2002 Metzer attack
| 2002 Metzer attack | |
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| Part of the Second Intifada | |
| File:Metzer Memorial (2).jpg Memorial for the attack victims, located in Metzer. | |
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| Native name | הפיגוע במצר |
| Location | Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). 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 |
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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
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
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
- 2011 Itamar attack
- Palestinian political violence
- Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2002
References
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- ^ CNN, "Israel to retaliate for kibbutz attack" Archived 2012-04-06 at the Wayback Machine
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- ^ Commandos Shoot Dead Jihad Militant Who Killed 5 Archived 2017-12-28 at the Wayback Machine, Haaretz, 5 October 2003
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