List of massacres in the Palestinian territories information
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 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 in Israel see List of massacres in Israel
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (May 2011)
Name
Date
Location
Responsible Party
Deaths
Notes
Qibya massacre
14 October 1953
Qibya, 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]
Rafah massacre
3 November 1956
Rafah, Gaza Strip
Israel Defense Forces
111+[2]
Male Palestinian villagers suspected of supporting Palestinian guerrillas
Khan Yunis massacre
3 November 1956
Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip
Israel Defense Forces
275+[3]
Palestinians killed in house-to-house search for fedayeen
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.[4]
Ibrahim al-Maqadma Mosque missile strike
3 January 2009
Beit Lahia
Israeli Air Force
16
2011 Itamar attack
11 March 2011
Itamar[5]
Two Palestinians[6]
5[7]
Both parents and three children of one family stabbed to death in their home, one infant decapitated.[8]
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.[9]
Flour massacre
29 February 2024
Gaza Strip
Israel Defense Forces
112+[10]
Palestinians waiting for food aid killed after shooting by Israeli forces in Gaza.[10]
^Rossinow, Doug (March 2018). ""The Edge of the Abyss": The Origins of the Israel Lobby, 1949–1954". Modern American History. 1 (1): 23–43. doi:10.1017/mah.2017.17. ISSN 2515-0456. Archived from the original on Oct 31, 2023 – via Cambridge Core.
^Edward W. Said, Noam Chomsky, and Michael Walzer, "Chomsky's 'Fateful Triangle': An Exchange", New York Review of Books, 16 August 1984.
^Morris, Benny (1994). Israel's Border Wars, 1949-1956: Arab Infiltration, Israeli Retaliation, and the Countdown to the Suez War. Oxford University Press. p. 424. ISBN 978-0198278504.
^Cohen, Gili (13 March 2011). "Itamar settlement has been a prime target for terror". Haaretz. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
^Raved, Ahiya (5 June 2011). "Palestinian baby killer: Proud of what I did". Ynetnews. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
^Lidman, Melanie (March 13, 2011). "Rallies held around country in response to Itamar attacks". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on Mar 19, 2011.
^Pfeffer, Anshel (17 April 2011). "Two teens from West Bank village arrested over Itamar massacre". Haaretz. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
^Sabah, Abed (18 December 2023). "Gaza grandfather describes killing of his family by Israeli soldiers". Reuters. Archived from the original on 18 Dec 2023.
^ ab"Flour massacre: How Gaza food killings unfolded, and Israel's story changed". Al Jazeera. 1 March 2024. Archived from the original on Mar 21, 2024.
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