The number of terrorist attacks perpetrated in Israel dropped in August to 93 — the lowest monthly tally recorded since March 2015 and the first dip since then below the 100-incident mark.
In Jerusalem, the number of incidents in August was 13, well below the 24 in July, the Shin Bet security agency said in its latest monthly report, published this week. Overall in Israel, the number of terrorist attacks dropped in August by 8 percent from the 101 incidents recorded in July.
Seven Israelis were injured in the August attacks — three of them were stabbed and two were wounded by firebombs. The remaining victims were injured by an explosive charge and the hurling of stones. Three of the terrorist incidents were mortar round launchings from the Gaza Strip, which did not result in injury.
August saw no fatalities from terrorist attacks.
In Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, attacks began increasing in August 2015, when 171 were documented, and rose sharply in September and October of that year, with 223 and 620 recorded attacks, respectively. The number of attacks decreased to 326 in November, 246 in December, 169 in January, 155 in February and 123 in March. — jta