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| type = [[Ambush]], [[mass shooting]]
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| weapons = [[Small arms]], [[hand grenade|hand grenades]]
| weapons = [[Small arms]], [[hand grenade]]s
| fatalities = 5 Israeli civilians and 1 Israeli soldier (+2 attackers)
| fatalities = 5 Israeli civilians and 1 Israeli soldier (+2 attackers)
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The '''Matzuva attack''' was a [[Palestinian political violence|terrorist]] attack on March 12, 2002 in which two [[Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine|Islamic Jihad]] militants who infiltrated [[Israel]] from [[Lebanon]] opened fire on civilian vehicles traveling on the [[Shlomi, Israel|Shlomi]]-[[Matzuva]] road. Six Israeli civilians were killed in the attack and one injured.<ref>{{cite web|last=Greenberg |first=Joel |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30A13FE3B5D0C778DDDAA0894DA404482 |title= Fatal Attack Shatters Israeli Border Town's Calm |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2002-03-14 |access-date=2011-03-22}}</ref>
The '''Matzuva attack''' was an attack on March 12, 2002, in which two [[Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine|Islamic Jihad]] militants who infiltrated [[Israel]] from [[Lebanon]] opened fire on civilian vehicles traveling on the [[Shlomi, Israel|Shlomi]]-[[Matzuva]] road. Six Israeli civilians were killed in the attack and one injured.<ref>{{cite web|last=Greenberg |first=Joel |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30A13FE3B5D0C778DDDAA0894DA404482 |title= Fatal Attack Shatters Israeli Border Town's Calm |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2002-03-14 |access-date=2011-03-22}}</ref>


The victims included a woman and a girl from Kibbutz [[Hanita]], Lynn Livne and her daughter Atara.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121106024023/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/118108386.html?dids=118108386:118108386&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Mar+13,+2002 Mother, daughter from Kibbutz Hanita among ambush victims] published in [Jerusalem Post] on March 13, 2002.</ref>
== The attack ==
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On March 12, 2002 two Islamic Jihad militants crossed the border, reached a mountain overlooking the [[Shlomi, Israel|Shlomi]]-[[Matzuva]] road, and began firing [[small arms]] and throwing [[hand grenade]]s at vehicles traveling on the road, including a civilian commuter bus.


Initially, Israeli intelligence officials believed that the attack was organized by [[Hezbollah]], although Hezbollah did not confirm this.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/14/world/mideast-turmoil-lebanon-front-fatal-attack-shatters-israeli-border-town-s-calm.html Fatal Attack Shatters Israeli Border Town's Calm], ''New York Times'', 14 March 2002.</ref>
Five Israeli civilians and an Israeli army officer were killed and a member of Kibbutz [[Matzuva]] was injured.

The two attackers were killed in battle with Israeli security forces.

=== Fatalities ===
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* Lynne Livne, 49, of Kibbutz [[Hanita]]<ref>[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism-+Obstacle+to+Peace/Memorial/2002/2/Lynne%20Livne Lynne Livne]</ref>
* Lt. German Rojyakov, 25, of [[Kiryat Shmona]]<ref>[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism-+Obstacle+to+Peace/Memorial/2002/2/Lt%20German%20Rojyakov Lt German Rojyakov]</ref>
* Yehudit Cohen, 33, of [[Shlomi, Israel|Shlomi]]<ref>[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism-+Obstacle+to+Peace/Memorial/2002/2/Yehudit%20Cohen Yehudit Cohen<]</ref>
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* Alexei Kotman, 29, of Kibbutz [[Beit Hashita]]<ref>[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism-+Obstacle+to+Peace/Memorial/2002/2/Alexei%20Kotman Alexei Kotman]</ref>
* Ofer Kanerik, 44, of Moshav [[Betzet]]<ref>[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism-+Obstacle+to+Peace/Memorial/2002/2/Ofer%20Kanerik Ofer Kanerik]</ref>
* Atara Livne, 15, of Kibbutz [[Hanita]]<ref>[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism-+Obstacle+to+Peace/Memorial/2002/2/Atara%20Livne Atara Livne]</ref>
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== The perpetrators ==
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Initially Israeli intelligence officials believed that the attack was organized by [[Hezbollah]], although Hezbollah did not confirm this.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/14/world/mideast-turmoil-lebanon-front-fatal-attack-shatters-israeli-border-town-s-calm.html Fatal Attack Shatters Israeli Border Town's Calm], New York Times, 14 March 2002</ref> Following the signing of the trade agreement between Lebanon and the European Union in 2002, Hezbollah had agreed not to commit any attacks across the [[Blue Line (Lebanon)|international border between Israel and Lebanon]]. In 2004, Islamic Jihad took responsibility for the attack. In May 2006, [[Mahmoud al-Majzoub]], leader of the [[Palestinian Islamic Jihad]] at that time, was blown up in his car in [[Sidon]]. There were speculations that the hit was a response to the 2002 Matzuva attack, but Israel has not taken responsibility for al-Majzoub's death.


==See also==
==See also==
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== External links==
== External links==
* [https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30A13FE3B5D0C778DDDAA0894DA404482 MIDEAST TURMOIL: LEBANON FRONT; Fatal Attack Shatters Israeli Border Town's Calm] - published in [[The New York Times]] on March 14, 2002
* [https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30A13FE3B5D0C778DDDAA0894DA404482 MIDEAST TURMOIL: LEBANON FRONT; Fatal Attack Shatters Israeli Border Town's Calm] - published in [[The New York Times]] on March 14, 2002
* [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/118108386.html?dids=118108386:118108386&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Mar+13%2C+2002 Mother, daughter from Kibbutz Hanita among ambush victims] - published in the [[Jerusalem Post]] on March 13, 2002
* [https://archive.today/20130131173618/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/118108363.html?dids=118108363:118108363&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT Terrorists slay 6 in Galilee attack. Area residents confined to homes] - published in the [[Jerusalem Post]] on March 13, 2002
* [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/118108363.html?dids=118108363:118108363&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT Terrorists slay 6 in Galilee attack. Area residents confined to homes] - published in the [[Jerusalem Post]] on March 13, 2002


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Latest revision as of 19:23, 15 November 2024

Matzuva attack
Part of the Second Intifada militancy campaign
Matzuva attack is located in Northwest Israel
Matzuva attack
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The attack site
LocationNear kibbutz Matzuva, Israel
Coordinates33°3′48″N 35°09′0″E / 33.06333°N 35.15000°E / 33.06333; 35.15000
DateMarch 12, 2002; 22 years ago (2002-03-12)
Attack type
Ambush, mass shooting
WeaponsSmall arms, hand grenades
Deaths5 Israeli civilians and 1 Israeli soldier (+2 attackers)
Injured1 Israeli civilian
PerpetratorIslamic Jihad claimed responsibility

The Matzuva attack was an attack on March 12, 2002, in which two Islamic Jihad militants who infiltrated Israel from Lebanon opened fire on civilian vehicles traveling on the Shlomi-Matzuva road. Six Israeli civilians were killed in the attack and one injured.[1]

The victims included a woman and a girl from Kibbutz Hanita, Lynn Livne and her daughter Atara.[2]

Initially, Israeli intelligence officials believed that the attack was organized by Hezbollah, although Hezbollah did not confirm this.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Greenberg, Joel (March 14, 2002). "Fatal Attack Shatters Israeli Border Town's Calm". The New York Times. Retrieved March 22, 2011.
  2. ^ Mother, daughter from Kibbutz Hanita among ambush victims published in [Jerusalem Post] on March 13, 2002.
  3. ^ Fatal Attack Shatters Israeli Border Town's Calm, New York Times, 14 March 2002.
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