List of massacres in Jerusalem explained

This is a list of massacres in Jerusalem.

!Name!Date!Casualties!Perpetrator(s)

Jerusalem riots of 66	66	6000	Gessius Florus
Siege of Jerusalem (1099)	1099		First Crusade
Siege of Jerusalem (1244)	1244, August 11	~5,700[1]	Khwarazmians[2]
1920 Nebi Musa riots	1920	9	Arab rioters
King David Hotel bombing		91	Irgun
1948 Ben Yehuda Street bombing		58	Arab irregulars and British deserters
Hadassah medical convoy massacre		79	Arab forces
Zion Square refrigerator bombing		15	PLO
Ramat Eshkol bus bombing		6	Hamas
Jaffa Road bus bombings	1996, February 25 - March 3	47	Hamas
1997 Mahane Yehuda Market bombings		18	Hamas
1997 Ben Yehuda Street Bombing		8	Hamas
1997–99 Jerusalem stabbings	1997, November 30 – 1999, January 13	2-3	Chaim Perlman (suspected)
Sbarro restaurant bombing		16	Hamas
2001 Ben Yehuda Street Bombings		13	Hamas
Yeshivat Beit Yisrael massacre		12	al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
Patt Junction bus bombing		19	Hamas
Hebrew University massacre		9	Hamas
Davidka Square bus bombing		17	Hamas
Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing		24	Hamas
Gaza Street bus bombing		11	Hamas Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
Liberty Bell Park bus bombing		8	Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
Mercaz HaRav massacre		9	Alaa Abu Dhein
2014 Jerusalem synagogue attack		8	Two Palestinian gunmen

See also

• Ben Yehuda Street bombings
• List of massacres in Israel

Notes and References

1. Scott Parker, The Indigenous Christians of the Arabic Middle East in an Age of Crusaders, Mongols, and Mamlūks (1244–1366), PhD diss. (University of London, 2012), p. 45.
2. [Peter Jackson (historian)|Peter Jackson]