BBC News coverage of terrorism in Israel

The Israel Security Agency’s report on terror attacks (Hebrew) during April 2020 shows that throughout the month a total of 72 incidents took place: 41 in Judea & Samaria, 30 in Jerusalem and inside the ‘green line’ and one in the Gaza Strip sector.

In Judea & Samaria and Jerusalem the agency recorded 60 attacks with petrol bombs, six attacks using pipe bombs, one arson attack, one stabbing, two incidents of rock throwing and one vehicular attack. In the Gaza Strip sector one shooting attack was recorded.

Four people – three members of the security forces and one civilian – were wounded throughout the month. On April 22^nd a member of the security forces was wounded in a combined vehicular and stabbing attack near Ma’ale Adumim and on April 28^th a 62 year-old woman was wounded in a stabbing attack in the central Israeli town of Kfar Saba.

The BBC News website did not report any of the incidents which took place during April.

Since the beginning of the year visitors to the BBC News website have seen coverage of 7.66% of the terror attacks against Israelis which actually took place.