were injured in a drive-by shooting at the IDF Southern Command base in Be'er Sheva. Hamas claimed responsibility.[3]
- 14 February: St.-Sgt. Ron Lavie, St.-Sgt. Moshe Peled, both 20, and St.-Sgt. Asher Zaguri, 21, were killed by a mine on the Karni-Netzarim road in the Gaza Strip.[3]
- 16 February: Two teenagers killed in a suicide bombing in the West Bank. Another teenage girl died from her injuries 11 days later. The PFLP claimed responsibility.[10][3]
- 18 February: An Israeli-Arab policeman is killed by a suicide bomber. Fatah (Al-Aqsa) claims responsibility.[3] An Israeli settler woman is and two soldiers trying to assist her are killed in a combined shooting and bombing in the Gaza Strip. The gunman who killed the woman is run over and killed by an Israeli civilian who was driving nearby, who sustained gunshot wounds. Fatah (Al-Aqsa) claims responsibility.[3]
- 19 February: Palestinian guerillas attacked an army checkpoint at Ein 'Ariq near Ramallah killing six Israeli soldiers. The Al-Aqsa Brigade and Hamas claimed joint responsibility.[3][11]
- 20 February: In retaliation of the raid 19 February, Israeli warplanes and helicopter gunships attack structures belonging to the Palestinian Authority. Israeli artillery also attacks Palestinian police checkpoints, and Israeli troops engage in firefights with Palestinians. A total of 16 Palestinians are killed.[12]
- 26 February: A 15-year-old Palestinian girl, wielding a knife, was shot dead at an Israeli checkpoint near Tulkarm in what appeared to have been a failed attack at that checkpoint.[13]
- 28 February: Two Palestinians were killed and more than 100 wounded as Israel forces stormed the Balata refugee camp. In Jenin, six Palestinian policemen were shot dead as tanks entered the camp.[citation needed]
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- 26 December: In Nablus, Israeli troops killed two Palestinians. A Palestinian who had opened fire against a patrol, and a 15-year-old Palestinian boy who was killed in the crossfire. In Tulkarem, one man was killed when he tried to escape arrest. According to Palestinian and Israeli sources he was a member of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade. In Ramallah three Palestinians, one of them a Hamas member, were killed by Israeli troops in separate incidents. In the West Bank village of Qabatiya, Hamza Abu Roub, a top Islamic Jihad leader, was killed while resisting arrest. Four IDF soldiers were wounded in the incident. Thereafter Abu Roub's house was blown up. In the Gaza Strip Israeli troops killed two Hamas members which were attempting an attack on the Netzarim settlement.[39]
- 27 December: Two IDF soldiers and two yeshiva students were killed in an attack on the Hesder yeshiva (military religious academy) of Otniel.[40]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Journal of Palestine Studies. XXXI, no. 3 (Spring 2002), University of California Press, pp. 172-194.
- ^ agencies, Staff and (January 9, 2002). "Hamas attack kills four Israelis". the Guardian.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh "Victims of Palestinian Terror since Sept 2000". web.archive.org. 2011-05-14. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
- ^ a b c "Israel/Occupied Territories / Palestinian Authority: Injustice and repression are not the answer - Amnesty International". November 20, 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-11-20.
- ^ "International press center". Archived from the original on 2003-04-19. Retrieved 2021-11-30.
- ^ "After Attack, Israelis Step Up Operations in West Bank". The New York Times. Jan 19, 2002. Archived from the original on March 14, 2021. Retrieved Aug 14, 2023.
- ^ "Israelis seize town in terror hunt". the Guardian. January 22, 2002.
- ^ "IMRA - Sunday, January 27, 2002 Michael Widlanski: ONE KILLED, 150 WOUNDED IN NEW TERROR ATTACK IN JERUSALEM BY ARAB WOMAN SUICIDE BOMBER". www.imra.org.il. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
- ^ "Amnesty International Report on Attacks on Civilians by Palestinian Armed Groups (July 2002)". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
- ^ Bennet, James (2002-02-17). "West Bank Suicide Bombing Kills 2 Israelis and Hurts 30". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
- ^ "Raiders kill six Israeli troops". the Guardian. February 20, 2002.
- ^ agencies, Staff and (February 20, 2002). "Israeli reprisal strikes kill 16". the Guardian.
- ^ "Girl, 15, dies on suicide mission". the Guardian. February 26, 2002.
- ^ "10 Slain Near Ofra; Soldier Dies in Gaza". Haaretz. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
- ^ agencies, Staff and (March 4, 2002). "Israel takes bloody revenge for weekend of horror". the Guardian.
- ^ "israelinsider: security: Suicide attacks in Kfar Saba and Jerusalem kill one Israeli". 2010-11-25. Archived from the original on 2010-11-25. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
- ^ "7 Die in Suicide Bomb Attack in Wadi Ara". Haaretz. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
- ^ Staff (2002-03-21). "Bomb rips through Jerusalem shopping centre". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
- ^ Friedman, Matti (Mar 27, 2012). "Ten years after Passover blast, survivors return to Park Hotel". The Times of Israel. Archived from the original on May 23, 2023. Retrieved Aug 14, 2023.
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- ^ "Mideast situation/Adora attack - Letter from Israel". Question of Palestine. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
- ^ "'Palestinians killed' in Hebron attack". the Guardian. April 29, 2002.
- ^ "Report of the Secretary-General on Jenin". August 6, 2002. Archived from the original on 2002-08-06.
- ^ "CNN.com - Lin: The aftermath of the Rishon Letzion attack - May 8, 2002". 2012-10-04. Archived from the original on 2012-10-04. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
- ^ "Israeli troops kill two Palestinians". The Sydney Morning Herald. May 30, 2003. Archived from the original on August 14, 2023. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
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- ^ "HU bomber terrorists received over $1.2 million in 'pay-for-slay' payment". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
- ^ "Israel bus attack causes carnage". 2002-08-04. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
- ^ "Tel Aviv bus bomb shatters hopes of truce | World news | The Guardian". TheGuardian.com. 2022-11-21. Archived from the original on 2022-11-21. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
- ^ Bennet, James (October 9, 2002). "Israel Defiantly Warns of More Antiterror Raids in Gaza". The New York Times.
- ^ "Three Killed in Ariel Suicide Bombing; Hamas Claims Attack - Haaretz Com - Haaretz.com". 2022-08-31. Archived from the original on 2022-08-31. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
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- ^ "Why was an unarmed Briton shot in the back? | World news | The Guardian". TheGuardian.com. 2023-03-09. Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
- ^ "Six Israelis dead in poll shooting". The Telegraph. Jul 30, 2020. Archived from the original on November 25, 2020. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
- ^ "US wants Israel to try Gitmo prisoner for 2002 Kenya bombing -- report | The Times of Israel". The Times of Israel. 2023-03-04. Archived from the original on 2023-03-04. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
- ^ "Nine Palestinians killed in West Bank: Erakat says Israel trying to sabotage faction talks in Cairo". CNN. 26 December 2002. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
- ^ Harel, Amos (27 December 2002). "Four Yeshiva Students Killed in Otniel". Haaretz. Retrieved 27 September 2019.