Year of worsening Israel-Palestinian bloodshed
The deaths of 11 Palestinians in an Israeli raid in the West Bank comes a year into a spiral of violence that has killed over 250 Palestinians and 35 Israelis in the past 12 months.
AFP looks back at some of the deadliest incidents since a spate of attacks in Israel in spring last year prompted authorities to launch a series of ever deadlier "counter-terrorism" raids.
- Israel -
- March 22, 2022: Four people are killed when a convicted Islamic State group sympathizer goes on a stabbing and car-ramming rampage in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba. The assailant, a Bedouin man, is shot dead by armed bystanders.
- March 29, 2022: Five people, including an Arab-Israeli police officer, are killed after a West Bank Palestinian opens fire at passers-by in the predominantly ultra-Orthodox Jewish city of Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv. The shooter is killed by Israeli forces.
- April 7, 2022: A Palestinian gunman from Jenin kills three people and wounds more than a dozen in a popular Tel Aviv nightlife district. He is shot dead after an all-night manhunt.
- May 5, 2022: Three people are killed and four wounded in the ultra-Orthodox city of Elad when two assailants leap from a car swinging axes at passers-by. Two Palestinian suspects are arrested after a two-day manhunt.
- West Bank and east Jerusalem -
- April 13, 2022: A Palestinian rights lawyer and two teenagers are shot dead in three separate incidents during Israeli operations in the West Bank. A day later three other Palestinians, including a father of six, are also killed by Israeli forces.
- May 11, 2022: Veteran Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh is killed after being shot in the head while covering clashes between the Israeli army and militants in Jenin. Israel later admits that one of its soldiers likely shot her after mistaking her for a militant.
- October 25, 2022: Israeli raids targeting fledgling local militant group the Lions' Den kill five Palestinians in the city of Nablus and another in Nabi Saleh, to its south. Israel accuses the group of being behind recent attacks.
- November 29, 2022: Israeli forces shoot dead three Palestinians in the West Bank whom they accuse of being "rioters" and then kill a suspected car-ramming attacker who wounds an Israeli soldier near Jerusalem.
- January 26, 2023: Israeli forces kill nine Palestinians in Jenin refugee camp in what they say is a "counter-terrorism operation" to apprehend members of the Islamic Jihad militant group. A 10th Palestinian later dies of his wounds.
- January 27, 2023: A Palestinian gunman kills seven people outside a synagogue in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem before being shot dead by police after a car chase.
- February 6, 2023: Israeli forces kill five "terrorists" in a raid in the town of Jericho. The Hamas group confirmed its fighters were among those killed in an "armed clash" with Israeli forces.
- February 10, 2023: Two young Israeli children and one student are killed in a car ramming attack on a bus stop in the east Jerusalem settlement neighborhood of Ramot.
- February 22, 2023: An Israeli army raid in Nablus kills 11 Palestinians, including a teenager, and leaves over 80 more with gunshot wounds. The Israeli army says its troops came under fire from suspected militants.
- Gaza --
August 2022: Israel carries out three days of shelling and air strikes on Gaza targeting Islamic Jihad, which it accuses of planning an attack.
At least 49 Palestinians are killed, including 17 children. Islamic Jihad launches more than 1,000 rockets in retaliation, according to the Israeli army.
Source: Agence France Presse
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