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2002 Metzer attack
View on Wikipedia| 2002 Metzer attack | |
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| Part of the Second Intifada | |
.jpg) Memorial for the attack victims, located in Metzer. | |
  The attack site | |
| Native name | הפיגוע במצר |
| Location | 32°26′24″N 35°02′51″E / 32.44000°N 35.04750°E Kibbutz Metzer, Israel |
| Date | 10 November 2002 c. 23:30 pm (UTC+2) |
Attack type | Mass shooting |
| Weapon | M16 rifle |
| Deaths | 5 civilians |
| Perpetrators | al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades |
The 2002 Metzer attack was carried out on 10 November 2002, during the Second Intifada, in Metzer, Israel by a Palestinian who infiltrated the kibbutz and murdered five Israeli civilians, including a mother and her two children.
Attack
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Sirhan entered the Kibbutz of Metzer on November 10 and fatally shot 5 residents, including two children. The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.[1]
Victims
[edit]The attacker murdered filmmaker Revital Ohayoun, 34, and her two young children (Matan, 5, and Noam, 4), who were killed in their beds.[2] Additionally, Tirza Damari, 42, and Yitzhak Drori, 44, the kibbutz secretary, were shot while responding to the gunfire.[3][1]
Assailant
[edit]Sirhan Sirhan (Arabic: سرحان سرحان, died 2003) was identified as the assailant.[4][5] He was reportedly a member of the Tanzim, an armed wing of Fatah.
Despite initial claims to the contrary, he was not related to Sirhan Sirhan, the Palestinian American Christian who assassinated United States Senator Robert F. Kennedy in 1968.
His house was demolished on December 19, 2002, by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
On October 3, 2003, Sirhan was killed by the Yamam,[2] an Israel Border Police counter-terrorism unit, during an attempt to arrest him.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Bennet, James (17 December 2002). "No Peace in Sight, Israelis Trust in a Wall". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
- ^ a b Stoil, Rebecca Anna (16 January 2007). "Yamam hostage rescue team's tactics revealed". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
- ^ "Leader of Metzer plot arrested - Haaretz Daily Newspaper". Haaretz. www.haaretz.com. Retrieved 2011-04-15.
- ^ CNN, "Israel to retaliate for kibbutz attack" Archived 2012-04-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Kibbutz Attack Threatens Ties to Arab Neighbors". The New York Times. November 12, 2002.
- ^ Commandos Shoot Dead Jihad Militant Who Killed 5 Archived 2017-12-28 at the Wayback Machine, Haaretz, 5 October 2003
External links
[edit]- Victims of Palestinian Violence and Terrorism since September 2000 at The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Fatal Terrorist Attacks in Israel Since the Declaration of Principles at Jewish Virtual Library
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