Palestinian groups have used suicide bombings in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, predominantly targeting Israeli civilians. This tactic is also referred to as suicide terrorism. It emerged in the 19
Aftermath of the 2003 Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing perpetrated by Hamas.
Aftermath of the Dizengoff Center suicide bombing, carried out by Hamas in downtown Tel Aviv in March 1996, killing 13 Israelis.
Aftermath of the dual bombings at Beit Lid junction, carried out by the PIJ in January 1995, killing 20 soldiers and 1 civilian.
Targets have included shopping centers, public buses, nightclubs, eateries, and places frequented by teenagers and children. Pictured: The Dizengoff Street bus bombing in central Tel Aviv, 1994, which killed 20 civilians.
In the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, the term shahid is used by Palestinians to refer to any killed Palestinian civilian or fighter, regardless of their religious affiliation, and regardless of whethe
Graffiti mural in Nazareth, Israel, depicting the Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed by the Israeli military during a raid in Jenin on 11 May 2022. Abu Akleh was a Palestinian Christian, and has been hailed as a martyr in Palestinian society since her death.
Mural of Ayat al-Akhras, a Palestinian teenage suicide bomber who killed two Israeli civilians in 2002, at a girls' school in Dheisheh
A poster commemorating suicide bomber Ashraf Sallah Alasmar found by the Israel Defense Forces in Jenin, West Bank (Palestine). Al Jazeera has also reported on similar martyr posters.