Number of Terrorism Fatalities in Israel

(1920 - 2024)
YearNumber of DeathsYearNumber of DeathsYearNumber of Deaths
19209195530199033
192124195653199121
19225195719199234
19230195815199345
19244195910199465
19251196011199529
1926119618199656
19271196210199741
1928019637199816
19291191964919998
19300196510200043
193121966102001207
193241967162002457
193301968552003213
193401969332004124
19351197074200553
193644197118200629
193710197246200713
193894197327200836
19392619746720096
1940137197539201010
194114197614201121
194241977920129
1943119785720137
19443197910201424
19451198016201536
194628198114201616
194715219826201713
1948379198321201814
1949371984920199
19505219852720202
195141198614202117
195240198711202233
1953461988162023***1,481
1954411989402024134




202520
Total Since 1920
5,527
Total Since 1948**4,842

During the six years of the first uprising (Dec. 9, 1987, to Sep. 9, 1993), 200 people were murdered. More than 1,000 Israelis were killed during the Palestinian War (September 2000-September 2005).

*Note: Figures include Israeli civilians and security personnel and foreigners killed in Palestinian terrorist attacks in Israel and the territories. They do not include Palestinians killed by other Palestinians on suspicion of cooperating with Israel. This list also includes 18 Israelis killed abroad in terror attacks directed specifically against Israeli targets, and 3 American diplomatic personnel killed in Gaza.

**Includes all of 1948. Israel declared independence on May 14, 1948.

***Includes Israelis murdered in Hamas massacre on October 7, 2023.


Sources: Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Terrorism Deaths in IsraelIn Memory of the Victims of Palestinian Terror). 
Jerusalem Post, (January 4, 2009).
Swords of Iron: An Overview, INSS, February 27, 2024.
“Summary Report on Terrorism Against Israel 2024,” National Public Diplomacy Directorate, (2025).
Yonah Jeremy Bob, “IDF: West Bank terror attacks and Israeli deaths dropped sharply in 2025,” Jerusalem Post, (January 19, 2026).