Ten Terror Attacks
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TOP TEN LISTS
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Ten Terror Attacks
Ten attacks that left a mark on Israeli life and policy, in date order. They are chosen for the scale of the loss and for what followed. Many other attacks are not listed.
1 Lod Airport massacreטבח נמל התעופה לוד30 MAY 1972 Three Japanese gunmen working for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine opened fire at Lod Airport and killed 26 people. Seventeen of them were Puerto Rican pilgrims.
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2 Munich Olympics massacreטבח מינכן5 AND 6 SEPTEMBER 1972 Palestinian gunmen seized eleven members of Israel’s Olympic team in Munich. All eleven were killed, along with a German police officer.
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3 Ma’alot massacreטבח מעלות15 MAY 1974 Three gunmen seized a school in the northern town of Ma’alot. Twenty-two schoolchildren were among the dead.
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4 Entebbe hijacking and raid 27 JUNE TO 4 JULY 1976 Hijackers took an Air France plane to Uganda. Israeli commandos freed the hostages on 4 July, and their commander, Yonatan Netanyahu, was killed.
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5 Coastal Road massacreטבח כביש החוף11 MARCH 1978 Fatah gunmen landed from the sea, hijacked a bus and killed 38 civilians, 13 of them children. Israel entered southern Lebanon three days later.
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6 Bus 18 bombings 18 פיגועי קו25 FEBRUARY AND 3 MARCH 1996 Two suicide bombings of Jerusalem buses killed 45 people and shook public support for the Oslo peace process.
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7 Dolphinarium bombingפיגוע הדולפינריום1 JUNE 2001 A suicide bomber killed 21 people outside a Tel Aviv discotheque, most of them teenagers.
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8 Sbarro bombingפיגוע סבארו9 AUGUST 2001 A suicide bomber killed 15 people, seven of them children, at a pizzeria on Jaffa Road in Jerusalem.
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9 Park Hotel massacreטבח ליל הסדר27 MARCH 2002 A suicide bomber killed 30 people at a Passover seder in Netanya. Israel launched Operation Defensive Shield the next day.
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10 October 7 attack 7 OCTOBER 2023
Hamas attacked communities and a music festival in southern Israel. About 1,200 people were killed and about 250 were taken hostage. The attack began the war in Gaza.
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