The 2002 Metzer attack was carried out on 10 November 2002 in Metzer,

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by a Palestinian who infiltrated the

Kibbutz A kibbutz ( / , ; : kibbutzim / ) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The first kibbutz, established in 1910, was Degania Alef, Degania. Today, farming has been partly supplanted by other economi ...

and murdered five Israeli civilians, including a mother and her two children.

Attack

Sirhan entered the Kibbutz of Metzer on November 10 and fatally shot 5 residents, including two children. Additionally, the

Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades () are a Fatah-aligned coalition of Palestinian armed groups in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Created in 2000 amidst the Second Intifada, the Brigades previously operated as the official armed wing of the Fa ...

claimed responsibility 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.

Assailant

Sirhan Sirhan (, died 2003) was identified as the assailant. He was reportedly a member of the

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, an armed wing of

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. Despite initial claims to the contrary, he was not related to

Sirhan Sirhan Sirhan Bishara Sirhan (; ; born March 19, 1944) is a Palestinian-Jordanian man who assassinated Senator Robert F. Kennedy, a younger brother of American president John F. Kennedy and a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 1968 U ...

, the Palestinian American Christian who assassinated United States Senator

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in 1968. His house was demolished on December 19, 2002, by the

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(IDF). On October 3, 2003, Sirhan was killed by the

Yamam Yamam (), also known as National Counter-Terrorism Unit, is Israel's national counter-terrorism unit, one of four special units of the Israel Border Police. The Yamam is capable of both hostage-rescue operations and offensive take-over raids ag ...

, an IDF counter-terrorism unit, during an attempt to arrest him.Commandos Shoot Dead Jihad Militant Who Killed 5
, Haaretz, 5 October 2003

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

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Attack

Victims

Assailant

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