List of massacres in Jerusalem

This is a list of massacres in Jerusalem.

Name Date Casualties Perpetrator(s)
Jerusalem riots of 66 66 6000 Gessius Florus
Siege of Jerusalem (1099) 1099 First Crusade
Siege of Jerusalem (1244) 1244, August 11 ~5,700[1] Khwarazmians[2]
1920 Nebi Musa riots 1920 9 Arab rioters
King David Hotel bombing 1946, July 22 91 Irgun
Bab al-Amud massacre 1947, December 29 14[3] Irgun
Semiramis Hotel bombing 1948, January 5 24-26 Haganah
1948 Ben Yehuda Street bombing 1948, February 22 58 Arab irregulars and British deserters
Deir Yassin massacre 1948, April 9 107–140 Irgun and Lehi (militant group), supported

by Haganah and Palmach

Hadassah medical convoy massacre 1948, April 13 79 Arab forces
Zion Square refrigerator bombing 1975, July 4 15 Palestine Liberation Organization PLO
Al Aqsa Massacre 1990, October 8 17 Israel Israel Border Police
Ramat Eshkol bus bombing 1995, August 21 6 Hamas
Jaffa Road bus bombings 1996, February 25 - March 3 47 Hamas
1997 Mahane Yehuda Market bombings 1997, July 30 18 Hamas
1997 Ben Yehuda Street Bombing 1997, September 4 8 Hamas
1997–99 Jerusalem stabbings 1997, November 30 – 1999, January 13 2-3 Chaim Perlman (suspected)
Sbarro restaurant bombing 2001, August 9 16 Hamas
2001 Ben Yehuda Street Bombings 2001, December 1 13 Hamas
Yeshivat Beit Yisrael massacre 2002, March 2 12 al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
Patt Junction bus bombing 2002, June 18 19 Hamas
Hebrew University massacre 2002, July 31 9 Hamas
Davidka Square bus bombing 2003, June 11 17 Hamas
Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing 2003, August 19 24 Hamas
Gaza Street bus bombing 2004, January 29 11 Hamas Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
Liberty Bell Park bus bombing 2004, February 22 8 Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
Mercaz HaRav massacre 2008, March 6 9 Alaa Abu Dhein
2014 Jerusalem synagogue attack 2014, November 18 8 Two Palestinian gunmen

References

  1. ^ Scott Parker, The Indigenous Christians of the Arabic Middle East in an Age of Crusaders, Mongols, and Mamlūks (1244–1366), PhD diss. (University of London, 2012), p. 45.
  2. ^ Peter Jackson (ed.), The Seventh Crusade, 1244–1254: Sources and Documents (Ashgate, 2007), p. 17.
  3. ^ "Notorious massacres of Palestinians between 1937 & 1948" (PDF). Middle East Monitor.

See also

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