2002 Metzer attack

On 10 November 2002 Israeli Kibbutz (community) Metzer was infiltrated by a Palestinian terrorist, Sirhan Sirhan, who murdered 5 residents.

This article is about the Tanzim militant. For Robert F. Kennedy's assassin, see Sirhan Sirhan.
2002 Metzer attack
Part of Second Intifada
LocationKibbutz (community) Metzer, Israel
DateNovember 10, 2002
Attack type
M16
Deaths5 Israeli civilians
PerpetratorsLone Palestinian militant (Sirhan Sirhan). The Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility

Attack

The Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades claim to have carried out 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] Tirza Damari, 42, and Yitzhak Drori, 44, the kibbutz secretary, who was responding to the gunfire.[3][1]

Perpetrator

Sirhan Sirhan (Arabic: سرحان سرحان, died 2003) was a Palestinian responsible for an attack on the Israeli Kibbutz (community) Metzer on November 10, 2002, in which he killed five Israeli civilians, including [4][5] He was reportedly a member of 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.

The perpetrator was located and killed a year later by the Yamam.[2]

His house was demolished on December 19, 2002, by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). On October 3, 2003, Sirhan was killed by Yamam, an IDF counter-terrorism unit, during an attempt to arrest him.[6]

See also

References
  1. Bennet, James (17 December 2002). "No Peace in Sight, Israelis Trust in a Wall". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  2. Stoil, Rebecca Anna (16 January 2007). "Yamam hostage rescue team's tactics revealed". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  3. "Leader of Metzer plot arrested - Haaretz Daily Newspaper". www.haaretz.com. Retrieved 2011-04-15.
  4. CNN, "Israel to retaliate for kibbutz attack" Archived 2012-04-06 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Kibbutz Attack Threatens Ties to Arab Neighbors". The New York Times. November 12, 2002.
  6. Commandos Shoot Dead Jihad Militant Who Killed 5, Haaretz, 5 October 2003


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