Terrorism in Palestine

The risk of terrorist attacks in Palestine over the past years can be classified as low. Compared to other countries so far here are are only a few incedents. Over the past 5 years a total number of 458 terrorist incidents has been recorded, in which 189 people have been killed and 369 injured. Among them were 5 suicide acts.

In 11 incedents a total of 32 people have been kidnapped or taken as hostage.

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Most frequent attack targets in Palestine

(2013 to 2017)

Target	Attacks	Killed	Injured	Hostages
Private citizens	201	91	201	30
Police	101	77	107	0
Transportation	26	17	45	0
Political parties	23	0	1	0
Military	22	14	32	0
Religious institutions	22	7	7	0
Government	19	4	14	1
Business	11	5	6	0
Non-state militias	9	0	2	0
Educational institution	6	0	0	1

Most affected regions

(2013 to 2017)

Region	Attacks	Killed	Injured	Hostages
West Bank	384	161	335	6
Gaza Strip	74	28	34	26

Terrorist organisations in Palestine

Organisation	Attacks	Killed	Injured	Hostages
Israeli Settler	26	4	12	2
Islamic State	14	2	8	4
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade	8	9	22	0
Israeli settlers	7	1	2	0
Al-Jihad	5	7	6	0
Arab-Israeli extremists	2	5	3	0
Lehava	1	0	0	0
Jund Ansar Allah	1	0	0	0
Sheikh Omar Hadid Brigade	1	0	0	0
Israeli extremists	1	0	1	0

All information sourced from the "National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism" (START) and its Global Terrorism Database. An act of terrorism is concidered every incident which is aimed at attaining a political, economic, religious, or social goal, but not for pure profit motives. In addition these incidents must not be legitimized by warfare activities, listet in the Geneva Conventions of 1949.