“Knife intifada” leaves scores dead

Random knife attacks and shootings have been triggered by allegations that Israel plans to change the religious status quo of Jerusalem’s flashpoint holy site – the Temple Mount

75

42

Israelis attacked

since October 1

Palestinians killed

since October 1

8

2,095

Israelis

killed

Palestinians

injured

September 13, Jerusalem

Palestinians barricade themselves inside

Al-Aqsa Mosque on eve of Rosh Hashanah –

Jewish New Year – throwing firebombs at police

October 1, West Bank

Israeli settler couple shot dead in front of their children

October 3, Jerusalem

Palestinian stabs two Israeli men

to death before being killed by police

October 13, Jerusalem

Two Palestinians shoot and stab passengers

in bus attack, while third man rams car into

crowded bus stop before stabbing bystanders. Three

Israelis and two attackers killed, 18 Israelis injured

October 16, Nablus

Joseph’s Tomb – Jewish holy site –

set alight by Palestinian rioters.

October 18, Beersheba

Arab armed with gun and knife

shot dead at bus station after

killing Israeli soldier and

wounding 10 people

41 people killed and more than

2,000 injured since October 1

Sources: IDF reports, Palestinian Ministry of Health

Pictures: Associated Press

“Knife intifada” leaves scores dead

Random knife attacks and shootings have been triggered by allegations that Israel plans to change the religious status quo of Jerusalem’s flashpoint holy site – the Temple Mount

75

42

Israelis attacked

since October 1

Palestinians killed

since October 1

8

2,095

Israelis

killed

Palestinians

injured

September 13, Jerusalem

Palestinians barricade

themselves inside Al-Aqsa

Mosque on eve of Rosh

Hashanah – Jewish New

Year – and throw rocks and

firebombs at police

October 1, West Bank

Israeli settler couple – Eitam and

Naama Henkin – shot dead

in front of their children

October 3, Jerusalem

Palestinian stabs two Israeli men

to death before being killed by police

October 13, Jerusalem

Two Palestinians shoot and stab

passengers in bus attack, while third

man rams car into crowded bus stop

before stabbing bystanders.

Three Israelis and two attackers

killed, 18 other Israelis injured

October 16, Nablus

Joseph’s Tomb – Jewish

holy site – set alight by

Palestinian rioters.

41 people killed and

more than 2,000 injured

in wave of violence since

October 1

October 18, Beersheba

Arab armed with gun and knife

shot dead at bus station after killing

Israeli soldier and wounding 10 people

Sources: IDF reports, Palestinian Ministry of Health

Pictures: Associated Press

“Knife intifada” leaves scores dead

Random knife attacks and shootings have been triggered by allegations that Israel plans to change the religious status quo of Jerusalem’s flashpoint holy site – the Temple Mount

75

Israelis attacked

since October 1

8

Israelis

killed

42

Palestinians killed

since October 1

2,095

Palestinians

injured

September 13, Jerusalem

Palestinians barricade

themselves inside Al-Aqsa

Mosque on eve of Rosh

Hashanah – Jewish

New Year – and

throw firebombs

at police

October 1, West Bank

Israeli settler couple – Eitam

and Naama Henkin – shot

dead in front of their children

October 3, Jerusalem

Palestinian stabs two Israeli

men to death before being

killed by police

October 13, Jerusalem

Two Palestinians shoot and

stab passengers in bus attack,

while third man rams car into

crowded bus stop before

stabbing bystanders.

Three Israelis and two

attackers killed, 18

other Israelis injured

October 16, Nablus

Joseph’s Tomb – Jewish

holy site – set alight by

Palestinian rioters.

41 people killed and

more than 2,000 injured

in wave of violence since

October 1

October 18, Beersheba

Arab armed with gun and

knife shot dead at bus station

after killing Israeli soldier and

wounding 10 people

Sources: IDF, Palestinian Ministry of Health

Pictures: Associated Press