Archives: Massacres
Speen Drand (Khyber Agency) Drone Strike – Dec 2010
Date: 16/12/2010 Location: Khyber Agency, FATA, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States Victims: 7 killed What Happened? 16 December 2010: US drones fired two missiles at a vehicle in the Speen Drand area of Tirah Valley in Khyber Agency. Western intelligence claims that this attack led to the death of 7 militants. However, there is no known…
Ragha (Khyber Agency) Drone Strikes – May 2010
Date: 15/05/2010 Location: Ragha, FATA, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States Victims: 23 killed, 15 injured What Happened? 15 May 2010: A series of four US drone missiles struck the Ragha area (Landi Kotal tehsil) of the Khyber Agency in FATA. The first missile hit a supposed gathering of people at night. The second and third missiles…
Raymond Davis Killings – Jan 2011
Date: 27/01/2011 Location: Lahore, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States Victims: 3 civilians killed What Happened? 27 January 2011: Armed with unlicensed weapons and living in unregistered safe houses, CIA agent Raymond Davis shot and killed two young men on a motorbike from inside his car. He then proceeded to trample through traffic to evade arrest from…
Datta Khel Drone Strike – March 2011
Date: 17/03/2011 Location: North Waziristan, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States Victims: 44 killed, 10+ injured What Happened? 17 March 2011: A tribal jirga (meeting of elders) scheduled to debate a local business dispute was struck by missiles fired from American drones. The building hosting the meeting collapsed, leading to the deaths of at least 44 civilians.…
Chenagai School Strike (Bajaur Agency) – Oct 2006
Date: 30/10/2006 Location: Chenagai, Bajaur Agency, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States Victims: 80+ killed, mostly children What Happened? 30 October 2006: Missiles fired from MQ-1 Predator drones struck a madrassa in the Chenagai district of Bajaur Agency (then-Federally administered by Islamabad). The massacre happened in the early hours of the morning, when the school was about…
Fajja Coffeehouse Bombing – May 1947
Date: 20/05/1947 Location: Petah Tikva Perpetrators: Palmach Victims: 2+ killed, 6+ injured What Happened? 20 May 1947: A coffeehouse in the Palestinian village of Fajja in the subdistrict of Jaffa was bombed by Palmach, a strike force of the Israeli Haganah. The Haganah alleged that the coffeehouse was hiding bandits. The bombing of the building…
Wadi Nisnas Torching – Mar 1948
Date: 04/03/1948 Location: Haifa Perpetrators: Haganah Victims: 19+ killed What Happened? 4 March 1948: A Haganah unit entered and raided the neighbourhood of Wadi Nisnas with orders to “kill adult males”, according to Israeli historian Benny Morris. The attackers threw Molotov cocktails into Palestinian homes, leaving them ablaze. Of the 30 injured Palestinians, “19 of…
Romema Petrol Station Attack – Dec 1947
Date: 27/12/1947 Location: Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Perpetrators: Haganah, Irgun, Lehi Victims: At least 6 killed What Happened? 27 December 1947: Militants of the Irgun Zvai Leumi bombed a petrol station and coffee shop in the Romema neighbourhood of Al-Quds (Jerusalem). Days earlier, Irgun had thrown false grenades at the petrol station. This attack led to the…
Romema Raids – Dec 1947
Date: 24/12/1947 Location: Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Perpetrators: Haganah, Irgun, Lehi Victims: Classified What Happened? 24 December 1947: A local Palestinian, Atiya ‘Adel, was murdered by the Haganah. His death precipitated the evacuation of Arabs in the Romema neighbourhood to clear it for Zionist settlers. The village was subject to raids by Zionist paramilitaries (Haganah, Irgun, Lehi).…
Qazaza Village Raid – Dec 1947
Date: 19/12/1947 Location: Ramle Perpetrators: Haganah Victims: 2 killed, several wounded What Happened? 19 December 1947: A Haganah raiding group (retaliating for the killing of a settler) attacked the Palestinian village of Qazaza in the Ramle district. The Palestinian newspaper Filastin reported that the villagers fought back with gunfire, with two ultimately being killed by…