Suicide Bombings
From 1993–2003, 303 Palestinian suicide bombers attacked Israel. More than 80% of all suicide bombings occurred after the year 2000. 55% of all suicide attacks were deemed "successful" – that is, resulted in killing themselves and injuring or killing others. Despite suicide bombings constituting less than 0.5% of Palestinian attacks during Second Intifada (2000–2005), approximately 50% of all Israeli fatalities in this period were killed by suicide bombings.
| Year | Realized suicide bombing attacks | Killed | Wounded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 4 | 38 | 75 |
| 1995 | 4 | 35 | 150 |
| 1996 | 5 | 67 | 161 |
| 1997 | 5 | 24 | 359 |
| 1998 | 2 | 3 | 28 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2001 | 35 | 85 | 323 |
| 2002 | 60 | 220 | 119 |
| 2003 | 26 | 142 | 105 |
| 2004 | 15 | 55 | 172 |
| 2005 | 7 | 23 | 63 |
| 2006 | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 | 22 |
Between 2000 and 2006, 521 suicide bombing plots were thwarted by the Israeli Defense Forces and 540 Israelis were killed by suicide bombings.
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Famous quotes containing the word suicide:
“If I commit suicide, it will not be to destroy myself but to put myself back together again. Suicide will be for me only one means of violently reconquering myself, of brutally invading my being, of anticipating the unpredictable approaches of God. By suicide, I reintroduce my design in nature, I shall for the first time give things the shape of my will.”
—Antonin Artaud (1896–1948)