This page: 2001-2002
Jan 5, 2001
Mordechai
Cohen, age 34, of
Hadera
Mordechai’s
body was found in the Caesarea industrial area.
Jan
14, 2001
Ron
Tzalah, age 32, of Kfar
Yam in Gush Katif
Ron’s
bullet-ridden body, apparently killed on Sunday night (Jan 14),
was found the following morning near the Kfar Yam hothouses.
Jan
17, 2001
Ofir
Rahum, age 16, of
Ashkelon
Ofir
had traveled to Jerusalem to meet a young woman with whom he had
conducted a relationship over the Internet. She then drove him
toward Ramallah. At a pre-arranged location, another vehicle
drove up and three Palestinian gunmen inside shot Ofir more than
15 times. One terrorist drove off with Ofir’s body and dumped
it, while the others fled in the second vehicle.
Jan
23, 2001
Motti
Dayan, age 27,
from Tel Aviv
Etgar
Zeituny, age 34,
from Tel Aviv
The
cousins, were abducted from a restaurant in Tulkarem by masked
Palestinian gunmen and executed.
Jan
25, 2001
Akiva
Pashkos, age 45,
of Jerusalem
Akiva
was shot dead in a terror attack near the Atarot industrial zone
north of Jerusalem .
Jan
29, 2001
Arye
Hershkowitz, age
55, of Ofra
Arye
was killed by shots fired from a passing car near the Rama
junction north of Jerusalem .
Feb
1, 2001
Dr.
Shmuel Gillis, age 42,
of Carmei Tzur
Shmuel
was killed by Palestinian gunmen who fired at his car near the
Aroub refugee camp on the Jerusalem-Hebron highway.
Feb
1, 2001
Lior
Attiah, age 23,
of Afula
Lior
was shot to death by terrorists while traveling near Jenin.
Feb
5, 2001
St.-Sgt.
Rujayah Salameh, age 23
Rujayah
was killed by sniper fire near Rafah.
Feb
11, 2001
Tzachi Sasson, age 35, of
Kibbutz Rosh Tzurim in Gush Etzion
Tzachi
was shot and killed by Palestinian gunmen as he drove home from
Jerusalem .
Feb
14, 2001
Eight
people were killed and 25 people were injured in the attack,
when a bus driven by a Palestinian terrorist plowed
into a group of soldiers and civilians waiting at a bus
stop
near Holon , south of Tel-Aviv.
The victims:
Simcha
Shitrit, age 30,
of Rishon Lezion
Staff-Sgt.
Ofir Magidish, age 20,
of Kiryat Malachi
Sgt.
David Iluz, age 21, of
Kiryat Malachi
Sgt.
Julie Weiner, age 21, of
Jerusalem
Sgt.
Rachel Levi, age 19, of
Ashkelon
Sgt.
Kochava Polanski, age
19, of Ashkelon
Cpl.
Alexander Manevich, age
18, of Ashkelon
Cpl.
Yasmin Karisi, age 18,
of Ashkelon when
Feb
26, 2001
Mordechai
Shefer, age 55,
of Kfar Sava
Mordechai‘s
body was found in an olive grove near Moshav Hagor. An autopsy
revealed that he was beaten to death. Investigators suspect
terrorist motives.
Mar
1, 2001
Claude
Knap, age 29, of
Tiberias
Claude
was killed and 9 people injured when a terrorist detonated a
bomb in a Tel Aviv to Tiberias service taxi at
the Mei Ami junction in Wadi Ara.
March
4, 2001
Naftali
Dean, age 85, of
Tel Mond
Shlomit
Ziv, age 58, of
Netanya (Naftali’s niece)
Yevgenya
Malchin, age 70,
of Netanya
Naftali,
Shlomit, Yevgenya and were killed in a suicide bombing in
downtown Netanya; 60 people were injured.
The Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
March
19, 2001
Baruch Cohen, age 59, of
Efrat
Baruch
was killed by shots fired at his car while driving to
work in Jerusalem from his home in the Gush Etzion area.
After being hit by bullets, he lost control of the car and
collided with an oncoming truck.
March
26, 2001
Shalhevet
Pass , age 10 months
The
infant Shalhevet was killed by sniper fire at the entrance to
the Avraham Avinu neighborhood in Hebron .
March
28, 2001
Eliran
Rosenberg-Zayat,
age 15, of Givat Shmuel
Naftali
Lanzkorn, 13, of
Petah Tikva
Eliran
and Naftali were killed in a suicide bombing at the Mifgash
Hashalom ("peace stop") gas station several hundred
meters from an IDF roadblock near the entrance to Kalkilya, east
of Kfar Saba. Four people were injured. Hamas claimed
responsibility for the attack.
April
1, 2001
Staff
Sgt. Ya'akov Krenschel,
age 23, of Nahariya
Ya'akov,
an IDF reserve soldier, he was killed in a firefight between
army and Palestinian forces southeast of Nablus .
April
1, 2001
Dina
Guetta, age 42, of Haifa
Dina
was stabbed to death on Ha'atzmaut Street . Her murder was the
initiation rite into a terrorist cell apprehended in July.
April
2, 2001
Sgt.
Danny Darai, 20, of Arad
Danny
was killed by a Palestinian sniper after completing guard duty
at Rachel's Tomb at the entrance to Bethlehem .
April
21, 2001
Stanislav
Sandomirsky, age
38, of Beit Shemesh
Stanislav’s
mutilated body of was found in the trunk of his
car near a village north of Ramallah late last night. Terrorist
motives are suspected.
April
22, 2001
Dr.
Mario Goldin, age 53, of
Kfar Sava
Mario was
killed when a terrorist detonated a powerful bomb he was
carrying near a group of people waiting at a bus stop on the
corner of Weizman and Tchernichovsky streets. About 60 people
were injured in the blast. Hamas claimed responsibility.
April
22, 2001
3
people were injured when a bomb exploded at Check Post Junction
in Haifa .
April
23, 2001
Eight
Israelis were wounded when a car bomb exploded in
Or Yehuda.
April
27, 2001
Two
persons were injured and hospitalized after being injured by a
bomb detonated at the gate of Moshav Netzer-Hazani in southern
Gaza .
April
28, 2001
Sgt.
Shlomo Elmakias, age 20,
of Netanya
Shlomo was
killed and four women passengers wounded in a drive-by terrorist
shooting attack on the Wadi Ara highway in the Galilee .
April
28, 2001
Simcha
Ron, age 60, of
Nahariya
Simcha
was found stabbed to death in Kfar Ba'aneh, near Carmiel in the
Galilee . The terrorists responsible for the attack were
apprehended in July.
April
28, 2001
Five
were wounded and transported to hospital when Netzer Hazani was
bombarded by mortar fire from the Gaza Strip.
April
29, 2001
A
suicide bomber detonated his car bomb alongside a school bus
loaded with children near Shavei Shomron. There were no injuries
to the children on the school bus due to its armor plating.
April
30, 2001
A
terrorist placed a bomb under the car of a couple in Rafiach
Yam. The bomb detonated prematurely, wounding the car owner and
his wife. The terrorist died from his bomb.
May
1, 2001
Assaf
Hershkowitz, age
30, of Ofra
Assaf
was killed when his vehicle was fired upon and overturned at a
junction between Ofra and Beit El.
May
8, 2001
Arnaldo
Agranionic, age
48
Arnaldo
was killed by terrorists as he guarded the Binyamin Farm, a
lonely outpost where he lived, on an isolated hilltop east of
Itamar in Samaria .
May
9, 2001
Yossi
Ish-Ran, age 14,
of Tekoa
Kobi
Mandell, age 14,
of Tekoa
Yossi
and Kobi were found stoned to death in a cave about 200 meters
from the small community south of Jerusalem where they lived.
May
10, 2001
Constantin
Straturula, age
52, from Romania
Virgil
Martinesc, age 29, from
Romania
Constantin
and Virgil, both Romanian citizens employed by an Israeli
contractor, were killed in a bomb attack while repairing a
vandalized fence at the Kissufim Crossing into the Gaza
District.
May
15, 2001
Idit
Mizrahi, age 20,
of Rimonim
Idit
was fatally shot in a terrorist ambush as she drove with her
father and brother on the Alon Highway to attend a family
wedding. Terrorists fired 30 bullets, 19 of which hit the
family's car.
May
18, 2001
Five
people were killed in a suicide bombing at Hasharon Mall in the
seaside city of Netanya , in which over 100 were wounded. Hamas
claimed responsibility for the attack.
The
victims:
Tirza
Polonsky, age 66,
of Moshav Kfar Haim
Miriam
Waxman, age 51, of
Hadera
David
Yarkoni, age 53, of
Netanya
Yulia
Tratiakova, age
21, of Netanya
Vladislav
Sorokin, age 34,
of Netanya
May
18, 2001
Lt. Yair Nebenzahl, 22, of
Neve Tzuf (Halamish)
Yair was killed and his mother seriously wounded, in a
Palestinian roadside ambush north of Jerusalem .
May
23, 2001
Asher
Iluz, age 33, of Modi'in
Asher
was killed outside Ariel en route to supervise a road paving in
the area, when Palestinian gunmen opened fire in
an ambush.
May
23, 2001
An
86-year-old Israeli was shot in the chest in Jerusalem .
The gunfire came from Palestinian Authority-controlled Beit Jala.
May
25, 2001
Yosef
Alfasi, age 50,
of Rishon Letzion
Yosef’s
burnt body was discovered near the West Bank city
of Tulkarem .
May
25, 2001
Fourteen
Israelis were wounded when a suicide car bomb
was detonated in Hadera adjacent to the central bus station.
May
27, 2001
36
Israelis were injured by a car bomb containing mortar rockets,
nails, and bullets in downtown Jerusalem .
May
28, 2001
Two
persons were wounded in shooting attack by Arabs near the
community of Migdalim.
May
29, 2001
Gilad
Zar, age 41, of
Itamar
Gilad
was shot dead in a terrorist ambush while driving in
the West Bank between Kedumim and Yizhar. The Fatah Tanzim
claimed responsibility for the attack.
May
29, 2001
Arab
terrorists fired at the funeral procession of Gilad Zar.
May
29, 2001
Sara
Blaustein, age 53, of
Efrat
Esther
Alvan, age 20, of Efrat
Sara
and Esther were killed in a drive-by shooting near Neve Daniel
in the Gush Etzion bloc south of Jerusalem . The Fatah Tanzim
claimed responsibility for the attack.
May
29, 2001
Two
Israelis were wounded by a suicide bomber in the Gaza Strip.
May
30, 2001
Six
people were wounded when a car bomb exploded in the city of
Netanya .
May
31, 2001
Tzvika
(Zvi) Shelef, age
63, of Mevo Dotan
Zvi
was killed in a drive-by shooting attack in northern Samaria
north of Tulkarem. He was shot in the head and died en route to
hospital.
June
1, 2001
Sixteen
people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside
a disco near Tel Aviv's Dolphinarium along the seafront
promenade just before midnight on Friday.
The
victims:
Marina
Berkovizki, age 17, of
Tel Aviv
Roman
Dezanshvili, age 21, of
Bat Yam
Ilya
Gutman, age 19,
of Bat Yam
Anya
Kazachkov, age
16, of Holon
Katherine
Kastaniyada-Talkir, age
15, of Ramat Gan
Aleksei
Lupalu, age 16,
of the Ukraine
Mariana
Medvedenko, age 16, of
Tel Aviv
Irina
Nepomneschi, age
16, of Bat Yam
Yelena Nelimov, age 18, of
Tel Aviv
Yulia
Nelimov, age 16, of Tel Aviv
Raisa
Nimrovsky, age
15, of Netanya
Pvt.
Diez (Dani) Normanov,
age 21, of Tel Aviv
Simona
Rodin, age 18, of
Holon
Ori
Shahar, age 32,
of Ramat Gan
Liana
Sakiyan, age 16, of Tel Aviv
Maria
Tagilchev, age 14, of
Netanya
Irena
Usdachi, age 18, of
Holon
Four
others died subsequently from their injuries
received during the June 1st attack.
Sergei
Pancheskov, age 20, of the Ukraine
Yael-Yulia
Sklianik, age 15,
of Holon
Jan
Bloom, age 25, of Ramat Gan
Yevgenia
Dorfman, age 15,
of Bat Yam
All
told, twenty people died and 120 others were
wounded in the bombing.
June
11, 2001
Yehuda
Shoham, aged 5
months, of Shilo
The
baby Yehuda died of injuries incurred in a fatal stoning
on June 5. He was critically injured by a rock thrown at the
family's car near Shilo in Samaria .
June
12, 2001
Father
Georgios Tsibouktzakis,
age 34, from Wadi Kelt
Father
Georgios, a Greek Orthodox monk from the St. George Monastery in
Wadi Kelt in the Judean desert, was shot and killed while
driving on the Jerusalem-Ma'ale Adumim road.
June
13, 2001
A
41-year-old Petah Tikvah resident working on the Trans-Israel
Highway was hit by gunfire originating in Palestinian
Authority-controlled Tul Karem. He was
transported to Meir Hospital in Kfar Saba.
June
13, 2001
A
21-year-old female was shot twice at the entrance to Ofrah.
June
14, 2001
Lt.Col.
Yehuda Edri, age
45, of Ma'ale Adumim
Yehuda
was killed by a Palestinian informant for Israeli intelligence
in a shooting attack on the Bethlehem bypass tunnel road
connecting the Gush Etzion bloc with Jerusalem . One of his
security guards was seriously injured.
June
18, 2001
Dan
Yehuda, age 35, of
Homesh
Dan
was killed in a drive-by shooting attack between
Homesh and Shavei Shomron, near Nablus . |
Alex
Briskin, age 17, was injured.
June
18, 2001
Doron
Zisserman, age
38, of Einav
Doron,
a father of four, was shot and killed in his car by
sniper fire near the entrance to Einav, east of Tulkarem.
Fatah claimed responsibility for the attack.
June
20, 2001
Ilya
Krivitz, age 62,
of Homesh in Samaria
Ilya
was shot and killed at close range in an ambush late Wednesday
afternoon in the nearby Palestinian town of Silat a-Dahar.
June
22, 2001
Sgt.
Aviv Iszak, age 19, of
Kfar Saba
Sgt.
Ofir Kit, age 19, of
Jerusalem
Aviv
and Ofir were killed in a suicide bombing near Dugit in the Gaza
Strip as a jeep with yellow Israeli license plates, supposedly
stuck in the sand, blew up as they approached.
June
25, 2001
Two
people were wounded by Arab gunfire against a public bus
traveling from Jerusalem to Gush Etzion.
June
28, 2001
Ekaterina
(Katya) Weintraub,
age 27, of Ganim in northern Samaria . Katya was killed and
another woman injured late Thursday afternoon by shots fired at
the two-car convoy on
the Jenin bypass road.
July
2, 2001
Aharon
Obadyan, age 41,
of Zichron Ya'akov
Aharon
was shot and killed near Baka a-Sharkia, north of the West Bank
city of Tulkarem and close to the 1967 Green Line border, after
shopping at the local market.
July
2, 2001
Yair
Har Sinai, age
51, of Susiya in the Hebron hills
Yair’s
body, missing since Monday (July 2) was found early Tuesday
morning shot in the head and chest.
July
2, 2001
Avi Romana of Har Bracha,
Avi was shot and wounded in a shooting attack on a public road.
July
2, 2001
Six
persons were treated for injuries resulting from two attacks
when two car bombs exploded in different locations in Yahud
several minutes apart.
July
4, 2001
Eliahu
Na'aman, age 32,
of Petah Tikva
Eliahu
was shot at point-blank range just inside the Green Line at
Sueika, near Tulkarem.
July
8, 2001
Avital
Lehman, age 18, of Eli
Avital was shot by Arab terrorists in her shoulder and back
while on southbound intercity bus #178 bus.
July
9, 2001
Capt.
Shai Shalom Cohen,
age 22, of Pardes Hannas
Shai
was killed and another soldier wounded when an explosive charge
detonated beneath their jeep after leaving the Adoraim IDF base
south of Hebron .
July
12, 2001
Erez
Shmuelian, 25,
his wife, and their infant daughter were shot near the entrance
to the community of Har Bracha.
July
12, 2001
David
Cohen, age 28, a
resident of Betar Illit
David was shot and critically wounded. David died of his wounds
on July 14.
July
13, 2001
Yehezkel
(Hezi) Mualem,
age 49, from Kiryat Arba
Hezi,
a father of four, was shot and killed between Kiryat Arba and
Hebron while protesting a shooting attack in the area the
previous day.
July
16, 2001
Cpl.
Hanit Arami, age 19,
Zichron Yaakov
St.Sgt.
Avi Ben Harush,
age 20, of Zichron Yaakov
Hanit
and Avi were killed and 11 wounded - 3 seriously - when a bomb
exploded in a suicide terrorist attack at a bus stop near the
train station in Binyamina, halfway between Netanya and Haifa,
at about 19:30 Monday evening. The Islamic Jihad claimed
responsibility for the attack.
July
19, 2001
Thirty
people were injured in a suicide bombing in a civilian train
station. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility
July
24, 2001
Yuri
Gushchin, age18, of
Jerusalem ,
Yuri
was brutally killed, bearing stab and gunfire wounds, his body
was found in Ramallah.
July
25, 2001
Two
Israelis were wounded by terrorist gunfire near Morag.
July
26, 2001
Ronen
Landau, age 17,
of Givat Ze'ev
Ronen
was shot and killed by Palestinian terrorists while returning
home from Jerusalem with his father.
July
26, 2001
A
bus driver was wounded in a bomb attack near Einav.
July
29, 2001
An
Israeli was wounded when a bomb exploded in an underground
parking lot in Jerusalem .
July
31, 2001
Haim
Ezer, 18 years
old, was stabbed in Petach Tikvah by three residents of the
Israeli Arab community of Kfar Kassam.
