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The attack, unprecedented in the post-1967 period, was understood to mark a transition from "hit-and-run" attacks to attacks aiming to achieve mass casualties by the use of military tactics and careful planning.
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with which he "opened fire" as soon as the Jewish pedestrians came into view. Israeli guards at the former clinic immediately returned fire. Perpetrators admitted to having received instructions directly from
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The attack was carefully planned in military style. The terrorists had studied the route and timing of the return of worshipers to the Jewish residence in the former Hadassah medical clinic (
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Omar Haroub (30). Accused of providing weapons and transportation on the night of the ambush. A chemistry graduate of the University of Beirut working for a blood bank in East Jerusalem.
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On 2 May 1980, six Jews – three Israelis, two American Israelis, and one Canadian – were killed, and another 20 Jews were injured at 7:30 pm on a Friday night as they returned home from
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Four of the wounded were American citizens: Mordechai Shevat, 21, of The Bronx; Robert Brosovsky, 21; Simha Wollman, 21, of Brooklyn, and Lisa Sherman, 20, of Queens.
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Adnan Jabar (32), second in command. Underwent 6 months of intensive training in small arms, explosives, military tactics, and ideology in
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An additional six Arab Palestinians were taken into custody, charged with aiding the terrorists by providing lodging and transportation.
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Claiborne, William (17 November 1980). "PLO Terrorist Recalls His Training, Mission: Terrorist: Soviets Gave PLO Training". Newsday.
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to refurbish the Hadassah medical clinic and to permit Jews to live in the Beit Hason and Beit Schneerson buildings adjacent to it.
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Yasser Hussein Mohammed Zedat (30), squad leader. From Hebron; fled to Jordan after firing a Katyusha rocket at
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students aged 20–21. They were attacked with gunfire and grenades from the rooftops around a small alley.
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An extensive cache of explosives and weapons was discovered; it included the guns used in the attack.
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All four terrorists were sentenced to life in prison, but were later released in prisoner exchanges.
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Attacks launched from Lebanon Attacks launched from the Gaza Strip Attacks launched from Egypt
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were arrested and charged with carrying out the attack. One of the four had trained in the
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Shipler, David (17 September 1980). "Israel Holds 10 Arabs for Slaying of 6 Jews in May".
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Torgerson, Dial (6 May 1980). "Arab Attack on Hebron Signals Shift of Terrorist Tactics".
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Mohammed Shubaki (32). Farmer. Accused in a 1979 shooting murder of an Israeli couple.
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yeshiva in Jerusalem. A budding scholar, Glatt was the author of "Rise From the Dust".
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Keinon, Herb (17 January 1997). "Jerusalem's elder sister". Jerusalem Post.
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militants trained together. He had also trained in Syria and Lebanon.
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A High Price: The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli Counterterrorism
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Assassination attempt of the Israeli ambassador in London
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Gershon Klein, 20, yeshiva student at the Nir Yeshiva in
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in April 1977; trained in terrorist tactics in Lebanon.
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Y. Z. Blum, Israeli Ambassador of Israel to the UN,
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Beit Hadassah
1980 Hebron attack is located in the Southern West Bank
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Hebron
Ambush
Rifles
grenades
Fatah
Sabbath
Cave of the Patriarchs
Hebron
yeshiva
Israeli occupied
West Bank
Six-Day War
Beit Hadassah
Kalashnikov
Khalil al-Wazir
United Nations
PLO
Fatah
USSR
Mercaz HaRav
Montreal
Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh
Kiryat Arba
Bnei Brak
Bnei Brak

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