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This is a list of politically-motivated ax attacks carried out by Palestinians in the context of Palestinian political violence. Israelis killed in these attacks include 13-year-old boy Shlomo Nativ and 19-year-old female soldier Liat Gabai. Palestinians killed in the attacks include 32-year-old woman Naama Ahmed Abdel Hamid Judah and 32-year-old farmer Saadi Hazaza.

Attacks on Palestinian civilians
Masked ax-wielding Palestinians killed 32-year-old Palestinian farmer Saadi Hazaza on suspicion of cooperating with Israel.
 * 25 August 1988

Ax-wielding Palestinians attacked a Palestinian man suspected of collaborating with Israel. The victim was reported to be in stable condition.
 * 14 June 1989

Naama Ahmed Abdel Hamid Judah, a 32-year-old Palestinian woman from Deir el Balah, the Gaza Strip, was axed to death by masked Palestinians who suspected her of informing for Israel. The assailants killed her with blows to the head.
 * 18 September 1991

In Gaza City, ax-wielding Muslim extremists broke up a rally in support of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, injuring 20 people.
 * 1 September 1993

Attacks on Israeli civilians
A Palestinian attacked an Israeli from Har Bracha with an ax.
 * 29 November 1983:

A group of ax-wielding Palestinians attacked an Israeli truck driver as he delivered fuel to a gas station outside Beit Lahiya in the Gaza Strip. The driver, an employee of the Israel Defence Forces, was reported to be in stable condition.
 * 14 June 1989

Two ax-wielding Palestinians attacked Israeli civilian Avraham Zarbiv in Hebron while the latter was on his way to morning prayers, causing him serious skull, face and hand wounds. Zarbiv shot one of the attackers to death.
 * 15 November 1993

One or more Palestinian assailants attacked 79-year-old Morris Eisenstadt with an ax in the center of Kfar Saba. Eisenstadt died of his wounds shortly afterwards.
 * 25 Feb 1994

A Palestinian with an ax attacked passengers on a bus in a Jerusalem suburb, wounding two before being shot in the leg by Israeli forces. Two passengers were wounded by gunfire. The attacker was a member of Hamas, according to Israeli police.
 * 18 April 1994:

A Palestinian threw an ax at Jewish teenage girl Tirza Daniel in Hebron, slightly wounding her in the head. The assailant fled the scene. After the attack, Jewish residents from the Hebron area caused disturbances in the market, and some were detained on suspicion of trying to attack Arabs.
 * 19 December 1995:

An ax-wielding Palestinian wounded three Israeli civilians near Tel Aviv, two men and a woman, hours after Israel assassinated Hamas leader Ahmed Yassin. The attacker was arrested.
 * 22 March 2004

Two 20-year-old residents of Khan Yunis attacked 70-year-old Holocaust survivor Isaac Rotenberg of Petah Tikva on a construction site, with ax blows to the head and neck. Rotenberg was treated on site by Magen David Adom ambulance crew and taken to Beilinson Hospital in critical condition. He died several days later of his wounds. The killers, apprehended the next day, stated that they carried out the attack in order to clear themselves of suspected collaboration with Israel.
 * 29 March 1994

A 20-year-old Palestinian armed with an ax lightly wounded two civilians in Rehovot. According to police, he stood in the middle of a busy street and began attacking a passerby with the ax after yelling "God is great". He allegedly confessed that he was seeking revenge for a friend who had died in the ongoing Gaza War.
 * 9 January 2009:


 * 2 April 2009:

A Palestinian man armed with a pickax rampaged in Bat Ayin, killing 13-year-old Israeli boy Shlomo Nativ and wounding a 7-year-old boy before fleeing the area. On 14 April, Israeli authorities arrest suspect Moussa Tayet, who they say had no links to any organized militant groups.

An Arab assailant attacked a 55-year-old ultra-Orthodox Jewish man with an ax. The attack took place in the morning, near the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem. The victim sustained light injuries to his head and was evacuated to Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital. The attacker fled the scene.
 * 2 April 2012

Attacks on Israeli soldiers
An ax-wielding Palestinian wounded an Israeli soldier in Ramallah. The soldier suffered a light to moderate head wound.
 * 18 December 1986

Three Palestinians attacked an army patrol with axes and chains in Mughazi, the Gaza Strip. The soldiers killed one assailant, 23-year-old Riad Suleiman Abu Mandil, and wounded another in the leg.
 * 12 August 1988

Four Israeli Arabs entered an isolated Israeli army base near Kibbutz Gal'ed at night while most of the few soldiers were sleeping, and proceeded to hack and stab three soldiers to death with axes, knives and a pitchfork. Police said that the four assailants were members of Islamic Holy War, a militant Palestinian group.
 * 15 February 1992

18-year-old Atef Juma Abed from Gaza City attempted to attack Israeli soldiers with an ax. The soldiers shot and killed him after he did not heed their calls to halt. Eyewitnesses said he yelled "Allahu Akhbar" while rushing at the soldiers with the weapon before he was shot twice. He died later of his wounds.
 * 10 April 1994

Palestinian Islamic militant Wahib Abu Alrub killed female Israeli soldier Liat Gabai with an ax, in her hometown of Afula.
 * 30 November 1994

A 30-year-old Palestinian man attacked the staff of the Qalandiya checkpoint in the West Bank with an ax. According to the Israel Police, he threw the ax at a civilian security guard, and was shot once in the legs after he did not heed orders to stop and ignored a warning shot in the air. He was taken by Israeli personnel to Hadassah Medical Center for medical treatment.
 * 22 January 2012

A Palestinian man attempted to attack Israeli soldiers with an ax on Highway 57 in the West Bank. The soldiers fired on the man, critically wounding him; he died shortly thereafter. Two of the soldiers were lightly injured in the incident.
 * 3 December 2012