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| Murder of Yaron and Efrat Ungar | |
|---|---|
| Part of Israeli–Palestinian conflict | |
  The attack site | |
| Native name | רצח ירון ואפי (אפרת) אונגר |
| Location | Route 383 near moshav Gefen |
| Coordinates | 31°44′27″N 34°52′42″E / 31.74083°N 34.87833°E |
| Date | June 9, 1996 |
Attack type | Shooting attack |
| Weapons | Machine gun[1] |
| Deaths | 2 Israeli civilians |
| Perpetrator | Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades[2] |
No. of participants | 2 Palestinian gunmen |
The Murder of Yaron and Efrat Ungar was a shooting attack on June 9, 1996, during which two Palestinian gunmen killed Yaron and Efrat Ungar as they drove on a road between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, Israel near Beit Shemesh. The Palestinian gunmen fired twenty bullets from their Mitsubishi van into the couple's car. Although the bullets missed the couple's one-year-old son, who was in a car seat in the back, both Yaron and Efrat were killed.
The Ungars estate sued Yasser Arafat, the Palestine Liberation Organization, and the Islamic group Hamas in March 2000 in a Providence, Rhode Island, United States federal court house for wrongful death due to the defendants' encouragement of terrorism in the Kiryat Arba region. Although the estate won $116 million in 2004, the judgment was overturned on appeal in 2010, while the Ungars estate, the Palestine Liberation Organization, and the Palestinian Authority entered into a confidential settlement in February 2011 to end the case.
- ^ Bronner, Ethan (June 11, 1996). "Arab world tests Netanyahu early". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013.
- ^ "אחד ממנהיגי חוליית צוריף: אנו מתגאים במה שעשינו". Globes. 1998-02-08.