Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2001

June

• 1, 21 Israeli young people killed by a Hamas suicide bombing near a disco club near the Tel-Aviv Dolphinarium.

• 5, a 5 month-old baby is mortally wounded by a Palestinian stone.

• 12, a Greek Orthodox churchman is killed in a drive-by shooting on the Maaleh Adumim road.

• 14, an Israeli intelligence official is killed by one of his informants.

• 18, two settlers killed in various locations by Fatah gunfire.

• 20, a settler is ambushed and killed.

• 22, two soldiers killed in a suicide explosion of a jeep that signalled for help.

• 28, a woman killed and another injured in a drive-by shooting.

December

• 1, 11 young people killed by a suicide bombing in an entertainment area in Jerusalem. Hamas claimed responsibility.

• 2, 15 are killed and more than 40 wounded in a suicide bus bombing in Haifa. Hamas claimed responsibility.

• 12, a bus full of civilians is attacked by gunfire and grenades near the settlement Emmanuel. 10 killed, more than 30 wounded. Both Hamas and Fatah accepted responsibility.

• 25, a soldier was killed by gunfire over the Jordanian border. No group claimed responsibiliy.

• 27, Karine A, an arms-smuggling ship manned mostly by Palestinian is seized by Israeli forces