| Murder of Ofir Rahum | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Second Intifada militancy campaign | |
 The attack site | |
| Location | Outskirts of Ramallah, West Bank |
| Date | 17 January 2001 |
Attack type | Shooting attack |
| Deaths | a 16-year-old Israeli civilian (Ofir Rahum) |
| Perpetrator | Three Palestinian gunmen (Mona Jaud Awana, Hassan Alkadi, and Abdul Fatah Doleh) |
The Murder of Ofir Rahum was a shooting attack which occurred on 17 January 2001, in which Palestinian militants from the Tanzim faction of Fatah killed 16-year-old Israeli high school student Ofir Rahum on the outskirts of Ramallah.
The murder was planned and initiated by 24-year-old Mona Jaud Awana from Bir Nabala. After many weeks in which Mona conducted long private conversations in English with Rahum through the instant messenger program ICQ, during which she masqueraded as a Jewish immigrant from Morocco named Sally, Mona managed to gain his confidence and get him to meet with her in Jerusalem, supposedly for romantic purposes. When he arrived for the meeting, she drove him through the border control into the Palestinian-controlled territory and towards a secluded area on the outskirts of Ramallah where Palestinian terrorists shot him at close range, with Mona standing aside and watching.[1]
- ^ Hershman, Tania (19 January 2001). "Israel's 'First Internet Murder'". Wired.