2000s
| Date | Place | Target | Description | Action | Executor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 22, 2000 | Gaza Strip | Jamal Abdel Raziq | Senior official of the Fatah faction Tanzim | Killed with driver, Awni Dhuheir, when their car was fired upon by IDF troops. Two bystanders in car in front of them also killed (Sami Abu Laban, 29, baker, and Na'el Al Leddawi, 22, student). | IDF |
| December 17, 2000 | Qalandiyya | Samih Malabi | Senior Fatah member | Mobile phone bomb. | It is unclear whether he had been killed by his own explosive device or by Israeli security forces. |
| February 3, 2001 | Gaza Strip | Massoud Ayyad | Lieutenant-colonel in Force 17, who allegedly led a Hezbollah cell involved in firing on Jewish settlements, plotting to kidnap Israeli soldiers and smuggling arms. | Killed while driving in Jabaliya refugee camp by three helicopter-launched rockets. | |
| June 24, 2001 | Nablus | Osama Jawabiri | Member of al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade | Bomb planted in public phone | |
| July 17, 2001 | Bethlehem | Omar Saada | Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades regional commander | Two wire-guided missiles fired into his home. One other Hamas member killed. | |
| July 31, 2001 | Nablus | Jamal Mansour | High-ranking official of Hamas' West Bank political wing | Killed when office struck by helicopter-launched missiles. | |
| August 5, 2001 | Tulkarm | Amr Hadiri | Hamas student activist | Missiles fired at car. | |
| August 20, 2001 | Hebron, West Bank | Imad Abu Sneneh | Leader of Tanzim | Shot and killed. | Israeli undercover team |
| August 27, 2001 | Ramallah, West Bank | Abu Ali Mustafa | Secretary General of the PFLP | Killed in his office by two missiles fired from an Apache helicopter. | IAF |
| January 14, 2002 | Tulkarem, West Bank | Raed Karmi | Head of al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades | Killed by blast. | |
| January 22, 2002 | Nablus, West Bank | Yusif Suragji | West Bank head of Izzaddinal_Qassam Brigades. Three other Hamas members also killed. Palestinian Authority claims it was an assassination. | Killed in a raid on an alleged explosives factory. | Israeli army |
| January 24, 2002 | Khan Yunis, Gaza strip | Adli Hamadan (Bakr Hamdan) | Senior Hamas member | missile attack on car. | Israeli Air Force |
| February 4, 2002 | Rafah | Ayman Bihdari | DFLP member wanted for 25 August 2001 raid in which three Israeli soldiers were killed. | missile attack on car. Four other DFLP members killed. | Israeli Air Force |
| March 5, 2002 | Ramallah | Mohammad Abu Halawa and Fawzi Murrar | Wanted AMB members | Missile fired at car from helicopter. | |
| June 24, 2002 | Rafah | Yasir Raziq, 'Amr Kufa. | Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades leaders. | Missiles fired at two cars. Four other Palestinians killed. | |
| July 22, 2002 | Gaza City | Salah Shahade | Leader of Hamas Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades | Killed by 2,205-pound explosive dropped by F-16. The attack also killed fourteen other Palestinians including his wife and 9 children. | |
| August 6, 2002 | Jenin | Ali Ajuri, Murad Marshud | al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades members. | Killed by air to surface missile. | |
| August 14, 2002 | Tubas | Nassa Jarrar | Senior Hamas member. | Rockets fired into house from helicopters. The victim was wheelchair bound. | |
| March 8, 2003 | Gaza City | Ibrahim al-Makadmeh | He and three of his aides killed by helicopter-fired missiles | ||
| August 21, 2003 | Gaza Strip | Ismail Abu Shanab | High-ranking Hamas official | Missile strike | |
| December 25, 2003 | Gaza Strip | Mekled Hameid | PIJ commander. | Helicopter gunship attack on car. Two PIJ members and two bystanders also killed. | IAF |
| February 28, 2004 | Jabaliya refugee camp | Muhammad Judah | PIJ military commander | Missiles at his car. Two passengers are also killed and eleven bystanders wounded. | |
| March 3, 2004 | Gaza City | Tarad Jamal, Ibrahim Dayri and Ammar Hassan | Senior Hamas members | Missiles from helicopter fired at car. | |
| March 22, 2004 | Gaza Strip | Ahmed Yassin | Co-founder and leader of Hamas | He, 2 bodyguards, and 9 bystanders killed by Israeli Air Force AH-64 Apache-fired Hellfire missiles. | IAF |
| April 17, 2004 | Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi | Co-founder and leader of Hamas, and successor of Ahmed Yassin as leader of Hamas after his death | Killed by helicopter-fired missiles, along with his son. | ||
| October 21, 2004 | Gaza | Adnan al-Ghoul | Hamas weapons expert | He and Imad Abbas killed when Apache helicopter fired missiles at their car. | |
| May 25, 2006 | Sidon, Lebanon | Mahmoud al-Majzoub | Commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad | Injured in car bombing, and died the next day. Islamic Jihad blamed Israel, though Israel denied it. | |
| June 8, 2006 | Jamal Abu Samhadana | Founder of the Popular Resistance Committees militant group, a former Fatah and Tanzim member, and number two on Israel's list of wanted terrorists. | Killed by Israeli airstrike, along with at least three other PRC members. | ||
| February 12, 2008 | Damascus | Imad Mughniyah | Top Hezbollah commander | Killed by car bomb. Some news reports indicated the Mossad was responsible, though Israel denied carrying it out. | |
| August 1, 2008 | Muhammad Suleiman | Syrian General, and top liaison between Syria and Hezbollah | Killed by sniper fire. Israel never takes credit for the killing, but is widely suspected. | ||
| January 1, 2009 | Nizar Rayan | Top Hamas military commander and decision maker, who advocated suicide attacks against Israel | Killed in Israeli airstrike, along with his 4 wives and 11 of their children. He is the most senior Hamas member to be killed since 2004. According to Israel, Rayan was not the target, rather, the strike aimed to destroy Hamas’ central compound which included several buildings that served as storage sites for weapons. Israel further stated that phone warnings were delivered to the residents. | ||
| January 3, 2009 | Abu Zakaria al-Jamal | Senior Hamas military wing commander, and leader of Gaza City's rocket-launching squads | Killed in Israeli airstrike. | ||
| January 15, 2009 | Jabalia | Said Seyam | Hamas Interior Minister | Killed in Israeli airstrike with his brother, his son, and Hamas general security services commander Salah Abu Shrakh. | |
| March 4, 2009 | Gaza Strip | Khaled Shalan | Senior member of Islamic Jihad | Killed in Israeli airstrike, in retaliation for Palestinian rocket attacks on the Israeli city of Ashkelon. | IAF |
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