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WEST BANK CHAOS
By Joe Truzman
The violence in the West Bank is not new. Following the May 2021 war between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas, a mosaic of terrorist groups — many backed by the Islamic Republic of Iran — have stepped up attacks in the West Bank.
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This timeline of terrorism attacks spans Bennet-Lapid government (June 13, 2021 - December 28, 2022) and the
Netanyahu government (December 29, 2022-present).
The trendlines have remained consistent from one Israeli government to the next.
Jun 10, 2021
Armed terrorists, including Palestinian Authority (PA) security officers, confront Israeli security forces searching for two men who shot at Israeli soldiers. Two PA security officers and the founder of Islamic Jihad’s Jenin branch are killed in a shootout
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Aug 16, 2021
Israeli security forces clash with armed terrorists in Jenin. Members of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades are killed in the shootout.
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Sep 16, 2021
Armed terrorists clash with Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops in a series of raids across the West Bank. Four Hamas members are killed in the clashes.
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Feb 8, 2022
Three al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades terrorists suspected of carrying out attacks are killed by Israeli security forces.
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Mar 22, 2022
Muhammad Galeb Ahmad Abu Alqian stabs and kills three Israelis then rams and kills a fourth with his car in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba.
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Mar 27, 2022
Two members of the Islamic State, Ayman and Khaled Ighbariya, shoot two Israeli police officers.
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Dia Hamarsheh, from the West Bank village of Ya’bad, enters Israel illegally and kills four civilians and a police officer in Bnei Brak.
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Mar 31, 2022
The IDF launches operation “Wave Breaker” in response to the increase in terrorist attacks.
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Raad Khazem, from Jenin, murders three people in Tel Aviv before being killed by Israeli security forces.
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As’ad Rifa’i and Subhi Sbeihat, both from the West Bank village of Rummanah, stab to death three people in Elad.
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Jul 19, 2022
A Palestinian man stabs an Israeli man on a bus near Ramot. The attacker is shot and wounded by a passerby.
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Aug 30, 2022
Nascent terror organization the Lions’ Den makes first claim of responsibility for firefight with the IDF in Rujeib.
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Islam Faroukh plants two explosive devices at the Ramot junction and in the Givat Shaul suburb of Jerusalem. The explosions kill one civilian and injure twelve.
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Palestinian terrorist Khairi Alqam shoots and kills seven people outside a synagogue in Neve Yaakov. After the attack, Alqam is killed by Israeli police.
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FEB 10, 2023
Palestinian terrorist Hussein Qaraqe rams his vehicle into a Ramot bus stop, killing three civilians. He is killed by an off-duty police officer.
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Palestinian terrorist Abd al-Fattah Gharusha shoots and kills two Israeli brothers in Huwara. Gharusha is later killed by Israeli security forces.
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MAR 8, 2023
A member of Hamas, Mutaz al-Khwaja, shoots three Israeli near a café in Tel-Aviv.
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An unidentified terrorist crosses into Israeli territory from Lebanon and plants a roadside bomb at Megiddo junction, injuring an Arab-Israeli driver. The terrorist is killed by Israeli security forces. Hezbollah, Iran, and Palestinians are suspects behind the attack.
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APR 7, 2023
Unidentified Palestinian terrorists shoot and kill a family of three British-Israeli citizens in the Jordan Valley.
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APR 7, 2023
Arab-Israeli terrorist Yousef Abu Jaber kills an Italian tourist and wounds seven civilians in a ramming attack at a Tel Aviv beach front.
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May 9, 2023
The Israeli military kills three Islamic Jihad commanders in the Gaza Strip, including Tareq Izz el-Din, a key leader managing terrorist operations in the West Bank.
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Jun 19, 2023
Israeli security forces operating in Jenin are attacked by terrorists, a troop transporter is struck by an IED, disabling it. Four members of terrorist organizations die in clashes with Israeli security forces.
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JUN 21, 2023
Israeli drone targets vehicle in the northern West Bank, kills three terrorists.
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JUL 2, 2023
Israeli military launches large-scale operation in Jenin targeting terrorist infrastructure.
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JUL 4, 2023
Abed al-Wahab Khalaila enters Israel illegally from the West Bank, carries out a terrorist attack at a bus stop in Tel Aviv, injures eight. Hamas claims Khalaila as a member.
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Daoud Abdel Razeq Fayez carries out a ramming attack near the Maccabim Security Crossing, killing one Israeli and injuring six people. Israeli security forces kill Fayez after he attempts to flee the scene of the attack.
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NOV 6, 2023
A sixteen-year-old Palestinian stabs an Israeli police woman to death in Jerusalem.
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nov 16, 2023
Three Palestinian terrorists armed with two pistols and an M-16 shoot atIsraeli forces at a West Bank checkpoint, south of Jerusalem. The attack kills one Israeli and injures five. Israeli forces kill the shooters. Hamas claims responsibility for the attack.
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NOV 30, 2023
Two Hamas gunmen kill three people and injure four at a bus stop at the entrance to Jerusalem. Two off-duty soldsiers and a civilian shoot and kill the gunmen. A fourth person is shot and killed after being mistaken for a terrorist.
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Mahmoud Zidat, from the West Bank town of Bani Na’im, carries out ramming attacks in Ra’anana on January 15, killing one person and injuring 17 others. Israelisss police arrest Zidat and his nephew who was in the car at the time of the attacks.
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feb 22, 2024
Three Palestinian gunmen open fire near the West Bank settlement of Ma’ale Adumim, killing one person and wounding five. Civilians at the site of the attack kill two of the gunmen and wound the third.
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