Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin

Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin
Site of the rally before the assassination: Kings of Israel Square) with Tel Aviv City Hall in the background.
LocationTel Aviv, Israel
Coordinates32°04′54.8″N 34°46′51.4″E / 32.081889°N 34.780944°E / 32.081889; 34.780944
DateNovember 4, 1995
9:30 p.m. (IST)
TargetYitzhak Rabin
Attack type
Shooting
WeaponsBeretta 84F semi-automatic pistol
DeathsYitzhak Rabin
InjuredYoram Rubin
PerpetratorYigal Amir
MotiveRabin signing the Oslo Accords
ConvictionsMurder, conspiracy to commit murder, aggravated injury
SentenceLife imprisonment, plus 14 years

The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, the fifth prime minister of Israel, took place on 4 November 1995 (12 Marcheshvan 5756 on the Hebrew calendar) at 21:30, at the end of a rally in support of the Oslo Accords at the Kings of Israel Square in Tel Aviv. The assailant was Yigal Amir, an Israeli law student and ultranationalist who radically opposed prime minister Yitzhak Rabin's peace initiative, particularly the signing of the Oslo Accords.