January summary: 13 Palestinians killed by Israeli security forces in the Occupied Territories[1]
January 19: 20 injured in bombing at fast-food restaurant in Tel Aviv
February
February summary: 29 Palestinians killed by Israeli security forces in the Occupied Territories[1]; 1 Israeli killed by Palestinian man.
February 5: 1 killed, 5 injured in stabbing attack on taxi bus en route to Tel Aviv.[2]
March
March summary: 15 Palestinians killed by Israeli security forces in the Occupied Territories[1]; 1 Palestinian kills himself in Occupied Territories[3]; 5 Israelis killed by Palestinians in Occupied Territories[3][4]; 2 Israelis killed in Israel by Palestinian security forces (rocket).
March 1: 1 killed in shooting attack at gas station near Migdalim, West Bank.[4]
March 28: 2 killed (incl. 1 child) in explosion of Qassam rocket found in western Negev area.
March 30: 4 killed (incl. 1 child) by suicide bomber posing as Jewish hitchhiker, in Kedumim in Occupied Territories.[3]
April
April summary: 31 Palestinians killed by Israeli security forces in the Occupied Territories[1]; 1 Palestinian kills himself in Israel[5]; 6 Israeli civilians killed by Palestinians in Israel[5][6]; 10 others killed by a Palestinian in Israel[5].
April 17: 11 killed (including 2 Romanians, 1 French citizen, 1 US citizen and 1 dual Israeli-French citizen), over 60 injured by suicide bomber outside a fast-food restaurant in Tel Aviv after being prevented by a security guard from entering.[5]
May
May summary: 36 Palestinians killed by Israeli security forces in the Occupied Territories[1]
June summary: 41 Palestinians killed by Israeli security forces in the Occupied Territories[1]; 2 Palestinians detained by Israelis in Occupied Territories and taken to Israel; 1 Israeli detained by Palestinians in Israel and taken to Gaza; 64 members of the Palestinian Legislative Council detained by Israeli forces and held in Israel as of October 24, 2006[9].
June 24, 03:30-04:30 local time, near Rafah: Ali Muamar is beaten by Israeli soldiers, his sons Osama and Mustafa Muamar are detained and taken to an undisclosed location in Israel, and Ali Muamar is treated in hospital.
June 25: Palestinian militants infiltrate Israel through a secret tunnel and start a gunbattle at a military checkpoint - 2 Israeli soldiers and 3 militants are killed and an Israeli soldier is reported as missing and is later found out to have been captured by the militants.
June 28: Israel starts a military operation in the Gaza strip, deploying a large number of tanks, APCs and troops in order to rescue the soldier captured in the attack three days before that.