Matzuva attack

Matzuva attack
Part of the Second Intifada militancy campaign
class=notpageimage| The attack site
Location	Near kibbutz Matzuva, Israel
Coordinates	33°3′48″N 35°09′0″E / 33.06333°N 35.15000°E / 33.06333; 35.15000
Date	March 12, 2002; 23 years ago (2002-03-12)
Attack type	Ambush, mass shooting
Weapons	Small arms, hand grenades
Deaths	5 Israeli civilians and 1 Israeli soldier (+2 attackers)
Injured	1 Israeli civilian
Perpetrator	Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility

The Matzuva attack was an attack on March 12, 2002, in which two Islamic Jihad militants who infiltrated Israel from Lebanon opened fire on civilian vehicles traveling on the Shlomi-Matzuva road. After killing a shepherd who was out with his flock, the militants, who were dressed in Israeli military uniforms and hid in underbrush, ambushed cars on the road, killing four motorists. The victims included a woman and her teenage daughter from Kibbutz Hanita. The militants were killed in a gunbattle with responding Israeli troops in which an Israeli officer was also killed. Afterwards scans of the area were carried out to ensure no more militants had infiltrated.^[1][2][3]

Initially, Israeli intelligence officials believed that the attack was organized by Hezbollah, although Hezbollah did not confirm this.^[1]

• 2000–2006 Shebaa Farms conflict

• MIDEAST TURMOIL: LEBANON FRONT; Fatal Attack Shatters Israeli Border Town's Calm - published in The New York Times on March 14, 2002
• Terrorists slay 6 in Galilee attack. Area residents confined to homes - published in the Jerusalem Post on March 13, 2002

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