The Matzuva attack was an attack on March 12, 2002, in which two
Islamic Jihad militants who infiltrated
Israel
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...
from
Lebanon
Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...
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 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.
[Fatal Attack Shatters Israeli Border Town's Calm]
''New York Times'', 14 March 2002.הסתיים האירוע בצפון: 6 ישראלים נהרגו, 2 המחבלים חוסלו
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Initially, Israeli intelligence officials believed that the attack was organized by Hezbollah
Hezbollah ( ; , , ) is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and paramilitary group. Hezbollah's paramilitary wing is the Jihad Council, and its political wing is the Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc party in the Lebanese Parliament. I ...
, although Hezbollah did not confirm this.[
]
See also
* 2000–2006 Shebaa Farms conflict
The 2000–2006 Shebaa Farms conflict was a low-level border conflict between Israel and Hezbollah for control of Shebaa Farms, a disputed territory located on the Golan Heights–Lebanon border. Fighting between the two sides primarily c ...
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MIDEAST TURMOIL: LEBANON FRONT; Fatal Attack Shatters Israeli Border Town's Calm
- published in The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of ...
on March 14, 2002
Terrorists slay 6 in Galilee attack. Area residents confined to homes
- published in the Jerusalem Post
''The Jerusalem Post'' is an English-language Israeli broadsheet newspaper based in Jerusalem, Israel, founded in 1932 during the British Mandate of Palestine by Gershon Agron as ''The Palestine Post''. In 1950, it changed its name to ''The Je ...
on March 13, 2002
Mass murder in 2002
Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine attacks
Spree shootings in Israel
Terrorist incidents in Israel in 2002
March 2002 in Asia
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