List of massacres in Israel
The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Israel since 1948.
- For massacres that have occurred in Roman Judea prior to the establishment of the Roman province of Syria Palæstina, see List of massacres in Roman Judea.
- For massacres that took place prior to the British Mandate, see List of massacres in Ottoman Syria.
- For massacres that took place in Mandatory Palestine, see List of killings and massacres in Mandatory Palestine.
- For massacres that took place during the 1948 Palestine War, see Killings and massacres during the 1948 Palestine War.
- For massacres that have occurred in the West Bank and Gaza since 1994, see List of massacres in the Palestinian territories:
| Name | Date | Location | Responsible Party | Deaths | Notes | - |
| al-Dawayima massacre | 28 October 1948 | al-Dawayima | Israeli Army | 70-80 | Accounts of the incident vary greatly; some report that bodies were put in a well. | - |
| Safsaf massacre | 29 October 1948 | Safsaf | Israel Defense Forces | 52-64 | - | |
| Eilabun massacre | 30 October 1948 | Eilabun | Israel Defense Forces | 14 | 2 Arab Christians killed before surrender, 12 after | - |
| Ma'ale Akrabim massacre | 16–17 March 1954 | Scorpions Pass | Arab gang originating from either Jordan or Egypt | 11 | 2 injured | - |
| Kafr Qasim massacre | 29 October 1956 | Kafr Qasim | Israel Border Police | 47 | 23 children were among the victims. Israeli President Shimon Peres issued a formal apology in December 2007 | - |
| Avivim school bus massacre | 8 May 1970 | near Avivim | Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command | 12 | 25 wounded; 9 victims were children | - |
| Lod Airport massacre | 30 May 1972 | Lod | Three members of the Japanese Red Army, on behalf of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine | 26 | 80 injured | - |
| Kiryat Shmona massacre | 11 April 1974 | Kiryat Shmona, Israel | Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command | 18 | 8 victims were children; 15 injured | - |
| Ma'alot massacre | 15 May 1974 | Ma'alot | Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine | 29 | 68 injured; victims were mostly children | - |
| Zion Square massacre | 4 July 1975 | Jerusalem | Palestinian Liberation Organization | 15 | 77 wounded | - |
| Coastal Road massacre | 11 March 1978 | near Tel Aviv | Palestinian Liberation Organization | 38 | 38 people were killed on bus. Victims include 13 children. Other people killed nearby. 71 wounded. | - |
| Massacre in Rishon LeZion | 20 May 1990 | Rishon LeZion | Ami Popper, an Israeli citizen | 7 | Seven Palestinian workers where killed, 16 Palestinians where wounded. The perpetrator was a 21-year-old Israeli with an automatic weapon. 13 more Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in subsequent demonstrations to protest the massacre in various parts of the territories. | - |
| Dizengoff Street bus bombing | 19 October 1994 | Tel Aviv, Israel | Hamas | 22 | Suicide bomber blows himself up in a bus during the morning rushour at Dizengoff street, Tel Aviv. Killing 22 people and injuring 50 others. Hamas claimed responsibility. | |
| Beit Lid massacre | 22 January 1995 | Beit Lid Junction | Palestinian Islamic Jihad | 23 | death toll includes 2 perpetrators; 69 injured; first suicide attack by Palestinian Islamic Jihad | - |
| Sbarro restaurant massacre | 9 August 2001 | Jerusalem | Hamas | 15 | 130 injured; 7 victims were children | - |
| Dolphinarium discotheque massacre | 1 June 2001 | Tel Aviv | Hamas | 21 | 100+ wounded | - |
| Bat Mitzvah massacre | 18 January 2002 | Hadera | al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades | 7 | 33 wounded | - |
| Yeshivat Beit Yisrael massacre | 2 March 2002 | Beit Yisrael, Jerusalem | Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades | 11 | Victims included 7 children, 2 of which were infants | - |
| Café Moment bombing | 9 March 2002 | Jerusalem | Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades | 11 | 54 wounded | - |
| Passover massacre | 27 March 2002 | Netanya | Hamas | 30 | 140 injured; some victims were Holocaust survivors; considered the deadliest single attack against Israeli civilians during the Second Intifada | - |
| Kiryat Menachem massacre | 21 November 2002 | Jerusalem | Hamas | 11 | 50+ wounded | - |
| Tel-Aviv central bus station massacre | 5 January 2003 | Southern Tel Aviv | Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades | 23 | Over 100 injured | - |
| Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing | 19 August 2003 | Jerusalem | Hamas | 24 | 130+ wounded | - |
| Mercaz HaRav massacre | 6 March 2008 | Kiryat Moshe, Jerusalem | Arab gunman, Alaa Abu Dhein | 8 | Attack took place at a school, and seven victims were students. | - |
| 2014 Jerusalem synagogue massacre | 18 November 2014 | Har Nof, Jerusalem | Uday Abu Jamal and Ghassan Abu Jamal | 5 | Attack against a synagogue. Four rabbis and a police officer were killed. | - |
| June 2016 Tel Aviv shooting | 8 June 2016 | Sarona market, Tel Aviv | Khalid al-Mahmara and Muhammad Mahmara | 4 | Attack on restaurant guests in downtown Tel Aviv. Four civilians killed. | - |