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.
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Name | Date | Location | Responsible Party | Deaths | Notes |
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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. [1] |
Ibrahim al-Maqadma Mosque missile strike | 3 January 2009 | Beit Lahia | Israeli Air Force | 16 | |
2011 Itamar attack | 11 March 2011 | Itamar [2] | Two Palestinians [3] | 5 [4] | Both parents and three children of one family stabbed to death in their home, one infant decapitated. [5] |
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. [6] |
Flour massacre | 29 February 2024 | Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 112+ [7] | Palestinians waiting for food aid killed after shooting by Israeli forces in Gaza. [7] |
Tel al-Sultan massacre | 26 May 2024 | Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 40+ [8] | The Israeli Air Force struck Tel al-Sultan, Rafah, setting fire to a Palestinian displacement camp. [8] |
Nuseirat refugee camp massacre | 8 June 2024 | Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 274+ [9] | 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. [9] |
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Name | Date | Location | Responsible Party | Deaths | Notes |
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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. [10] |
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Name | Date | Location | Responsible Party | Deaths | Notes |
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Rafah massacre | 3 November 1956 | Rafah, Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 111+ [11] | Male Palestinian villagers suspected of supporting Palestinian guerrillas |
Khan Yunis massacre | 3 November 1956 | Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 275+ [12] | Palestinians killed in house-to-house search for fedayeen |
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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 |
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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.
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Name | Date | Location | Responsible Party | Deaths | Notes |
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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. [1] |
Ibrahim al-Maqadma Mosque missile strike | 3 January 2009 | Beit Lahia | Israeli Air Force | 16 | |
2011 Itamar attack | 11 March 2011 | Itamar [2] | Two Palestinians [3] | 5 [4] | Both parents and three children of one family stabbed to death in their home, one infant decapitated. [5] |
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. [6] |
Flour massacre | 29 February 2024 | Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 112+ [7] | Palestinians waiting for food aid killed after shooting by Israeli forces in Gaza. [7] |
Tel al-Sultan massacre | 26 May 2024 | Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 40+ [8] | The Israeli Air Force struck Tel al-Sultan, Rafah, setting fire to a Palestinian displacement camp. [8] |
Nuseirat refugee camp massacre | 8 June 2024 | Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 274+ [9] | 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. [9] |
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Name | Date | Location | Responsible Party | Deaths | Notes |
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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. [10] |
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Name | Date | Location | Responsible Party | Deaths | Notes |
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Rafah massacre | 3 November 1956 | Rafah, Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 111+ [11] | Male Palestinian villagers suspected of supporting Palestinian guerrillas |
Khan Yunis massacre | 3 November 1956 | Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 275+ [12] | Palestinians killed in house-to-house search for fedayeen |
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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 |
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