Photo Credit: National Public Diplomacy Directorate of Israel

There were more than 18,000 attempts by Arab terrorists to murder Israelis last year in the Jewish State, according to the annual Summary Report of Terrorism Against Israel for 2024.

The report, released Thursday by Israel’s National Public Diplomacy Directorate in the Prime Minister’s Office, gathers all the information and data from the Israel Defense Forces, Israel Police, Shin Bet and emergency and rescue authorities.

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The report is sent to all the official Israeli authorities that do public diplomacy and is used as the official source of data in the “hasbara” arena.

Last year, Israel was attacked from seven fronts: Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Gaza, Iraq, Yemen and from within Israel.

The number of terrorist attacks in 2024 was 18,365, in which 134 people were murdered and 1,277 people were injured.

According to the report, approximately 16,400 rockets were fired and crossed into Israeli territory.

Of those, some 15,400 rockets were launched from Lebanon, and some 700 rockets were fired from Gaza.

The greatest number of rockets fired at Israel — 6,900 launches –came during October 2024.

Attacks were also carried out by 399 hostile UAVs (explosive drones) last year.

The damage from rocket fire and combat drones was terrible:

• 71 people were killed, including 14 minors;
• 892 people were injured;
• 610 fires were started;
• Fires burned 92,417 acres of Nature & Parks Authority land;
• More than 42,749 acres of grazing land were burnt.

In addition, there were 1,900 terrorist attacks carried out last year, including stone-throwing, firebombing (Molotov cocktails), vehicle rammings, shootings, stabbings, assaults, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and throwing other objects.

The highest number of attacks took place in July (191). November was the quietest month with 109 attacks. October was the most violent month: 37 people murdered and 394 others wounded.

The most common type of terrorist attack was stone throwing, with 1,248 incidents. April had the most stone throwing attacks, with 130 incidents. November was the quietest month, with 76 incidents.

The next most common attacks included throwing objects, arson and tire burning (162), hurling Molotov cocktails (140), shootings (132) and explosive devices (89).

To download the complete report, click here.


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Hana Levi Julian is a Middle East news analyst with a degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from Southern Connecticut State University. A past columnist with The Jewish Press and senior editor at Arutz 7, Ms. Julian has written for Babble.com, Chabad.org and other media outlets, in addition to her years working in broadcast journalism.