| Bat Ayin axe attack | |
|---|---|
 The synagogue in Bat Ayin, near to where the attacks occurred | |
  The location of Bat Ayin | |
| Native name | פיגוע הגרזן בבת עין |
| Location | Bat Ayin, West Bank |
| Date | 2 April 2009 c. 12:00 (UTC+2) |
Attack type | Axe attack |
| Weapons | Pickaxe and a knife[1] |
| Deaths | a 13-year-old Israeli civilian (Shlomo Nativ) |
| Injured | 3 Israeli children (1 seriously injured) |
| Perpetrator | Palestinian Islamic Jihad and other Palestinian groups claimed responsibility, Israeli authorities stated no link between Tayet and any militant groups |
| Assailant | Moussa Tayet |
No. of participants | 1 |
The Bat Ayin axe attack was an attack by a Palestinian man that took place on 2 April 2009 in the West Bank, when Moussa Tayet attacked a group of Israeli children with an axe and a knife, killing 13-year-old boy Shlomo Nativ and seriously wounding 7-year-old boy Yair Gamliel, in the Israeli settlement of Bat Ayin.[2][3][4]
Palestinian Islamic Jihad immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, as did two obscure Palestinian groups. On 14 April, Israeli security forces arrested Tayet, of Khirbet Safa; he later confessed to the killing. Israeli authorities stated that Tayet had no links to any organized militant groups.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the attack, while Hamas justified it.
- ^ Israel detains suspect in West Bank ax attack, Associated Press (reprinted on NBC News 26-04-2009)
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