Matzuva attack | |
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Part of the Second Intifada militancy campaign | |
Location | Near kibbutz Matzuva, Israel |
Coordinates | 33°3′48″N 35°09′0″E / 33.06333°N 35.15000°E |
Date | March 12, 2002 |
Attack type | Ambush, mass shooting |
Weapons | Small arms, hand grenades |
Deaths | 5 Israeli civilians and 1 Israeli soldier (+2 attackers) |
Injured | 1 Israeli civilian |
Perpetrator | Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility |
The Matzuva attack was an attack on March 12, 2002, in which two Islamic Jihad militants who infiltrated Israel from Lebanon opened fire on civilian vehicles traveling on the Shlomi-Matzuva road. Six Israeli civilians were killed in the attack and one injured.[1]
The victims included a woman and a girl from Kibbutz Hanita, Lynn Livne and her daughter Atara.[2]
Initially, Israeli intelligence officials believed that the attack was organized by Hezbollah, although Hezbollah did not confirm this.[3]