MILNET: Israeli-Palestinian Chronology

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MILNET: Israeli-Palestinian Chronology

According to LA Times, more than 270 Israelis and almost 1,000 Palestinians have been killed in the last 16 months

An Associated Press review of casualty figures during 16 months of Mid-East violence shows that 902 people have died on the Palestinian side and 256 have died on the Israeli side. The Palestinian figure includes 34 suicide bombers.

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 2002
Date
Event
Details
4/09/02  Palestinian suicide bomber, the first in nearly two weeks, attacks bus killing 8 Attack occurred in Haifa, 14 wounded in the explosion. Israeli spokesman says the bombing only points out the need to continue operations despite the upcoming arrival of U.S. Secretary Colin Powell. U.N. and U.S. call for immediate withdrawel from Palestinian areas, however analysts believe Israel will not do so for several weeks.
4/05/02  Israeli units clash with Lebanese forces along the border. Lebanon begins to move large forces to bolster border defenses.
4/01/02  Israel begins occupation of all but two Palestinian refugee camps Israeli tanks and armored personnel carriers move into all but two areas, going house to house, inspecting papers, arresting militants. Where living quarters have narrowed streets, Israeli tanks plow through. Fierce fighting between Israeli and Palestinians attempting to repel the Israeli advance begins to take a toll on both sides.
3/31/02  Israeli soldiers, after surrounding Arafat's headquarters pound it with fire then enter some ground floor offices, leaving Arafat in his offices with aids but in the dark.   Arafat guards shoot at Israeli soldiers, Israelis retrun fire killing one guard.  Israeli soldiers allow red cross to enter and bring food and water to Arafat.
3/30/02  Suicide bomber kills at least 14 in Haifa Hamas claimed responsibility.
3/30/02  Suicide bomber blows self up at a paramedic dispatch office in a West Bank Jewish settlement Wounded four intensive care workers.  
3/29/02  Female Palestinian kills self and injures 20 in Jerusalem market Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, an arm of Arafat's Fatah party claimed responsibility
3/29/02  After four days of holding on retaliation, Israel attacks Arafat's headquarters. Israeli tanks surrounded Arafat's headquarters, and after the Israeli government declared Arafat an enemy, began pounding it with tank, rocket, and machine gun fire.
3/28/02  3 Israelis killed, 2 wounded by gunmen in Eilon Moreh The attack came on the fourth night of violence and occurred in an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. While Israeli tanks and troop carriers are on the move, there has yet been any retaliation
3/27/02  21 Israelis dead and hundreds injured at the Park Hotel restaurant in Netanya, killed by a suicide bomber in the third straight day of violence while Israel holds off on retaliation. Hamas claimed responsibilty, identifying the bomber as Abdel Baset Odeh, 25, from the West Bank town of Tulkarem. A Hamas spokesman said on a FOX interiew that no Israeli is innocent and proudly called the attack a courageous act in response to over a year of violence against the Palestinians. Reports of ongoing Israeli planning for retaliation include many saying that Arafat will be a target. Many analysts also believe the Israeli restraint was at its breaking point already and this event will push the government over the edge into all out war, unrestrained by any previous inhibitions. The initial count of the dead was 19, but two others succumbed to their wounds within 24 hours
3/26/02  2 Palestinian killed in their car when the bomb they are carrying goes off The pair were presumably carrying the bomb into populated area when stopped at a checkpoint near Jerusalem.  The vehicle led Israeli officials on a short chase and eventually the bomb went off.
3/25/02  Four Palestinians kill two Israelis in two separate shootings. First was an attack on a vehicle driven by Avi Sabag south of Hebron, and then an attack against an armored bus killing an Israeli kindergarten teacher, north of Ramallah.
3/25/02  Four infiltrators killed by Israeli Army Infiltratros attempting to enter Israeli via the Jordanian border.
3/24/02  U.S. Vice President Cheney refuses to meet with Arafat Cheney says he'll meet when Arafat makes a real effort to stop Palestinian violence.
3/23/02  U.S. led peace talks cancelled Five Palestinians were killed when gunboats and tanks fired at a Palestinian police station north of Gaza City
3/22/02  Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade placed on U.S.'s terrorist list The brigade is the military wing of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Fatah party
3/22/02  Suicide bomber kills 3 and wounds 72. Attack occurred on Jerusalem's King George Avenue.  The Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade,
the militant arm of Yasser Arafat's Fatah party
3/20/02  Suicide bomber on bus killing self and 7 Israelis  Attack occurred in the Afula area of Umm al Fahm in northern Israel..
3/19/02  Two Kassam rockets fired from open field, falling just south of Asheklon  Apparently no one was hurt.Seven suspected terrorists were arrested, including at least one member of Hamas. Sources said that Israel also captured Marwan Muhammad Salim, a key fugitive responsible for the deaths of five soldiers in the Bethlehem area over the last 18 months.
3/15/02  Israeli Tanks pull out of west bank areas
Pullout occurred in Ramallah first, with two more phases of pullout yet to occur - tanks just outside of Bethlehem and near Jenin are next.  Timed to be complete when U.S. envoy Anthony Zinni arrives.
3/14/02  Israeli Merkva Tank drives over 110 lb mine killing three and wounding 2 others in the Gaza Strip.
Fatah's Al-Aqsa Brigades and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) both claimed responsibility. 
3/12/02  Israeli troops conduct roundup detains 1000 Palestinians ages 15 to 45
Targeted were individuals in West Bank refugee camps
3/12/02  Second huge raid by Israeli Defense Forces kills 27 Palestinians.
The IDF has committed most of its standing forces to the operation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, 19 of those killed were at the Jabalya refugee camp.
3/11/02  Defense Forces swept through Palestinian neighborhoods and refugee camps  detaining hundreds of gunmen
26 were killed in the Gaza Strip, 16 in the
Tulkarm refugee camp, nine in Bethlehem and one in Jenin
3/11/02  by Palestinian gunmen and a suicide bomber left 13 people dead and over 100 wounded in Jerusalem and Netanya,
Both Izzadin Kassam, the military wing of Hamas, and the Al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades, the military wing of Yasser Arafat's Fatah party, claimed responsibility for the attack in Jerusalem.  Al-Aksa also claimed responsibility for the shooting in Netanya
3/08/02  Palestinian suicide bomber attacks Jewish settlement killing self and injuring nine others The blast occurred in Ariel, one of the largest Jewish settlements in the West Bank with 15,000 inhabitants
3/07/02  Five Palestinians were killed when gunboats and tanks fired at a Palestinian police station north of Gaza City Israeli gunfire hit a police explosives storage building, setting  off blasts that could be heard all over Gaza City
3/07/02  West Bank, 11 Palestinians were killed in gun battles reported in Wst Bank  refugee camps  Camps were  the northern West Bank Tulkarem  refugee camp and in the Bethlehem area just south of  Jerusalem.Israeli troops called on the gunmen over loudspeakers to surrender, but none came forward. In all, five Palestinians were killed in Tulkarem. witnesses said. Five Palestinians were killed and 20 wounded. Helicopters fired at the Aida refugee camp in the town near Bethlehem
3/07/02  Palestinians shot at an Israeli outpost near Aida refugeee camp in the West Bank near Bethlehem.  Isareli troops were not injured but were seen preparing for a response.
3/07/02  Israeli Helicopters fire four missiles at Arafat's Palestine Secuirty headquarters  near Khan Yunis. Police chief escaped moments before helos struck.
3/07/02  Palestinian Security Forces General and 15 other soldiers killed in the village of Khouza in southern Gaza 55 others were wounded by Israeli gunships and tanks -- Israeli said the village housed terrorist activity.
3/07/02  Five Israeli teenagers killed at their High School at Atzmona in the Gaza Strip.
19 year old Palestinian Mohammed Farhat from Gaza City and a member of Hamas was the attacker .  He cut through the settlement’s wire fence, threw a grenade into a dormitory, killing 1 student ,  then opened fire on a religious study hall, killing four more teen-agers and wounding 20.
3/6/02  Six Palestinians and Two Israeli soldiers killed in continued violence in Gazs Strip .
3/6/02  Members of Hamas killed in his home .
3/6/02  Three Palestinians killed in morning violence
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3/5/02  1 killed by Palestinian Suicide bomber on bus -
3/5/02  Three Israeli killed by suicide gunmen .
3/5/02  Palesetinian mother killed, children injured in car, by Israeli shelling
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3/4/02  Palestinian group Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade kills 3 Israeli soliders in gun battle .
3/4/02  Al Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade suicide gunmen attack checkpoint .
3/3/02  Palestinian Sniper kills 10 from position above Army roadblack Shooter fired 25 times over 25 minutes starting at 6:30 am, on Ramallah-Nablus road, 1.5 kilometers north of Ofra. 4 others were injured.
3/3/02  Palestinian ambush kills one soldier and wounds four others.
Atttack took place at a guard post south of the
Kissufim crossing in the Gaza Strip only an hour after sniper attack near Ofra.
02/28/02  Israel Retaliates by attacking Balata and Jenin Refugee Camps in the West Bank killing 12 and injuring many others
The raids were a reprisal for the female suicide bomber attempt on Israeli Police and Soldiers at a well known Israeli checkpoint the day before.  Violence between Palestinian and Israeli soldiers broke out in the  town of Beit Jala, three miles south of Jerusalem, and Gilo which sits in an area Israel took from Jordan in the 1967 Middle East war. In Tulkarm, Israeli tanks were seen sourrounding the town.One Israeli soldier was killed in the fighting.
02/27/02  Female bombers steps out of car and blows self up, injuring 3 policeman. The incident occurred  near the Israeli town of Maccabim on the highway to Tel Aviv.  Israeli bomb squad blows up car just in case it too was loaded with explosives.
02/27/02 A Palestinian factory worker killed an Israeli manager No details were available on whether the worker was arrested or not
02/27/02 Israeli troops killed four Arabs in heated gun battles across Israel In every case, gunmen aimed weapons at Isaelis and in several there were long exchnages of gunfire before the fighting ended with the Arab attackers being killed.
02/25/02 Gunmen opens fire on Israelis at bus stop injuring eight people before Israeli police killed him.  Neve Yaakov, a Jewish  neighborhood in a disputed part of Jerusalem.  An accomplice escaped.  Fatah claims responsibility
02/25/02 Palestinian girl was shot dead as she charged a checkpoint  Incident occurred at checkpoint in the West Bank.   The attacker, a 16-year-old Palestinian girl was killed when she ran toward an  army checkpoint near Tulkarem brandishing a knife, the army said. Soldiers shot her after ordering her to stop and shooting warning bullets in the air, the army said.
02/25/02 Paniced Palestinian tries to force checkpoint while driving pregnant wife to hospital and is killed by checkpoint guards West Bank checkpoint, a similar occurance happened on the Saturday before
02/25/02 Palestinians ambushed an Israeli car at another checkpoint, killing two men and seriously wounding a pregnant woman, West Bank checkpoint.  Fatah claimed responsibility for the killings.
02/21/02  Arafat again pleads for U.N. help 
Arafat, from a powerless headquarters in Ramallah pleaded for U.N. intevention and requested the leaders of hte U.N. arab group (currently led by Yemen) and Syria to condemm Israel.  Non arab nations responses seem somewhat muted.
02/21/02 
Massive Israeli strikes for the second day in a row.  Israel again pounded the headquarters of the Palestinian Authority with tanks firing machine guns, shelling from offshore naval ships.  Attacking Arafat's headquarters in Ramallah, helicopter gun ships flew sortie after sortie.  In Ramallah, witnesses said the missles struck a  one-story guesthouse just a few yards from Arafat’s office and sleeping quarters.The Voice of Palestine radio and television station was destroyed.  Tanks moved into to Sajeh neighborhoods near the Beach Refugee camp in the North and the Rafah Refugee Camp near Egypt  In this raid 4 Palestinians were killed with some some 35.  MSNBC reports loudspeakers on top of Mosques in the area pleaded with Palestinians to come out and fight the Israeli invaders.  After about 3 hours, the Israeli tanks began to pull out of Gaza.
02/21/02 Two Palestinians opens fire on soldiers at checkpoint in Northern West Bank but are themselves killed.
Two Israeli Soldiers were wounded in the incident.  The body of a second Palestinian was found, at the time not clear he was a bystander or an attacker.
02/20/02  Massive Israeli retaliation and the foiling of a suicide bomber kills 18 including Palestinian policemen and wounding many others.
Israel pounded the headquarters of the Palestinian Authority reducing Arafat to hiding in the dark for most of the day.Israel retaliates with attacks via air, ground and even naval bombardment on Palestinian Authority targetsWitnesses claim at least 40 explosions.
02/20/02
Palestinian Militia attack Israeli Army post, killing six soldiers
The attack, by members of  Palestinian Al Aqsa Brigade, occurred near Ein Arik on the West Bank. The attackers then were able to escape
02/19/02 
Israeli retaliation kills six Palestinians overnight  Two gunmen in the West Bank Balata refugee camp were killed in a
shootout and three civilians in Khan Yunis died as a result of tank fire exploding near their homes.  Another gunman was killed in the Gaza Strip after opening fire on Israeli army troops.  Israeli F-16s hit Palestinian Authority offices, seriously damaging the security force barracks in the West Bank and destroying two
buildings in the Gaza Strip. 
02/18/02  Israeli F-16s pound Arafats Nablus HQ again Arafat continues to be trapped in Ramallah HQ surrounded by Israeli tanks and troops.
02/18/02  Three people, a Palestinian and  two Israelis, were killed in a Gaza attack today After nightfall, Palestinians opened fire on an Israeli vehicle inside Gaza, near the Kissufim crossing  point with Israel, and then a suicide bomber blew  himself up, the Israeli military said. Rescue service official Yehuda Shoshan said two Israelis and a Palestinian were killed and at least four people were seriously wounded. 
02/18/02  One Palestinian and one Israeli soldeier are killed when car is stopped near Jeruslaem Police commander Shahar Ayalon said police stopped the car before a checkpoint between Jerusalem and the Jordan River Valley (a highway interchange leading to the Jewish settlement of Maaleh Adumim), part of the West Bank. The driver got out of the car, he said, the police "pulled out their guns, and he activated the car bomb by remote control." The    attacker and a policeman were killed.
02/17/02  Suicide bombers kill 2 Israelis in Kamei Shomron Attack wounded 29 and was believed to have been perpetrated by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
02/17/02  Isareli secret service (Shin Beth), police and IDF forces foils five suicide bomber attempts Two bombers were killed near Army Camp 80 near Hadera.  Three suicide bombers are captured alive, one on a trip to Jerusalem captured near Ramallah. 
02/16/02  Israeli gunships attack Palestinian Authoirty buildings Hours after a West Bank suicide bomber killed two Israeli teenagers, Israeli attack helicopters fired missiles  into Palestinian Authority buildings in the West Bank city of Nablus in apparent retaliation for the attack. Palestinians reported that one child was injured in the predawn raid. The Israeli army said it hit an office of Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat, a police command post and other structures. 
02/16/02  Two Israeli teenagers killed by suicide bomber in yet another pizza shop attack Attack occured in a West Bank settlement shortly after the Jewish Sabbath ended Saturday night.  Hours later, Israeli attack helicopters fired missiles  into Palestinian Authority buildings in the West Bank city of Nablus in apparent retaliation for the attack. Palestinians reported that one child was injured in the predawn raid. The Israeli army said it hit an office of Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat, a police command post and other structures. 
02/15/02 
Palestinian attacks mall in West Bank, killing three and wounding 25 others
Attack took place at the Karnei Shomron settlement, about 25 miles northeast of Tel Aviv. 
02/15/02 
Car explosion in Jenin kills Hamas leader Nazih Abu Sabaa, 25, was killed when a car near him exploded in the West Bank town
02/16/02  Palestinians fired a high-powered Qassam-2 (Kassam-2) type rocket into Israel, near the Gaza Strip.  the Israeli army said he rocket landed in an open field near  a gas station at Kibbutz Kfar Azza and no one was injured. Hamas claimed responsibility for the test-firing.
02/14/02 
Israeli F-16s retaliate, striking a Palestinian Security outpost 
The attack took place in Jebalya, the Gaza Strip. It is thought a fairly large number of Palestinian officials were present in the compound however no casualty figures were made available. 
02/13/02 
Palestinains attack Merkava-3 tank, killing three soldiers and an in a separate incident, an undercover elite commander. 
Many believe that, like the recent rocket attacks, will incite a rapid and thorough Israeli response. The undercover officer, Lt. Col. Eyal Weiss, was killed when a wall collapsed on him in a pre-dawn raid in Saida, a west bank, near the town of Tulkarem. Weiss was part of an arrest team that typically went into Palestine occupied areas and made surprise arrests. The attack on the armored vehicle was a lure job, with an explosive being set off near a convoy which was heading for a settlement, damaging a bus. The tank then rolled over a mine-like device, a 110 pound bomb. 
02/10/02 
Palestinians fire Kassam-2 (Qassam-2) rockets from Gaza Strip into two Israeli farms 
Attacked were fields in the Negrev desert. No one was injured. Three rocket launchers were recovered. Israeli Defense Forces responsded with helicopter gunships and F-16 attacks on Arafat's security compound and a Gaza steel factory, wounding 13 Palestinians including a U.N. office. 
02/10/02 
Gunmen fired on Israeli Army's HQ killing two soldiers and wounding four others. 
Attack occurred outside Israeli Army's southern command HQ ini Beersheba on Sunday. Attackers approached and then sprang from a car spraying bullets at Israelis outside the base before being killed by Israeli soldiers. Israel responded with an attack Gaza including what it called a rocket factory in nearby Jebalya refugee camp. 
02/08/02
Israeli woman stabbed by Palestinian Teenagers
Attack occurred in a Jerusalem wooded area. 
02/08/02
A palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up overnight at at Israeli checkpoint.
Killed was Ayhab Mohammed, a 23-year-old appliance salesman from Bethlehem No one at the checkpoint was killed, officials saying it appeared the bomb went off prematurely. 
02/07/02
Palestinian gunmen invade home in Jordan Valley home, kill 11 yr old girl, her mother, and an Israeli Army Reservist.
The home invasion occurred in Moshav Hamra, a farming community with some 35 Jewish familes living near the north end of Jordan Valley in West Bank. In response, Israeli F-16s fired two missiles at a Palestinian Authority complex in Nablus wounding 11 Palestinians. Gunmen then began to move down the streets of the community shooting at random terrorizing families there until finally killed by Israeli soldiers. Hours later gunships openned fire in response to militants being freed, supposedly to get them out of the line of fire. 
02/06/02
Israeli Army seizes eight missile and a launcher in the West Bank, within firing distance into the heart of Israel.
Similiar missiles had been fired into Israel from the Gaza Strip. Army officials said the missiles were found in a Palestinian owned truck travelling from Nablus to Jenin, hidden amongst vegatables. 
02/06/02
22 year old Palestinian captured when bus riders notice protruding wires - bomb disarmed
Would be bomber arrested, authorities say he was from Nablus, bomb was later detonated by explosives experts 
2/04/2002
Palestinians say Israeli Gunships blow up car near Rafah regugee camp 
The Israeli Army had no comment. Palestinian leader Yasser Abed Rabbo claimed Israeli P.M. Sharon turned down a request to stop targeted killings for 12 days. Unfortunately, even if Sharon had accepted, the latest Palestinian terrorist led killings have shown no one is able to stop either mortar or suicide bombing attacks against Israeli targets. 
2/03/2002
Isareli Helicopter Gunships finally retaliate over Gaza Strip shelling by mortars 
The gunships hit a building the Israelis say is a mortar projectile factory in Gaza, setting it ablaze but causing no injuries in the night time raid. 
2/02/2002
Palestinians fire mortar rounds at Israeli settlements in Gaza Strip 
Israel holds off on response, accusing Palestinians of continuting the killing in any form they can. Arafat vows to stop the violence yet again. 
1/30/2002
Suicide Bomber kills self and wounds two Israeli Security Officers 
The Security Officers were parked in a van in the West Bank when a Palestinian Suicide bomber walked up and detonated his bomb. Claiming responsibilty were Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and Islamic Jihad.
1/28/2002
Palestinian runs down Israeli soldier and policeman at checkpoint 
Ensuing chase result in terrorist being shot and killed. The attack occurred outside Tel Aviv, in the suburb of Ramat Gan and the religious neighborhood of Bnei Brak.
1/28/2002
Woman suicide bomber kills self and 81 yr old man 
Attack occurred in the same area where so many suicide bombings have occurred, a central shopping district on Jaffa road. Some 113 people were wounded by the blast. 
1/26/2002
Suicide bomber kills selfs, wounds 26 in Tel Aviv 
The attack occurred in a crowded pedestrian mall. The attacker had explosives strapped to his chest and the explosion seriously injured three. Israel says they blame Arafat. 
1/24/2002
Flare up as senior Hamas commander killed by Israeli helicopter attack
U.S. instructs envoy Zinni to put peace talks on hold indefinitely.Killed was Adli Hamdan, senior commander in the Palestinian area known as Khan Younis in the refugee camp there as part of Israeli’s “targeted killings” effort to eliminate Palestinian militants.
1/24/2002
Israeli soldiers shoot and kill infiltrators near Jewish settlement 
Israel says they were attempting to sneak into Jewish area with suicide bomb.
1/24/2002
Israeli warplanes attacked Hezbollah positions in South Lebanon
Attack is in response to mortar fire into Jewish settlements
1/24/2002
Palestinian Intelligence officer killed in gun battle with Israeli soldiers in West Bank
Killed man was attempting to cross cordon of Israeli soldiers and tank holding Arafat under “house arrest” in Ramallah.
1/19/02

Gunman kills 2 in Jerusalem after Israeli special forces killed four Islamic militants 
14 were seriously injured by automatic rifle bearing gunmen before police killed him.The militants were killed in the West Bank city of Nablus
1/18/2002
Palestinian attacker kills six at Bar Mitzvah
Guests overpower and kill attacker swiftly, meanwhile Israeli jets just as swiftlyretaliate against targets in West Bank
1/16/2002
71 yr old Israeli settler beaten by 4 Palestinians 
Woman in car killed by Israeli settlers in retribution
1/15/2002
Bomb kills Palestinian Militia Chief Raed Karmi
Israelis deny responsibility but welcome his death
1/11/2002
Israeli Army flattens buildings in Gaza as Israel targets Palestinian gunmen
114 families made homeless.
1/10/2002
4 Israeli soldiers killed at Army outpost
Hamas claims responsibility as response to seizure of ship
1/9/2002
3 Israeli soldiers killed by Palestinian gunmen before they too are slain.
Incident occurred at Israeli Army post on the border of the Gaza strip.
1/07/2002
Sharon calls Arafat “Bitter Enemy” after arms seizure
Peace talks look grim – U.S. Envoy may not be able to shake resolve
1/5/2002
Israel seizes cargo ship running major weapons cargo from Iran to Hamas
Intelligence assets “watched” the ship the entire trip, conclusive evidence of source and Hamas Captain and crew easily identified.Cargo includes mortars, rockets, grenade launchers, machine guns, enough to fight a major military battle.
1/3/2002
U.S. Envoy returns to Israel
Sharon under pressure to negotiate

1/02/2002
Sharon blocks Palestinian speech
Says speech is a ploy to bolster public relations for Palestinian terrorists
1/1/2002
Arafat calls for Palestinian Independence
Shuns reporters that ask about previous offer which he refused


Over 1500 people killed in last 15 months (12/29/2001)
The list below includes some 148 headlines, 143 of which are attacks

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 2001
Date
Event
Details
1/8/2001
Israeli police shot and killed a Palestinian in the Gaza strip.
Man refused to be stopped
1/12/2001
Peace talks resume
Negotiators don’t seem to have much common ground
1/14/2001
Palestinians execute 2Palestinians accused of collaborating with Israelis
Carried out by firing squad.2 others condemned. 
1/15/2001
Missing Settler found
Roni Tzalah was found in an onion field near the greenhouse where he was last seen. sraeli army and Palestinian security forces searched for Tzalah throughout the night. Foul play is obvious.
1/18/2001
Palestinians fighting amongst selves kill TV network chief
Was close associate of Arafat.Israel denies responsibility and points to the man’s unpopular reputation.
1/20/2001
Strange cyber-affair leads to 16 year olds death by Palestinian gunmen
In a land where anything is expected, this incident surprises even the hardliners.
1/22/2001
Gloomy negotiators resume peace talks 
Little expected in the time left before elections
1/24/2001
Two men victims of Palestinian kidnapping in Haifa
The deaths interrupt resumption of peace talks at the Egyptian resort of Taba. 
1/27/2001
Israeli-Palestinian peace talks grind to halt before election
Having accomplished little, both parties abandon the talks as the Israeli elections approach.
1/30/2001
Israeli motorist killed in the West Bank
Meanwhile Arafat angrily accuses Israel of “facist military aggression” while traveling in Switzerland.
2/9/2001
Car bomb narrowly misses Israeli students
Occurred in ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in Jerusalem on a street lined with schools, shops and homes.Unexploded grenades found nearby.
2/14/2001
Palestinian terrorist drives bus into Israeli crowd killing 8
9 others injured.The event is said to be a retaliation for the killing of a prominent Hamas militant by Israeli targeted killings. Incident occurred near Tel Aviv, victims were Israeli soldiers and civilians waiting at bus stop around 7:50 am.The driver fled but was later shot and injured by Israeli police
2/20/2001
Hamas leader shot in West Bank
25-year-old Mahmoud Madani of the Balata refugee camp near Nablus, was the latest casualty of Israel's policy of hunting down and killing known militants.
2/24/2001
Key road closed in exchange of artillery fire
Violence continues on the eve of U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell’s visit to Israel.Arafat’s Palestinian Authority holds up traffic to allow demonstrators to burn American flag.
2/28/2001
1 Palestinian and 6 wounded in West Bank, while 1 Israeli woman killed
Naim Badarin, 55, was killed instantly in the West Bank city of Ramallah as Israelis returned his fire near the Jewish settlement at Psagot. 
3/2/2001
Israeli killed, nine others injured by Palestinian bomber
Northern Israel near Haifa
3/5/2001
4 killed and dozens injured in suicide blast in Netanya
Hamas had claimed 10 suicide bombers ready to continue attacks only days before.Engaged mobs attack Palestinian workers nearby.Netanya is 40 miles from Jerusalem and 10 miles from the West Bank. This is the third such attack
3/8/2001
Sharon Peres takes reigns and promises peace if Palestinians will stop the violence.
Offer seems genuine, however, Arafat and others do not seem to control those intent on taking Israeli lives on a daily basis.
3/10/2001
Palestinian woman and her three daughters were injured by Israeli soldiers
The family was injured in Israel retaliation after grenade thrown at Army position in the Gaza Strip.Troops were edgy as Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, the new defense minister was visiting the post.
3/11/2001
Arafat wants to resume, Sharon says start over
In quibbling over new peace talks the two leaders seem unable to begin on common ground let alone negotiate.
3/13/2001
Clashes at roadblocks to Ramallah 
Raises the issue of workers trapped behind the roadblocks and the economics that involved Palestinians in menial jobs in Israel’s cities.
3/15/2001
Diabetic Palestinian woman, 50, dies en-route to hospital, Palestinians blame roadblocks.
Israeli police blame Palestinians for forcing the use of roadblocks for security.
3/16/2001
Israel arrests a group of more than two dozen Palestinian militants
Included was the commander of Force 17 in the West Bank city of Ramallah.Those arrested are said to be responsible for at least 25 shooting attacks that have killed eight Israelis and wounded about 20.
3/25/2001
Palestinian killed after protestors turn violent
Demonstration against travel restrictions turned ugly and a Palestinian is killed in an exchange of gunfire at Netzarim junction in the Gaza Strip
3/27/2001
10 month old child of Jewish settler killed in attack
Ariel Sharon blames Arafat for the continued violence from terrorists.
3/28/2001
4 dead as three separate bombs go off in Israel
Army wrests to quiet angry Jewish settlers in Hebron where dozens were also injured. 
3/29/2001
2 Palestinians killed in attacks prompted by Palestinian mortar and gunfire attacks settlers
Israeli air force fired missiles at an Palestinian Security outputin the West Bank city of Ramallah and four in the Gaza Strip targeting Force 17.
3/31/2001
At a Palestinian demonstration that grew violent, six Palestinians are killed 
More than 100 others wounded.Gun battles in Hebron and other divided cities rage on
4/1/2001
Dueling funerals show the cost of the violence
Jewish settlers demand retribution at the funeral of a 10 month old girl killed in attacks on settles, while an 11 year old Palestinian girl is also buried, a victim of the Israeli reprisals.
4/4/2001
Palestinian mortar assault results in Israeli Air Attacks
West Bank village of Beitunia is struck, with Israelis targeting Palestinian Security Forces buildings.
4/7/2001
Israelis arrests two militants in Palestine areas
Jad Nalhi and Hussam Rabiha, were local leaders of the Tanzim militia, an armed faction of Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, and had organized numerous shooting attacks targeting the Jewish settlement
4/11/2001
Israel raids camp in Gaza as “defensive measure” 
The attacks came against the camp near Khan Yunis as a result of a Palestinian mortar blast in a Jewish settlement.Israeli tanks advanced towards the camp which has nearly everyday been firing upon Jewish settlements.
4/15/2001
Violence erupts again from border with Lebanon and throughout Gaza Strip
Hezbollah troops fired upon Israeli tank near the border and Palestinian militants traded fire with Israeli tanks in Gaza.Israel air attacks and artillery barrages into Lebanon.
4/18/2001
Israel seizes land in Gaza using tanks and soldiers
First such incursion since an accord in 1993.Commanding the seiziur4e, Israeli Brig. Gen. Yair Naveh says the idea was to create a security zone to prevent Palestinian mortar fire into Israeli communities.The area seizedare fields around Beit Hanoun.
4/20/2001
Palestinian mortar fire draws Israeli reprisals
Israelis immediately returned fire, wounding Hamas activist, Khalil Sakani.Hamas claimed responsibility for mortar attacks against Kfar Darom in Gaza -- later released a film of activists firing mortars.
4/23/2001
Suicide bomber kills 1 injures dozens of others
Israeli soldiers fire on Palestinian positions in reprisal