There were only 798 terrorist attacks on Israel this year:
The Shin Bet revealed Thursday that 2010 saw the lowest number of terror attacks and terror victims in a decade.In case you were wondering: 798 terrorist attacks comes out to
Since January, nine civilians and soldiers have been killed in 798 terror-related incidents in Israel and the territories, compared with 15 deaths in 1,354 incidents in 2009.
The security agency said the highest number of terror-related deaths was recorded in 2002, when 452 Israelis were killed. Since 2005 the number of terror-related deaths gradually declined.
According to the data, terror attacks have claimed the lives of 1,187 Israelis in the past decade; 8,050 Israelis were injured in terror attacks over the past 10 years.
66.5 terrorist attacks in Israel each month
2.2 terrorists attacks every day.
The headline of this YnetNews article reads: Shin Bet: 2010 decade's calmest year
Oy.
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BS"D And since the Carmel fire is not being investigated (at least for the public), we don't know how many additional people - Jews or not - might be added to these numbers. I also wonder if these stats comfort the families and survivors of these 9 civilians and soldiers.
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