Matzuva attack

Matzuva attack
Part of the Second Intifada militancy campaign
class=notpageimage| The attack site
Location	Near kibbutz Matzuva, Israel
Coordinates	33°3′48″N 35°09′0″E
Date	March 12, 2002 (2002-03-12)
Attack type	Ambush, mass shooting
Weapons	Small arms, hand grenades
Deaths	5 Israeli civilians and 1 Israeli soldier (+2 attackers)
Injured	1 Israeli civilian
Perpetrator	Islamic 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.

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

See also

• 2000–2006 Shebaa Farms conflict

External links

• MIDEAST TURMOIL: LEBANON FRONT; Fatal Attack Shatters Israeli Border Town's Calm - published in The New York Times on March 14, 2002
• Mother, daughter from Kibbutz Hanita among ambush victims - published in the Jerusalem Post on March 13, 2002
• Terrorists slay 6 in Galilee attack. Area residents confined to homes - published in the Jerusalem Post on March 13, 2002