January 1 – Israeli settlers from the
Efrat and El'eazar settlements ignited a fire in a 700-year-old
mosque situated on the lands of
Al Khader village, close to the settlements near Bethlehem.[1]
January 24 – Two Palestinian Arabs infiltrate a religious seminary and stab three students in the
West Bank settlement of
Kfar Etzion before being shot dead.
January 24 – Palestinian Arab
gunmen open fire on Israelis outside the
Shuafatrefugee camp on the outskirts of
Jerusalem, killing a border police officer and seriously wounding a female officer.
February 4 –
2008 Dimona suicide bombing: A
suicide attack carried out by
Hamas at a shopping centre in
Dimona, Israel. One Israeli elderly woman is killed in the attack while nine other people are wounded (one of them critically).
Hamas claims responsibility for the attack.[2]
February 27 – A Palestinian baby less than a year old was killed in Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip.[3] Over 46 Qassam rockets were also fired by Palestinian Arab militants into the Western
Negev and Israel's Southern
Mediterranean coast, many of them hit the city of
Ashkelon and the town of
Sderot, among other Israeli towns and villages in the area. One of the rockets that landed in a parking lot at the
Sapir Academic College killed 47-year-old Israeli student, Ronni Yechia.[4]
February 28 – March 3 –
Operation Hot Winter:
Israel Defense Forces military campaign in the
Gaza Strip is launched in response to the constant firing of
Qassam rockets from the Strip by
Hamas militants. Four Palestinian children, aged 10, 12, 13 and 15, playing football in the Gaza Strip were killed by an Israeli strike.[3][5]
March 1 – At least 19 Palestinian civilians were killed in a major Israeli attack within the
Gaza Strip.[6]
May 14 – A
Katyusha rocket is fired at the Israeli city of
Ashqelon striking a clinic on the third floor of the Huzot shopping mall, serious wounding three people, moderately wounding two and with eleven other people suffering minor wounds. The
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claims responsibility.[8]
June 6 – An Israeli man is killed and four other people are wounded when
Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip fire a mortar shell at kibbutz
Nirim in the western
Negev desert.[9]
June 8 – Four masked
settlers with clubs attacked three members of a Palestinian family who were grazing their flock on private Palestinian land south of the
Susiya settlement, with the victims suffering severe injuries requiring hospitalization.[1]
September 22 – At least 19 people are wounded when a Palestinian Arab drives his car into a crowd of
IDF soldiers at a busy intersection in
Jerusalem.[11] The driver is shot and killed at the scene by an Israeli soldier.[12]
December 4, 2008 – Israeli settlers in
Hebron attack and shoot at Palestinians, also setting fires to Palestinian trees and attacking Palestinian homes.[14]
December 27, 2008 – January 18, 2009 –
Operation Cast Lead: A large-scale three-week
IDF military campaign in the
Gaza Strip seriously damages the paramilitary infrastructure of
Hamas. Israel claims that the strikes are a response to frequent Qassam rocket and mortar fire from the Strip on Israel's southern civilian communities.
January 1 – Israeli settlers from the
Efrat and El'eazar settlements ignited a fire in a 700-year-old
mosque situated on the lands of
Al Khader village, close to the settlements near Bethlehem.[1]
January 24 – Two Palestinian Arabs infiltrate a religious seminary and stab three students in the
West Bank settlement of
Kfar Etzion before being shot dead.
January 24 – Palestinian Arab
gunmen open fire on Israelis outside the
Shuafatrefugee camp on the outskirts of
Jerusalem, killing a border police officer and seriously wounding a female officer.
February 4 –
2008 Dimona suicide bombing: A
suicide attack carried out by
Hamas at a shopping centre in
Dimona, Israel. One Israeli elderly woman is killed in the attack while nine other people are wounded (one of them critically).
Hamas claims responsibility for the attack.[2]
February 27 – A Palestinian baby less than a year old was killed in Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip.[3] Over 46 Qassam rockets were also fired by Palestinian Arab militants into the Western
Negev and Israel's Southern
Mediterranean coast, many of them hit the city of
Ashkelon and the town of
Sderot, among other Israeli towns and villages in the area. One of the rockets that landed in a parking lot at the
Sapir Academic College killed 47-year-old Israeli student, Ronni Yechia.[4]
February 28 – March 3 –
Operation Hot Winter:
Israel Defense Forces military campaign in the
Gaza Strip is launched in response to the constant firing of
Qassam rockets from the Strip by
Hamas militants. Four Palestinian children, aged 10, 12, 13 and 15, playing football in the Gaza Strip were killed by an Israeli strike.[3][5]
March 1 – At least 19 Palestinian civilians were killed in a major Israeli attack within the
Gaza Strip.[6]
May 14 – A
Katyusha rocket is fired at the Israeli city of
Ashqelon striking a clinic on the third floor of the Huzot shopping mall, serious wounding three people, moderately wounding two and with eleven other people suffering minor wounds. The
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claims responsibility.[8]
June 6 – An Israeli man is killed and four other people are wounded when
Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip fire a mortar shell at kibbutz
Nirim in the western
Negev desert.[9]
June 8 – Four masked
settlers with clubs attacked three members of a Palestinian family who were grazing their flock on private Palestinian land south of the
Susiya settlement, with the victims suffering severe injuries requiring hospitalization.[1]
September 22 – At least 19 people are wounded when a Palestinian Arab drives his car into a crowd of
IDF soldiers at a busy intersection in
Jerusalem.[11] The driver is shot and killed at the scene by an Israeli soldier.[12]
December 4, 2008 – Israeli settlers in
Hebron attack and shoot at Palestinians, also setting fires to Palestinian trees and attacking Palestinian homes.[14]
December 27, 2008 – January 18, 2009 –
Operation Cast Lead: A large-scale three-week
IDF military campaign in the
Gaza Strip seriously damages the paramilitary infrastructure of
Hamas. Israel claims that the strikes are a response to frequent Qassam rocket and mortar fire from the Strip on Israel's southern civilian communities.