2002 Metzer attack
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{{Short description|Terrorist attack during the Second Intifada}}
{{Infobox terrorist attack
| title = 2002 Metzer attack
| partof = the Second Intifada
| image = Metzer Memorial (2).jpg
| native_name = הפיגוע במצר
| native_name_lang = he
| coordinates = {{coord|32|26|24|N|35|02|51|E|display=inline,title}}
| caption = Memorial for the attack victims, located in Metzer.
| map = {{location map|Israel haifa|caption=The attack site}}
| location = Kibbutz Metzer, Israel
| target =
| date = {{start date and age|2002|11|10|df=yes}}
| time = {{circa}} 23:30 pm
| time-begin =
| time-end =
| timezone = UTC+2
| type = Mass shooting
| weapon = M16 rifle
| fatalities = 5 civilians
| injuries =
| perps = al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
}}
The 2002 Metzer attack was carried out on 10 November 2002 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. Additionally, the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.{{cite news|last1=Bennet|first1=James|title=No Peace in Sight, Israelis Trust in a Wall|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/17/world/no-peace-in-sight-israelis-trust-in-a-wall.html|access-date=30 April 2017|work=The New York Times|date=17 December 2002}}
Victims
The attacker murdered filmmaker Revital Ohayoun, 34, and her two young children (Matan, 5, and Noam, 4), who were killed in their beds.{{cite news|last1=Stoil|first1=Rebecca Anna|title=Yamam hostage rescue team's tactics revealed|url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Yamam-hostage-rescue-teams-tactics-revealed|access-date=30 April 2017|publisher=Jerusalem Post|date=16 January 2007}} Additionally, Tirza Damari, 42, and Yitzhak Drori, 44, the kibbutz secretary, were shot while responding to the gunfire.{{cite news |url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/leader-of-metzer-plot-arrested-1.28260 |title=Leader of Metzer plot arrested - Haaretz Daily Newspaper |newspaper=Haaretz |publisher=www.haaretz.com |access-date=2011-04-15 }}
Assailant
Sirhan Sirhan ({{Langx|ar|سرحان سرحان}}, died 2003) was identified as the assailant.CNN, [http://articles.cnn.com/2002-11-11/world/mideast_1_kibbutz-metzer-fatah-and-hamas-senior-israeli-military-officials?_s=PM:WORLD "Israel to retaliate for kibbutz attack"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406040957/http://articles.cnn.com/2002-11-11/world/mideast_1_kibbutz-metzer-fatah-and-hamas-senior-israeli-military-officials?_s=PM%3AWORLD |date=2012-04-06 }}{{cite news |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/12/world/kibbutz-attack-threatens-ties-to-arab-neighbors.html |title=Kibbutz Attack Threatens Ties to Arab Neighbors |date=November 12, 2002}} 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, an IDF counter-terrorism unit, during an attempt to arrest him.[https://www.haaretz.com/commandos-shoot-dead-jihad-militant-who-killed-5-1.101938 Commandos Shoot Dead Jihad Militant Who Killed 5] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228171658/https://www.haaretz.com/commandos-shoot-dead-jihad-militant-who-killed-5-1.101938 |date=2017-12-28 }}, Haaretz, 5 October 2003
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism-+Obstacle+to+Peace/Palestinian+terror+since+2000/Victims+of+Palestinian+Violence+and+Terrorism+sinc.htm Victims of Palestinian Violence and Terrorism since September 2000] at The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- [https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Terrorism/victims.html#2002 Fatal Terrorist Attacks in Israel Since the Declaration of Principles] at Jewish Virtual Library
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