List of massacres in the Palestinian territories explained

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.

• For massacres in Israel, see List of massacres in Israel.
• For massacres by Israel in 2023 Gaza war, see List of Israeli massacres in Gaza 2023-2024
  • • For massacres of (and by) Palestinians in Lebanon see List of massacres in Lebanon For organised mob violence against civilians see Pogroms in the Middle East For massacres that took place during the 1948 Palestine War, see Killings and massacres during the 1948 Palestine War, for related context see Nakba.
• For massacres that took place in Mandatory Palestine, see List of massacres in Mandatory Palestine.
• For massacres that took place prior to the British Mandate, see List of massacres in Ottoman Syria and List of massacres in Roman Judea.

Massacres in the Occupied Palestinian territories

Name	Date	Location	Responsible Party	Deaths	Notes
Qibya massacre	14 October 1953	Qibya, Jordanian-occupied 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, Egyptian-occupied Gaza Strip	Israel Defense Forces	111+^[2]	Male Palestinian villagers suspected of supporting Palestinian guerrillas
Khan Yunis massacre	3 November 1956	Khan Yunis, Egyptian-occupied Gaza Strip	Israel Defense Forces	275+^[3]
	1956 to 1994
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.
Tel al-Sultan massacre	26 May 2024	Gaza Strip	Israel Defense Forces	40+^[11]	The Israeli Air Force struck Tel al-Sultan, Rafah, setting fire to a Palestinian displacement camp.
Nuseirat refugee camp massacre	8 June 2024	Gaza Strip	Israel Defense Forces	274+^[12]	The Nuseirat rescue operation resulted in the deaths of hundreds of Palestinians in the Nuseirat refugee camp, including women and children, and over 600 injuries.
Al-Awda School massacre	9 July 2024	Gaza Strip	Israel Defense Forces	31

See also

• List of massacres in Israel
• List of massacres in Palestine
• Zeitoun killings
• Al-Fakhura school incident
• 31 October 2023 Jabalia refugee camp airstrike
• 12 February 2024 Rafah strikes
• Al-Sardi school attack
• War crimes in the Israel–Hamas war
• Bombing of Gaza
• Gaza Strip mass graves

Notes and References

1. Rossinow . Doug . March 2018 . "The Edge of the Abyss": The Origins of the Israel Lobby, 1949–1954 . free . Modern American History . en . 1 . 1 . 23–43 . 10.1017/mah.2017.17 . 2515-0456 .
2. Edward W. Said, Noam Chomsky, and Michael Walzer, "Chomsky's 'Fateful Triangle': An Exchange", New York Review of Books, 16 August 1984.
3. Book: Morris, Benny. Israel's Border Wars, 1949-1956: Arab Infiltration, Israeli Retaliation, and the Countdown to the Suez War. 1994. Oxford University Press. 978-0198278504. 424.
4. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1152775.html "Settlers remember gunman Goldstein; Hebron riots continue
5. News: Itamar settlement has been a prime target for terror. Cohen. Gili . Haaretz. 13 March 2011. 14 March 2011.
6. News: Palestinian baby killer: Proud of what I did . Ahiya. Raved. Ynetnews. 5 June 2011. 24 October 2011.
7. Web site: March 13, 2011 . Melanie . Lidman . Rallies held around country in response to Itamar attacks . The Jerusalem Post . en . deviated . https://web.archive.org/web/20110319084910/http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=211991 . Mar 19, 2011 .
8. Web site: Two teens from West Bank village arrested over Itamar massacre . subscription . Pfeffer . Anshel . Haaretz . 17 April 2011 . 20 April 2011.
9. Web site: Sabah . Abed . Gaza grandfather describes killing of his family by Israeli soldiers . Reuters . 18 December 2023 . live . https://archive.today/20231218203448/https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gaza-grandfather-describes-killing-his-family-by-israeli-soldiers-2023-12-18/ . 18 Dec 2023 .
10. News: Flour massacre: How Gaza food killings unfolded, and Israel's story changed . Al Jazeera . 1 March 2024 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240321204528/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/1/flour-massacre-how-gaza-food-killings-unfolded-and-israels-story-changed . Mar 21, 2024 .
11. Web site: White House assessing if Israel violated "red line" with Rafah strike . axios.com . Axios . 27 May 2024.
12. News: Outrage over 'massacre' in Gaza as Israel rescued four hostages . The Guardian . 9 June 2024.