List of attacks against Israeli embassies and diplomats

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This is a list of all attacks on Israeli embassies and diplomats that have occurred since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948.

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Date Location Details Type of attack Deaths
8 September 1969 Netherlands The Hague, Netherlands
West Germany Bonn, West Germany
Belgium Brussels, Belgium 		The embassies in The Hague and Bonn, and the Brussels office of Israel's national airline El Al were attacked with explosives within minutes of each other. Three El Al employees and a customer were wounded in the Brussels attack, while the other two bombings caused no injuries.[1][2][3] See 1969 Israeli embassies and El Al attacks. Bomb none
4 May 1970 Paraguay Asuncion, Paraguay Two armed Palestinians broke into the Embassy and opened fire. A secretary, Edna Pe'er, was killed, and a local worker was injured. The perpetrators were apprehended and sentenced to long prison terms. See 1970 Asunción Israeli Embassy attack. Shooting 1
17 May 1971 Turkey Ankara, Turkey Consul-general Efraim Elrom was kidnapped and murdered by the People's Liberation Army of Turkey.[4][5] Assassination 1
11 September 1972 Belgium Brussels, Belgium Embassy clerk Ophir Zadok was shot in the head and stomach. He had gone to a café after having received a telephone call from a Moroccan man reportedly identifying himself as Mohammed Ahmed Rabbat and offering to provide intel. At his trial, the perpetrator claimed to be a member of Fatah. The organization later claimed responsibility.[1][2][6] Assassination attempt none
19 September 1972 United Kingdom London, United Kingdom Agricultural attaché Ami Shchori was killed by the explosion of a letter bomb sent to him. The Black September Organization claimed responsibility. Assassination 1
28 December 1972 Thailand Bangkok, Thailand Four men forcibly entered the embassy, taking six personnel hostage, including the visiting Ambassador to Cambodia, Shimon Avimor, and released them unharmed 19 hours later.[1][2] See Israeli Bangkok Embassy hostage crisis Hostage-taking none
1 July 1973 United States Washington, D.C., United States Yosef Alon, air force attaché, was shot to death outside his home. Assassination 1
28 April 1975 South Africa Johannesburg, South Africa David Protter, a South African Jew serving as assistant security officer at the consulate with “some political ax to grind” held 21 persons hostage inside the facility, including three children, but later released five wounded persons and the children. Subsequent shootouts left two persons dead and more than 33 wounded, mostly bystanders. After 16 hours, he was subdued by South African security forces who stormed the building.[7] Hostage-taking 2
1 August 1978 Belgium Brussels, Belgium Two bazookas directed at the embassy were discovered and safely dismantled. The PLO was accused of the attempted attack.[1][2] attempted rocket attack none
5 April 1979 Cyprus Nicosia, Cyprus A bomb exploded in the embassy. No one was injured. The Syrian-backed Palestinian group As-Sa'iqa claimed responsibility.[1][2][8] bombing none
14 May 1979 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey A plot to abduct Israeli and U.S. consuls was uncovered. Two men belonging to a PLO-allied Turkish group were shot and killed.[1][2] Attempted kidnapping 2 (perpetrators)
13 November 1979 Portugal Lisbon, Portugal Ambassador Ephraim Eldar was wounded in an assassination attempt that also killed an embassy guard and wounded the ambassador's chauffeur and a local policeman . Assassination attempt 1
10 August 1981 Austria Vienna, Austria
Greece Athens, Greece 		Two bombs were hurled into the embassy in Vienna early in the morning, injuring a 75-year old woman and damaging a house adjoining the embassy. Later the same day, two explosive devices detonated outside the diplomatic mission in Athens, causing slight damage to the building.[1][2][9] bombing none
3 April 1982 France Paris, France A young woman shot and killed Ya'acov Bar-Simantov, attaché in the Embassy, outside his home. The Revolutionary Armed Factions of Lebanon claimed responsibility for the attack. The perpetrator escaped. Assassination 1
4 June 1982 United Kingdom London, United Kingdom Ambassador Shlomo Argov was shot in the head when leaving a diplomatic affair at the Dorchester Hotel, suffering severe injuries that debilitated him until his death in 2003. The three perpetrators, who were members of the Abu Nidal Organization, were apprehended, tried and sentenced to 30-35 years imprisonment. The shooting was used as Israel’s justification for its decision to invade Lebanon two days later to rout Palestinian guerrilla bases. Assassination 1
23 September 1982 Malta Valletta, Malta Esther Milo, the Charge d'Affaires was almost kidnapped by four men as she was about to enter her car. The attempt failed and Milo was only lightly injured. The attack was attributed to Abu Nidal.[1][2] attempted kidnapping none
2 December 1982 Ecuador Quito, Ecuador A bomb concealed in a suitcase exploded in the building housing the Embassy. Two local policemen were killed and a local woman was injured. The building suffered considerable damage. A local organization claimed responsibility. See Quito Israeli Embassy bombing. bombing 2
23 December 1982 Australia Sydney, Australia A bomb exploded in the Consulate building. Two people were wounded, including a local employee. The Abu Ibrahim faction claimed responsibility.[1][2][10][11] See Sydney Israeli Consulate and Hakoah Club bombings bombing none
5 June 1984 Egypt Cairo, Egypt Zvi Kedar, embassy attaché, was wounded in the hand when he was shot from a passing car as he was about to enter his home in Cairo.[1][2][12] Assassination attempt none
28 June 1984 Sri Lanka Colombo, Sri Lanka A bomb was detonated near a hotel room occupied by a diplomat. The explosion caused damage to the room but no injuries.[2] bombing none
4 October 1984 Cyprus Nicosia, Cyprus A car bomb exploded in the parking lot of the Embassy. The building suffered severe damage. No one was injured. Responsibility was claimed by Abu Musa, the Syrian-backed faction of the PLO led by Said al-Muragha.[1][2] bombing none
20 August 1985 Egypt Cairo, Egypt An embassy employee, Albert Atrakchi, was shot and killed while driving in his car. His wife and an embassy secretary were wounded. Responsibility was claimed by the Egyptian Islamic Jihad. assault 1
19 March 1986 Egypt Cairo, Egypt Eti Telor, wife of an Embassy employee, was killed and three embassy employees were injured in an attack on their car, near the Israel pavilion at the Cairo Trade Fair. assault 1
16 February 1988 Philippines Manila, Philippines An explosive device was detonated outside the Embassy. There were no injuries.[2][13] Bombing none
12 May 1988 Cyprus Nicosia, Cyprus Attempt to attack the Embassy, using a car bomb which detonated a few hundred meters away, killing three policemen.[14] See 1988 Nicosia Israeli Embassy bombing. bombing 3
7 March 1992 Turkey Ankara, Turkey Ehud Sadan, Embassy Chief of Security was killed by an explosive device attached to his car. Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah and the Islamic Revenge Organization claimed responsibility. Assassination 1
17 March 1992 Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina A suicide bomb demolished the Embassy. Approximately 300 people were wounded. Among the dead were four Israeli personnel, four local employees, and bystanders, including elderly residents of a nearby nursing home, and schoolchildren on a passing bus. See 1992 attack on Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires. Bombing 30
11 March 1994 Thailand Bangkok, Thailand A hijacked truck laden with explosives was intercepted on its way to carry out an attack against the embassy after hitting a motorcycle. The perpetrator fled the scene, leaving the body of the murdered driver in the vehicle. Attempted bombing 1
26 July 1994 United Kingdom London, United Kingdom A bomb exploded outside the Embassy, injuring several personnel. See 1994 London Israeli Embassy bombing Bombing none
22 September 1997 Jordan Amman, Jordan Two embassy security personnel were injured in an attack none
1 October 1998 Belgium Brussels, Belgium A grenade was found and safely dismantled outside the Embassy. attempted grenade attack none
17 February 1999 Germany Berlin, Germany Some 100 PKK supporters broke into the Consulate General in protest over the Mossad's alleged role in the capture of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan. Israeli security guards shot and killed three intruders in self-defense after they took a woman hostage and tried to seize weapons. See Israeli consulate attack in Berlin assault 3 (perpetrators)
30 July 2004 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan The ambassador's personal bodyguard and four local policemen were killed in a dual suicide bombing outside the Israeli and American embassies. See 2004 Tashkent suicide bombings Bombing 7
1 February 2008 Mauritania Nouakchott, Mauritania Shots were fired at the Embassy by members of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. Three local residents were wounded. See 2008 attack on the Israeli embassy in Mauritania Shooting none
9 September 2011 Egypt Cairo, Egypt Demonstrators protesting the deaths of Egyptian soldiers killed by the Israel Defense Forces in the course of counter-terrorist operations along their common border stormed the embassy. Only after US President Barack Obama's intervention did Egyptian security forces break through the crowds in order to rescue six Israeli security guards who were trapped inside. See 2011 attack on the Israeli Embassy in Egypt assault none
13 February 2012 India New Delhi, India
Georgia (country) Tbilisi, Georgia 		In New Delhi, a diplomat’s wife was wounded when a bomb exploded in her car while she was on her way to work. In Georgia, an embassy worker noticed a bomb attached to the bottom of his car and alerted authorities who dismantled the device before it was detonated. See 2012 attacks on Israeli diplomats Bomb none
14 February 2012 Thailand Bangkok, Thailand Three separate blasts injured five people and blew the legs off one of the bombers, an Iranian national who was fleeing the scene of the attacks when a grenade he was holding slipped out of his hand and detonated beside him. Authorities believed that the intended targets were Israeli diplomatic facilities and personnel. Bomb none
23 July 2017 Jordan Amman, Jordan The deputy director of security of the embassy was attacked with a screwdriver. The official then shot and killed the attacker. A Jordanian landlord was also inadvertently shot and later pronounced dead. The attacker was a carpenter who came to install furniture at an apartment rented by the embassy either inside or near the embassy compound[15] Screwdriver attack 2
13 October 2023 China Beijing, China An embassy employee was stabbed and injured by a foreign national.[16] Knife attack none
31 January 2024 Sweden Stockholm, Sweden A "live" and "dangerous object" was discovered outside the embassy by police and destroyed in a controlled detonation.[17] Attempted bombing none
21 March 2024 Netherlands The Hague, Netherlands A man was arrested after throwing a burning object at the embassy.[18] Arson attack none

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