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On 10 November 2002, an attack in Metzer resulted in the death of five residents.
The attacker murdered filmmaker Revital Ohayoun, 34, and her two young children (Matan, 5, and Noam, 4), who were killed in their beds. Additionally, Tirza Damari, 42, and Yitzhak Drori, 44, the kibbutz secretary, were shot while responding to the gunfire.
Commandos Shoot Dead Jihad Militant Who Killed 5
, Haaretz, 5 October 2003
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
Attack
Sirhan entered the Kibbutz of Metzer on November 10th and fatally shot 5 residents, including two children. Additionally, the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claim to have been responsible for the attack.Victims
The attacker murdered filmmaker Revital Ohayoun, 34, and her two young children (Matan, 5, and Noam, 4), who were killed in their beds. Additionally, Tirza Damari, 42, and Yitzhak Drori, 44, the kibbutz secretary, were shot while responding to the gunfire.
Perpetrator
Sirhan Sirhan (Arabic
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: سرحان سرحان, died 2003) was identified as the perpetrator. He was reportedly a member of Tanzim
''Tanzim'' ( ar, تنظيم ', "Organization") is a militant faction of the Palestinian Fatah movement.
Overview
The Tanzim militia, founded in 1995 by Yasser Arafat and other Fatah leaders to counter Palestinian Islamism, is widely consider ...
, an armed wing of Fatah
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.
Despite initial claims to the contrary, he was not related to Sirhan Sirhan
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan (; ar, سرحان بشارة سرحان ''Sirḥān Bišāra Sirḥān'', born March 19, 1944) is a Palestinian Jordanian man who was convicted for the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.
Kennedy, a United States Sena ...
, the Palestinian American Christian who assassinated United States Senator Robert F. Kennedy
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in 1968.
His house was demolished on December 19, 2002, by the Israel Defense Forces
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(IDF). On October 3, 2003, Sirhan was killed by Yamam
The Yamam ( he, ימ"מ, an acronym for ''Centralized Special Unit'' , ''Yeḥida Merkazit Meyuḥedet''), also called in Hebrew and Israel's National Counter Terror Unit (I.N.C.T.U.) in English, is Israel's national counter-terrorism unit, ...
, an IDF counter-terrorism unit, during an attempt to arrest him., Haaretz, 5 October 2003
See also
* 2011 Itamar attack *List of people with reduplicated names
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References
External links
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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