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04-12-2004, 05:21 PM
July 11, 1956 A double agent delivered a ****y-trapped book that killed Mustafa Hafaz, Egypt's commander of intelligence in Gaza. Hafaz was responsible for sending Palestinian terrorists into southern Israel.
July 8, 1972 On May 30, 27 people were killed and 80 wounded at Lod airport by Japanese terrorists recruited by the PFLP, Ghassan Kanafani, a member of the PFLP Central Comman, was killed when his ****y-trapped car explodes. His 17-year-old niece, traveling unexpectedly with him, also died.
July 25, 1972 The PFLP's information officer, Bassam Abou Shari is severely wounded when a package explodes in his hands.
October 16, 1972 Wael Zwaiter, a cousin of Yasser Arafat, is shot dead in the lobby of his Rome apartment building.
December 8, 1972 Mahmoud Hamshari, a leader of Black September and coordinator of the Munich Massacre is killed in Paris when his telephone explodes.
January 24, 1973 A bomb explodes in the hotel room of the PLO's Hussein Al Bashr in Nicosia, Cyprus.
April 6, 1973 Munich terrorist Basil al-Kubaisi of the PFLP is gunned down on a Paris street
April 9, 1973 In "Operation Spring of Youth," Munich terrorists Kamal Nasser, an official spokesman for the PLO, Mahmoud Yussuf Najjer, the PLO's "Foreign minister," and Kemal Adwan, Fatah's director of sabotage, are murdered in their Beirut apartments.
April 12, 1973 Zaid Muchassi is killed in an explosion in his Athens hotel room.
June 28, 1973 Mohammed Boudia, head of PFLP operations in Europe, dies when his car explodes in Paris.
January 22, 1979 Ali Hassan Salameh, operational chief for Black September at Munich is killed by a remote-control bomb in Beirut.
April 16, 1988 Commandos shoot the PLO's number two man, Khalil El-Wazir (Abu Jihad) in bed with his wife in Tunis. His wife was unharmed.
February 16, 1992 Two Israeli assault helicopters attack a convoy in Lebanon and use missiles to destroy the car carrying Abbas Musawi, secretary general of Hizballah. His wife and son were also killed.
October 26, 1995 Mossad agents assassinate Fathi Shikaki, the Damascus-based head of Islamic Jihad, on a street in Sleima, Malta. Shikaki had been behind a January 1995 bombing near Netanya that killed 21 soldiers.
January 6, 1996 A bomb is planted in the cellular phone of Yehiya Ayyash, the Hamas bombmaker known as "The Engineer." He is killed when it explodes in Gaza.
Nov. 9, 2000 Hussein Abayat, a Fatah member and local leader of the intifada was killed when an Israeli helicopter gunship rocketed his car near Bethlehem.
Nov. 22, 2000 IDF forces killed Jamal Abdel Raziq, a senior member of the Tanzim, and three other Tanzim members.
Nov. 23, 2000 Hamas member Ibrahim Abdel Karim Bani was killed when a bomb exploded in the car he was driving. Israeli sources insinuated Bani was transporting explosives that detonated prematurely, but PA security forces arrested Bani's cousin, who reportedly confessed to tipping off the IDF about Bani's whereabouts.
December 10, 2001 Israeli soldiers fired on two Palestinians who reportedly were planting a roadside bomb near Bethlehem, killing Mahmoud Mugrabi, a member of Fatah. According to press reports quoting a senior IDF official, Mugrabi's name was on a list of ten reputed terrorists that the IDF had targeted for killing.
December 31, 2001 IDF soldiers killed Dr. Thabet Ahmad Thabet, a high-ranking member of Fatah.
February 13, 2001 Massoud Ayyad, a lieutenant colonel in Force 17 was killed when Israeli helicopter gunships fired four missiles into his car as he drove on the outskirts of the Jabaliya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip.
July 31, 2001 Jamal Mansour, a senior Hamas leader, and his brother, Omar Mansour, were killed by Israeli helicopter gunships
August 20, 2001 Imad Abu Sneneh, a leader of the Tanzim, was shot in Hebron.
August 20, 2001 Imad Abu Sneneh, a leader of the Tanzim, was shot in Hebron.
October 14, 2001 Abed Rahman Hamad, a senior member of the Hamas military wing, was shot by snipers at his home in Qalqilya
October 15, 2001 Hamas activist Ahmad Marshoud was killed in a car bomb explosion in the West Bank town of Nablus.
October 16, 2001 Hamas activist Iyad al Akhras was killed when an explosive device went off inside his house.
October 18, 2001 Atif Abayyat, a member of the Fatah Military Wing, was killed along with two other people when a car exploded in Beit Sahour. This followed the assassination of Israeli Cabinet Minister Rechavam Zeevi by the PFLP.
October 31, 2001 Hamas militant Jamil Jaddala was killed by Israeli security forces in Hebron in a helicopter missile attack.
Nov. 1, 2001 Helicopter gunships attack a car in the West Bank city of Tulkarem and kill Yasser Atsida and Fahmi Abu Aisha, both members of the Hamas military wing/jsource
Nov. 12, 2001 Senior Hamas leader Mohammed Hassan Reihan, wanted for the 1998 killing of two Israelis, was killed in a gunfight with Israeli forces at his West Bank home in Tel.
Nov. 23, 2001 Israeli helicopters firing rockets killed Mahmoud Abu Hanoud, a senior Hamas commander in the West Bank. Hanoud's deputy Ayman Hashaykah and Hashaykah's brother, a lower-ranking Hamas activist were also killed. Hanoud was convicted by the Palestinian Authority of leading an unauthorized military cell and sentenced to a12-year jail term. He was later released.
January 14, 2002 Raed Mahmoud Karmi, commander of Tulkarm's main Tanzim gang which murdered at least six Israelis, was killed when a car he was sitting in blew up. Israel had asked the PA to imprison Karmi, but Arafat refused.
January 22, 2002 An IDF special operations unit killed Jasser Samaro and Nassim Abu Rus, who were on a list of wanted terrorists Israel submitted on to the Palestinian Authority. The two served as Hamas's regional bomb-preparation experts. Two other Hamas members, Yousef Suraj and Karim Masarja, were also killed.
January 25, 2002 Adli Hamdan, head of Hamas's Izzadin Kassam military wing, was killed in Khan Yunis when an IAF Apache helicopter fired two missiles at his car. Hamdan was believed to have been involved in an attack that left four soldiers IDF soldiers dead, and in the manufacture of mortars.
March 5, 2002 The IDF targeted Mohand Said Muniyer Diriya, a member of Force 17 and the operations officer for the Tanzim. Diriya wa killed along with two other members of Force 17, Fawzi Hamdi Mustafa Maher and Oman Kaidan in Ramallah.
March 6, 2002 Israel did not confirm the attack, but was believed to ahve killed Hamas member Abdel Rahman Ghadal in a missile attack on his home in Gaza City.
March 14, 2002 An Israeli attack helicopter fired a missile that killed Mutasen Hamad, a leader of the Aksa Martyrs Brigades, and Fatah activist Maher Balbiti. Hamad was considered a top bomb maker for the Tanzim.
April 22, 2002 The Tanzim militia leader in Hebron, Marwan Zaloum, and his top aide, Samir Abu Rajoub, a member of Force 17, were killed in an Israeli helicopter strike. Zaloum was believed to be responsible for numerous shooting attacks and bombings, including the March 2001 killing of Shalhevet Pass, a 10-month-old infant, in a sniper attack in Hebron.
June 30, 2002 Hamas master bomber Muhaned Taher and his deputy Imad Draoza were killed in a raid in Nablus by IDF naval commandos. Taher, known as "the Engineer 4," was responsible for supplying the the bombs used in the June 18, 2002, Jerusalem bus bombing that killed 19 and wounded 70, and in the June 1, 2001, Tel Aviv disco attack that killed 21.
July 4, 2002 Jihad Amerin, the Gaza Strip leader of the al-Aska Martyrs Brigade, a terrorist militia affiliated with Yasser Arafat's Fatah organization, was killed in a car blast.
July 23, 2002 The leader of the Hamas military wing in the Gaza Strip, Salah Shehada, was killed when Israeli military aircraft rocketed his house. Unfortunally, fourteen others, including his family, were killed in the blast.
July 23, 2002 West Bank Hamas commander Nasser Asida was shot and killed by IDF soldiers of the Haruv Battalion.
October 29, 2002 Assim Sawafta, 19, a ringleader of the Hamas military wing Izzedine al Qassam. was killed by an undercover army unit
November 26, 2002 Alah Sabbagh, the local leader of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade and Imad Nasrti, a leader of Hamas in Jenin, were killed in an Israeli air strike in the Jenin refugee camp.
December 23, 2002 Shaman Hassan Subah and Mustafa Kash of Hamas were killed in an IDF ambush near Jenin.
March 8, 2003 Israeli attack helicopters fired missiles that killed Ibrahim Makdme, the number two person in the Hamas leadership and the leader of its military wing.
April 8, 2003 Helicopter missiles struck the car driven by Hamas commander Said al-Arabid, killing him and two other Hamas members
April 9, 2003 Senior Islamic Jihad commander and bomb maker Mahmoud Zatma, 30, was killed when a missile fired by an IAF Apache helicopter hit the car he was driving in Gaza City.
April 10, 2003 An undercover Border Police unit shot and killed Fatah Tanzim fugitive Yasser Alemi in Tulkarm.
April 29, 2003 In the Gaza Strip, four missiles fired from an air force helicopter at a car in the southern Gaza Strip killed the local military leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Nidal Salameh.
May 8, 2003 Air Force helicopters fired three missiles at a car carrying Iyad el-Bek of Hamas, an aide to former Hamas military leader Salah Shehade
June 11, 2003 Hamas activists, Tito Massoud and Soffil Abu Nahez, were killed by missiles fired from an air force helicopter.
June 12, 2003 Hamas activists, Jihad Srour and Yasser Taha were killed by missiles fired from an air force helicopter.
August 21, 2003 Senior Hamas leader Ismail Abu Shanab and two bodyguards were killed by an Israeli air strike.
August 24, 2003 Hamas activists Walid el Hams, Ahmed Eshtwi, Ahmed Abu Halala and Muhammad Abu Lubda were killed and a fifth Hamas member was critically wounded in a helicopter strike.
August 26, 2003 Khaled Massoud, active in the development of Hamas' Kassam rockets, was mortally wounded by an Israeli missile strike in Gaza City.
August 28, 2003 An Air Force helicopter fired a missile that killed Hamdi Khalaq, a member of Hamas' military wing, Izzedine al Qassam.
August 30, 2003 Air Force helicopters fired four missiles at a van in the Gaza Strip killing Hamas activists Abdullah Akel and Farid Mayet.
September 1, 2003 Air Force helicopters fired four missiles at a car in the Gaza Strip killing Hamas activist Khader Houssre.
December 25, 2003 Mustafa Sabah, a bombmaker and mastermind of three bomb attacks against Merkava tanks in the Gaza Strip was killed in an IAF strike in Gaza City.
December 25, 2003 An Israeli missile strike on a car in Gaza City killed the head of the Islamic Jihad military wing in Gaza, Makled Hamid
February 7, 2004 Aziz Mahmoud Shami, leader of Islamic Jihad's military wing in Gaza city , was killed by an Israeli missile strike.
February 28, 2004 Israeli helicopter gunships killed three Islamic Jihad fugitives riding in a car in Gaza. Mahmoud Juda was a senior commander and his cousins Aiyman Dahduh and Amin Dahduh were members of the terrorist group.
March 3, 2004 Three senior members of Hamas, Tarad Jimali, Ibrahim Diri, and Omar Hassan, were killed by an Israeli missile
March 16, 2004 Nidal Salfiti and Shadi Muhana of Islamic Jihad were killed in an Israeli missile strike in Gaza.
March 22, 2004 Sheik Ahmed Yassin, the leader of Hamas, along with his personal escorts, Khalil Abu Jiab and Ayoub Atallah (who were also active in the "military wing" of Hamas), and son and confidante Abdul Aziz Eini Yassin, were killed in an Israeli missile strike in Gaza.
July 8, 1972 On May 30, 27 people were killed and 80 wounded at Lod airport by Japanese terrorists recruited by the PFLP, Ghassan Kanafani, a member of the PFLP Central Comman, was killed when his ****y-trapped car explodes. His 17-year-old niece, traveling unexpectedly with him, also died.
July 25, 1972 The PFLP's information officer, Bassam Abou Shari is severely wounded when a package explodes in his hands.
October 16, 1972 Wael Zwaiter, a cousin of Yasser Arafat, is shot dead in the lobby of his Rome apartment building.
December 8, 1972 Mahmoud Hamshari, a leader of Black September and coordinator of the Munich Massacre is killed in Paris when his telephone explodes.
January 24, 1973 A bomb explodes in the hotel room of the PLO's Hussein Al Bashr in Nicosia, Cyprus.
April 6, 1973 Munich terrorist Basil al-Kubaisi of the PFLP is gunned down on a Paris street
April 9, 1973 In "Operation Spring of Youth," Munich terrorists Kamal Nasser, an official spokesman for the PLO, Mahmoud Yussuf Najjer, the PLO's "Foreign minister," and Kemal Adwan, Fatah's director of sabotage, are murdered in their Beirut apartments.
April 12, 1973 Zaid Muchassi is killed in an explosion in his Athens hotel room.
June 28, 1973 Mohammed Boudia, head of PFLP operations in Europe, dies when his car explodes in Paris.
January 22, 1979 Ali Hassan Salameh, operational chief for Black September at Munich is killed by a remote-control bomb in Beirut.
April 16, 1988 Commandos shoot the PLO's number two man, Khalil El-Wazir (Abu Jihad) in bed with his wife in Tunis. His wife was unharmed.
February 16, 1992 Two Israeli assault helicopters attack a convoy in Lebanon and use missiles to destroy the car carrying Abbas Musawi, secretary general of Hizballah. His wife and son were also killed.
October 26, 1995 Mossad agents assassinate Fathi Shikaki, the Damascus-based head of Islamic Jihad, on a street in Sleima, Malta. Shikaki had been behind a January 1995 bombing near Netanya that killed 21 soldiers.
January 6, 1996 A bomb is planted in the cellular phone of Yehiya Ayyash, the Hamas bombmaker known as "The Engineer." He is killed when it explodes in Gaza.
Nov. 9, 2000 Hussein Abayat, a Fatah member and local leader of the intifada was killed when an Israeli helicopter gunship rocketed his car near Bethlehem.
Nov. 22, 2000 IDF forces killed Jamal Abdel Raziq, a senior member of the Tanzim, and three other Tanzim members.
Nov. 23, 2000 Hamas member Ibrahim Abdel Karim Bani was killed when a bomb exploded in the car he was driving. Israeli sources insinuated Bani was transporting explosives that detonated prematurely, but PA security forces arrested Bani's cousin, who reportedly confessed to tipping off the IDF about Bani's whereabouts.
December 10, 2001 Israeli soldiers fired on two Palestinians who reportedly were planting a roadside bomb near Bethlehem, killing Mahmoud Mugrabi, a member of Fatah. According to press reports quoting a senior IDF official, Mugrabi's name was on a list of ten reputed terrorists that the IDF had targeted for killing.
December 31, 2001 IDF soldiers killed Dr. Thabet Ahmad Thabet, a high-ranking member of Fatah.
February 13, 2001 Massoud Ayyad, a lieutenant colonel in Force 17 was killed when Israeli helicopter gunships fired four missiles into his car as he drove on the outskirts of the Jabaliya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip.
July 31, 2001 Jamal Mansour, a senior Hamas leader, and his brother, Omar Mansour, were killed by Israeli helicopter gunships
August 20, 2001 Imad Abu Sneneh, a leader of the Tanzim, was shot in Hebron.
August 20, 2001 Imad Abu Sneneh, a leader of the Tanzim, was shot in Hebron.
October 14, 2001 Abed Rahman Hamad, a senior member of the Hamas military wing, was shot by snipers at his home in Qalqilya
October 15, 2001 Hamas activist Ahmad Marshoud was killed in a car bomb explosion in the West Bank town of Nablus.
October 16, 2001 Hamas activist Iyad al Akhras was killed when an explosive device went off inside his house.
October 18, 2001 Atif Abayyat, a member of the Fatah Military Wing, was killed along with two other people when a car exploded in Beit Sahour. This followed the assassination of Israeli Cabinet Minister Rechavam Zeevi by the PFLP.
October 31, 2001 Hamas militant Jamil Jaddala was killed by Israeli security forces in Hebron in a helicopter missile attack.
Nov. 1, 2001 Helicopter gunships attack a car in the West Bank city of Tulkarem and kill Yasser Atsida and Fahmi Abu Aisha, both members of the Hamas military wing/jsource
Nov. 12, 2001 Senior Hamas leader Mohammed Hassan Reihan, wanted for the 1998 killing of two Israelis, was killed in a gunfight with Israeli forces at his West Bank home in Tel.
Nov. 23, 2001 Israeli helicopters firing rockets killed Mahmoud Abu Hanoud, a senior Hamas commander in the West Bank. Hanoud's deputy Ayman Hashaykah and Hashaykah's brother, a lower-ranking Hamas activist were also killed. Hanoud was convicted by the Palestinian Authority of leading an unauthorized military cell and sentenced to a12-year jail term. He was later released.
January 14, 2002 Raed Mahmoud Karmi, commander of Tulkarm's main Tanzim gang which murdered at least six Israelis, was killed when a car he was sitting in blew up. Israel had asked the PA to imprison Karmi, but Arafat refused.
January 22, 2002 An IDF special operations unit killed Jasser Samaro and Nassim Abu Rus, who were on a list of wanted terrorists Israel submitted on to the Palestinian Authority. The two served as Hamas's regional bomb-preparation experts. Two other Hamas members, Yousef Suraj and Karim Masarja, were also killed.
January 25, 2002 Adli Hamdan, head of Hamas's Izzadin Kassam military wing, was killed in Khan Yunis when an IAF Apache helicopter fired two missiles at his car. Hamdan was believed to have been involved in an attack that left four soldiers IDF soldiers dead, and in the manufacture of mortars.
March 5, 2002 The IDF targeted Mohand Said Muniyer Diriya, a member of Force 17 and the operations officer for the Tanzim. Diriya wa killed along with two other members of Force 17, Fawzi Hamdi Mustafa Maher and Oman Kaidan in Ramallah.
March 6, 2002 Israel did not confirm the attack, but was believed to ahve killed Hamas member Abdel Rahman Ghadal in a missile attack on his home in Gaza City.
March 14, 2002 An Israeli attack helicopter fired a missile that killed Mutasen Hamad, a leader of the Aksa Martyrs Brigades, and Fatah activist Maher Balbiti. Hamad was considered a top bomb maker for the Tanzim.
April 22, 2002 The Tanzim militia leader in Hebron, Marwan Zaloum, and his top aide, Samir Abu Rajoub, a member of Force 17, were killed in an Israeli helicopter strike. Zaloum was believed to be responsible for numerous shooting attacks and bombings, including the March 2001 killing of Shalhevet Pass, a 10-month-old infant, in a sniper attack in Hebron.
June 30, 2002 Hamas master bomber Muhaned Taher and his deputy Imad Draoza were killed in a raid in Nablus by IDF naval commandos. Taher, known as "the Engineer 4," was responsible for supplying the the bombs used in the June 18, 2002, Jerusalem bus bombing that killed 19 and wounded 70, and in the June 1, 2001, Tel Aviv disco attack that killed 21.
July 4, 2002 Jihad Amerin, the Gaza Strip leader of the al-Aska Martyrs Brigade, a terrorist militia affiliated with Yasser Arafat's Fatah organization, was killed in a car blast.
July 23, 2002 The leader of the Hamas military wing in the Gaza Strip, Salah Shehada, was killed when Israeli military aircraft rocketed his house. Unfortunally, fourteen others, including his family, were killed in the blast.
July 23, 2002 West Bank Hamas commander Nasser Asida was shot and killed by IDF soldiers of the Haruv Battalion.
October 29, 2002 Assim Sawafta, 19, a ringleader of the Hamas military wing Izzedine al Qassam. was killed by an undercover army unit
November 26, 2002 Alah Sabbagh, the local leader of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade and Imad Nasrti, a leader of Hamas in Jenin, were killed in an Israeli air strike in the Jenin refugee camp.
December 23, 2002 Shaman Hassan Subah and Mustafa Kash of Hamas were killed in an IDF ambush near Jenin.
March 8, 2003 Israeli attack helicopters fired missiles that killed Ibrahim Makdme, the number two person in the Hamas leadership and the leader of its military wing.
April 8, 2003 Helicopter missiles struck the car driven by Hamas commander Said al-Arabid, killing him and two other Hamas members
April 9, 2003 Senior Islamic Jihad commander and bomb maker Mahmoud Zatma, 30, was killed when a missile fired by an IAF Apache helicopter hit the car he was driving in Gaza City.
April 10, 2003 An undercover Border Police unit shot and killed Fatah Tanzim fugitive Yasser Alemi in Tulkarm.
April 29, 2003 In the Gaza Strip, four missiles fired from an air force helicopter at a car in the southern Gaza Strip killed the local military leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Nidal Salameh.
May 8, 2003 Air Force helicopters fired three missiles at a car carrying Iyad el-Bek of Hamas, an aide to former Hamas military leader Salah Shehade
June 11, 2003 Hamas activists, Tito Massoud and Soffil Abu Nahez, were killed by missiles fired from an air force helicopter.
June 12, 2003 Hamas activists, Jihad Srour and Yasser Taha were killed by missiles fired from an air force helicopter.
August 21, 2003 Senior Hamas leader Ismail Abu Shanab and two bodyguards were killed by an Israeli air strike.
August 24, 2003 Hamas activists Walid el Hams, Ahmed Eshtwi, Ahmed Abu Halala and Muhammad Abu Lubda were killed and a fifth Hamas member was critically wounded in a helicopter strike.
August 26, 2003 Khaled Massoud, active in the development of Hamas' Kassam rockets, was mortally wounded by an Israeli missile strike in Gaza City.
August 28, 2003 An Air Force helicopter fired a missile that killed Hamdi Khalaq, a member of Hamas' military wing, Izzedine al Qassam.
August 30, 2003 Air Force helicopters fired four missiles at a van in the Gaza Strip killing Hamas activists Abdullah Akel and Farid Mayet.
September 1, 2003 Air Force helicopters fired four missiles at a car in the Gaza Strip killing Hamas activist Khader Houssre.
December 25, 2003 Mustafa Sabah, a bombmaker and mastermind of three bomb attacks against Merkava tanks in the Gaza Strip was killed in an IAF strike in Gaza City.
December 25, 2003 An Israeli missile strike on a car in Gaza City killed the head of the Islamic Jihad military wing in Gaza, Makled Hamid
February 7, 2004 Aziz Mahmoud Shami, leader of Islamic Jihad's military wing in Gaza city , was killed by an Israeli missile strike.
February 28, 2004 Israeli helicopter gunships killed three Islamic Jihad fugitives riding in a car in Gaza. Mahmoud Juda was a senior commander and his cousins Aiyman Dahduh and Amin Dahduh were members of the terrorist group.
March 3, 2004 Three senior members of Hamas, Tarad Jimali, Ibrahim Diri, and Omar Hassan, were killed by an Israeli missile
March 16, 2004 Nidal Salfiti and Shadi Muhana of Islamic Jihad were killed in an Israeli missile strike in Gaza.
March 22, 2004 Sheik Ahmed Yassin, the leader of Hamas, along with his personal escorts, Khalil Abu Jiab and Ayoub Atallah (who were also active in the "military wing" of Hamas), and son and confidante Abdul Aziz Eini Yassin, were killed in an Israeli missile strike in Gaza.