| Murder of Shalhevet Pass | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Second Intifada militancy campaign | |
  The attack site | |
| Native name | רצח שלהבת תחיה פס |
| Location | Avraham Avinu neighborhood, Hebron, West Bank |
| Coordinates | 31°31′25″N 35°06′25″E / 31.52361°N 35.10694°E |
| Date | 26 March 2001 c. 4:00 pm (GMT+2) |
Attack type | Shooting attack |
| Weapon | Sniper rifle |
| Deaths | A ten-month-old Israeli infant (Shalhevet Pass) |
| Perpetrator | Tanzim militant group[1] |
| Assailant | Mahmud Amru |
The murder of Shalhevet Pass was a shooting attack carried out in Hebron, West Bank, on 26 March 2001, in which a Palestinian sniper killed 10-month-old Israeli infant Shalhevet Pass. The event shocked the Israeli public, partly because an investigation ruled that the sniper had deliberately aimed for the baby.[2] According to Deborah Sontag of the New York Times, the murder became a "potent Israeli symbol as an innocent victim of the raging violence."[3]
- ^ Yonah Alexander (2003). Palestinian secular terrorism: profiles of Fatah, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Transnational Publishers. ISBN 9781571053077. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
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google1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Sontag, Deborah. 2 April 2001. Israeli Baby's Funeral Becomes Focus of Settler Militancy." The New York Times.