Violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict 2000

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Violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006

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[edit] Total Death Toll in 2000: 43

[edit] February (death toll: 2)

  • February 9: Dov and Gabriella Weiss of Givat Ze'ev, a suburb of Jerusalem, were found bludgeoned to death in their home. Police confirmed the attack was by militants.

[edit] September (death toll: 2)

  • September 27: an Israeli soldier killed in Gaza Strip.
  • September 29: an Israeli border patrolman killed by his Palestinian counterpart on a joint patrol near Kalkiliya.

The same day, 5 Palestinians in Temple Mount and a sixth in Ramallah were killed. The first five did not participate in hostilities when killed[1].

[edit] October (death toll: 10)

  • October 1: an Israeli soldier of Druze Arab heritage killed while guarding a Jewish sacred site in Nablus.
  • October 2: an Israeli civilian and a soldier are killed in separate attacks by gunfire in West Bank.
  • October 8: an Israeli settler found dead in Nablus.
  • October 12: two Israeli reserve soldiers lynched by Palestinian mob after erroneously entering Ramallah.
  • October 19: an Israeli settler group touring near Nablus is fired upon, and one of them is killed.
  • October 19: a group of Jewish settlers touring Mount Ebal (near Nablus) is fired upon. One of them is killed and seven others wounded.
  • October 28: the body of an Israeli citizen is found in his burnt car.
  • October 30: an Israeli security guard is killed while protecting the Jerusalem Social Security office. A Jerusalem resident is found dead near Beit Jala.

[edit] November (death toll: 21)

  • November 1: two Israeli soldiers killed in a shooting incident near Bethlehem, and another one while guarding a town in Jordan Valley.
  • November 2: two Israeli civilians killed in a car bombing in Jerusalem. The Islamic Jihad claims responsibility.
  • November 8: an Israeli citizen is killed while driving to her job in Gaza.
  • November 10: an Israeli soldier killed by a Palestinian sniper while guarding a Jewish shrine in Bethlehem.
  • November 11: an Israeli soldier killed in a shooting attack in the Gaza strip.
  • November 13: two civilians and two soldiers die in three shooting incidents in West Bank and Gaza.
  • November 18: an Israeli soldier killed by a senior Palestinian preventive security officer while guarding a settlement in Gaza strip. Another dies of his wounds obtained earlier.
  • November 20: two adults killed while escorting a schoolbus in Gaza. 5 children and 4 adults are injured.
  • November 21: an Israeli settler youth killed by sniper in Gaza.
  • November 22: two Israeli women killed and 60 civilians wounded in a car bomb attack in Hadera.
  • November 23: a soldier killed by sniper fire in the Gaza strip. An Israeli officer killed in an explosion at the joint Israeli-Palestinian District Coordination in the same region.
  • November 24: an Israeli officer killed by sniper fire in Gaza strip, and an army-employed civilian killed in the West Bank.

[edit] December (death toll: 8)

  • December 8: An Israeli teacher travelling in a van and the van's driver killed in a drive-by attack in the West Bank. An Israeli soldier killed in a gunfire attack on a civilian bus.
  • December 21: an Israeli civilian ambushed and killed near Jerusalem.
  • December 28: a soldier and a border police officer killed while dismantling a road-side bomb, by another explosive device, in the Gaza strip. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
  • December 31: Binyamin Zeev Kahane (the son of Meir Kahane) and his wife, Talia killed in an ambush by Palestinian snipers. 5 of their children driving with them injured.