The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in the Palestinian territories ( East Jerusalem, West Bank and the Gaza Strip) after the 1948 Palestine war.
Name | Date | Location | Responsible Party | Deaths | Notes
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Qibya massacre | 14 October 1953 | Qibya, West Bank | Israel Defense Forces | 69 | Qibya was the target of an Israeli raid by Unit 101 under the command of Ariel Sharon, which resulted in the deaths of some 69 unarmed Palestinian civilians. [1] |
Rafah massacre | 3 November 1956 | Rafah, Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 111+ [2] | Male Palestinian villagers suspected of supporting Palestinian guerrillas |
Khan Yunis massacre | 3 November 1956 | Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 275+ [3] | Palestinians killed in house-to-house search for fedayeen |
Cave of the Patriarchs massacre | 25 February 1994 | Hebron | Israeli settler Baruch Goldstein | 29 | 29 Muslims praying inside the Ibrahimi Mosque were killed with 125 more wounded. [4] |
Ibrahim al-Maqadma Mosque missile strike | 3 January 2009 | Beit Lahia | Israeli Air Force | 16 | |
2011 Itamar attack | 11 March 2011 | Itamar [5] | Two Palestinians [6] | 5 [7] | Both parents and three children of one family stabbed to death in their home, one infant decapitated. [8] |
Shadia Abu Ghazala School massacre | 13 December 2023 | Gaza Strip | Israeli Ground Forces | 15+ | Eyewitnesses reported the victims had been shot and killed point-blank by Israeli soldiers. [9] |
Flour massacre | 29 February 2024 | Gaza Strip | Israel Defense Forces | 112+ [10] | Palestinians waiting for food aid killed after shooting by Israeli forces in Gaza. [10] |