Beit Hadassah in Hebron, location of the terrorist attack
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The attack site
Location
Hebron
Date
2 May 1980; 44 years ago (1980-05-02)
Attack type
Ambush
Weapons
Rifles and grenades
Deaths
3 Israeli, 2 American, 1 Canadian civilians
Injured
20 Israeli and American civilians
Perpetrator
Fatah
No. of participants
4 Palestinian terrorists
On 2 May 1980, six Jews – three Israelis, two American Israelis, and one Canadian – were killed, and another 20 Jews were injured[1] at 7:30 pm on a Friday night as they returned home from Sabbath prayer services at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron.[2] Five of the six killed were yeshiva students aged 20–21. They were attacked with gunfire and grenades from the rooftops around a small alley.
It was the most deadly attack on the Israeli occupied West Bank since the Six-Day War.[3]
^"Palestinian terrorist in killing of 6 Jews elected Hebron mayor". Times of Israel. 14 May 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
^Byman, Daniel (15 June 2011). A High Price: The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli Counterterrorism. Oxford University Press. p. 276. ISBN 9780199830459.
^Claiborne, William (17 November 1980). "PLO Terrorist Recalls His Training, Mission: Terrorist: Soviets Gave PLO Training". Newsday. ProQuest 1002861278.
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