Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
2000–2005: Second Intifada
Month, DayEvent(s)

Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict

Section Title: 2000–2005: Second Intifada
Table Section Text: Month, DayEvent(s)

Month, Day	Event(s)

2000 Main article: Violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2000

September 28–29	Right-wing Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon visited the Temple Mount, which is administered by a Waqf. (Under Israeli law, each religious group is granted administration of their holy sites.) The day after the visit, violent confrontations erupted between Muslims and Israeli Police.

October 1–9	October 2000 events in Israel, solidarity demonstrations held by Palestinian citizens residing in Israel escalated into clashes with Israeli police and Israeli Jewish citizens.

October 12	The lynching in Ramallah, two Israeli reservists accidentally entered Ramallah, to be arrested by Palestinian Security Forces, later to be publicly lynched and videotaped inside the police station.

November 22	Two Israeli women killed and 60 civilians wounded in a car bomb attack in Hadera.

December 10	Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Barak resigned.

2001 Main article: Violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2001

January 21–27	Taba Summit. Peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority aimed to reach the "final status" of negotiations.

February 6	Ariel Sharon of Likud elected Prime Minister and refused to continue negotiations with Yasser Arafat at the Taba Summit.

March 26	Murder of Shalhevet Pass, a 10-month-old Israeli baby was shot dead by a Palestinian sniper. The Israeli public was shocked when the investigation concluded that the sniper deliberately aimed for the baby.

June 1	Dolphinarium massacre. A Hamas suicide bomber exploded himself at the entrance of a club.

August 9	Sbarro restaurant massacre. A suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt weighing 5 to 10 kilograms, containing explosives, nails, nuts and bolts, detonated his bomb.

August 27	Abu Ali Mustafa, the General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, was assassinated by an Israeli missile shot by an Apache helicopter through his office window in Ramallah.

October 17	Israeli Tourism Minister Rehavam Zeevi assassinated in Jerusalem by members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

December 1	11 Israeli civilians, nine of them teenagers, were killed and 188 injured in a Hamas suicide bombing attack.

2002 Main article: Violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2002

March 13	The United States pushed through the passage of Resolution 1397 by the Security Council, demanding an "immediate cessation of all acts of violence" and "affirming a vision of a region where two states, Israel and Palestine, live side by side within secure and recognized borders".

March 14	Israeli forces continued the raid on Ramallah and other West Bank towns. A helicopter attack near Tulkarm killed Mutasen Hammad and two bystanders.

March 27	Passover massacre, the Park Hotel in Netanya held a big Passover dinner for its 250 guests. A Palestinian suicide bomber entered the hotel's dining room and detonated an explosive device, killing 30 people and injuring around 140, all civilians.

March 28	The Beirut Summit approved the Saudi peace proposal.

March 29	Israeli forces began Operation "Defensive Shield", Israel's largest military operation in the West Bank since the 1967 Six-Day War.

March 30	A suicide bomber exploded in a Tel Aviv café at around 9:30 pm local time, wounding 32 people. President George W.

March 31	Matza restaurant massacre, a Palestinian Hamas bomber blew himself up in an Arab-owned restaurant in Haifa, killing 15 and injuring over 40 people.

April	Israeli troops exchanged gunfire with guards of Yasir Arafat in Ramallah.

April 2	Israeli troops occupied Bethlehem. Dozens of armed Palestinian gunmen occupied the Church of the Nativity and held the church and its clergy.

April 12	Battle of Jenin (part of Operation "Defensive Shield"). Israeli forces entered a Palestinian refugee camp in Jenin, where about a quarter of suicide bombings since 2000 had been launched from.

May 9	Muhammad al-Madani, governor of Bethlehem, left the Church of the Nativity.

May 18	Israeli Shin Bet officials announced they had arrested six Israelis for conspiring to bomb Palestinian schools in April, including Noam Federman, a leader of the illegal Kach movement of the late Rabbi Meir Kahane, and Menashe Levinger, son of Rabbi Moshe Levinger.

June	Israel began construction of the Israeli West Bank barrier to prevent suicide bombers from entering Israel.

June 18	Patt junction massacre, a Palestinian Suicide bomber, an Islamic law student and member of Hamas, detonated a belt filled with metal balls for shrapnel on a bus in Jerusalem.

June 24	U.S. President George W.

July 16	2002 Immanuel bus attack. Palestinian militants ambushed a bus and killed 9 Israeli civilians, including infants.

July 22	An Israeli warplane fired a missile at an apartment in Gaza City, killing the top of their most-wanted list, Salah Shehadeh, chief commander of Hamas' military wing, the Izzadine el-Qassam.

July 31	Hebrew University massacre: nine students—four Israelis and five Americans—were killed by a suicide bomber at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and over 100 injured.

August 14	Marwan Barghouti, captured April 15, was indicted by a civilian Israeli court for murdering civilians and membership in a terrorist organisation.

October 21	Karkur junction suicide bombing, 14 Israelis, including seven civilians, killed in an Islamic Jihad suicide bombing in Wadi Ara.

November 21	Jerusalem bus 20 massacre, a Hamas suicide bomber detonated himself on a crowded bus in Jerusalem, killing 11 people, and wounding over 50.

2003 Main article: Violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2003

January 5	Tel Aviv central bus station massacre. 23 Israeli civilians killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber.

March 5	Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing. 17 Israelis, including 16 civilians and nine children, killed by a Hamas suicide bomber.

March 16	Rachel Corrie, an American member of the International Solidarity Movement was crushed by an IDF bulldozer, becoming the first ISM member to die in the conflict.

March 19	Mahmoud Abbas appointed Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority.

March 24	Hilltop 26, an illegal Israeli settlement near the city of Hebron, was peacefully dismantled by the IDF.

April 30	The Quartet on the Middle East announced the Road map for peace.

May 27	Ariel Sharon stated that the "occupation" of Palestinian territories "can't continue endlessly."

June 2	A two-day summit was held in Egypt. Arab leaders announced their support for the road map and promised to work on cutting off funding to terrorist groups.

June 11	Davidka Square bus bombing. A Palestinian suicide bomber killed 17 Israeli civilians.

June 29	Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Fatah agreed to a three-month cease-fire.

July 9	The International Court of Justice ruled in a non-binding advisory opinion that the Israeli West Bank barrier was illegal under international law, the United Nations had also condemned the construction of the wall as "an unlawful act of annexation".

August 19	Jerusalem bus 2 massacre. A Hamas Palestinian disguised as a Haredi Jew detonated himself with a bomb spiked with ball-bearings on a bus crowded with children.

September 6	Mahmoud Abbas resigned from the post of Prime Minister.

October 4	Maxim restaurant suicide bombing. A 28-year-old Palestinian female suicide bomber, Hanadi Jaradat, exploded herself inside the Maxim restaurant in Haifa.

2004 Main article: Violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2004

January 29	Gaza Street bus bombing. Ali Yusuf Jaara, a 24-year-old Palestinian policeman from Bethlehem, became a suicide bomber and killed 11 Israeli civilians in Jerusalem.

March 14	2004 Ashdod Port bombings. 10 Israeli civilians killed in a suicide bombing. Hamas and Fatah claimed responsibility.

March 22	An Israeli Air Force rocket killed Hamas leader Ahmed Yassin and eleven others in Gaza City.

April 17	An Israeli Air Force rocket killed Hamas leader Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi and two others in Gaza City.

May 2	Murder of Tali Hatuel and her four daughters. Eight-months pregnant woman and her four young daughters ambushed and killed by Palestinian militants.

August 31	Beersheba bus bombings. 16 Israeli civilians killed in a suicide bombing. Hamas claims responsibility.

October 16	Israel officially ended a 17-day military operation, named Operation "Days of Penitence", in the northern Gaza Strip. The operation was launched in response to a Qassam rocket that killed two children in Sderot.

November 11	Yasser Arafat died at the age of 75 in a hospital near Paris, after undergoing urgent medical treatment since October 29, 2004.

2005 Main article: Violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2005

January 13	Karni border crossing attack. Palestinian terrorists killed 6 Israeli civilians with 200 pound Explosive device, hand grenades, and AK-47 rifles.

February 25	Stage Club bombing. Young Israelis arrived for a surprise birthday party at the Stage Club in Tel Aviv.

July 12	HaSharon Mall suicide bombing (July 12, 2005). Five Israeli civilians killed and over 90 injured in a suicide bombing.

Sentence(s)

On December 1, 11 Israeli civilians, nine of them teenagers, were killed and 188 injured in a Hamas suicide bombing attack.

final_sentence: On December 1, 11 Israeli civilians, nine of them teenagers, were killed and 188 injured in a Hamas suicide bombing attack.