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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 '''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]</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>


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>
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>
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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://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 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://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


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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