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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