TIMELINE: Major attacks in Israel

(Reuters) - A Palestinian gunman opened fire in a Jewish religious school in Jerusalem on Thursday, killing at least eight people in the deadliest attack in Israel in two years, police said.

Here is a chronology of major attacks in Israel in the last three years. Death tolls do not include attackers.

Feb 25, 2005 - A suicide bomber kills five Israelis and wounds about 50 people outside the Stage nightclub in Tel Aviv. Islamic Jihad claims responsibility.

July 12 - A Palestinian blows himself up at an Israeli shopping mall in Netanya, killing five and wounding at least 30. Islamic Jihad claims responsibility.

Aug 28 - A suicide bomber blows himself up at the entrance to Beersheba's central bus station, wounding at least 40.

Oct 26 - A Palestinian blows himself up in the main market at Hadera. Six people die and more than 30 are wounded.

Dec 5 - A suicide bomber blows himself up at the entrance to the Sharon shopping mall in Netanya, killing five and wounding at least 40. Islamic Jihad's Jerusalem Brigades claims responsibility.

Dec 29 - An Israeli soldier and two Palestinian bystanders are killed in a suicide bombing in Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank. Islamic Jihad claims responsibility.

Jan 19, 2006 - A Palestinian suicide bomber blows himself up at a sandwich stand near Tel Aviv's old central bus station, wounding 30 people. Islamic Jihad claims the bombing.

March 30 - A Palestinian suicide bomber kills four Israelis near the West Bank settlement of Kedumim. Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades later claims responsibility.

April 17 - A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 11 people and wounds about 60 at a sandwich stand near Tel Aviv's old central bus station. Both Islamic Jihad and Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claim responsibility.

Jan 29, 2007 - A suicide bomber kills three people in a bakery in Eilat at the northern tip of the Red Sea. Three groups -- Islamic Jihad, al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, part of President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction, and the previously unknown "Army of Believers" -- claim responsibility.

Feb 4, 2008 - A suicide bomber kills a woman in the southern town of Dimona. A second blast is prevented when police shoot dead a second bomber. Hamas's armed wing claims responsibility the next day, the first such attack claimed by the group since 2004.