Terrorism Against Israel: Attack on Jerusalem's Merkas HaRav Yeshiva
(March 6, 2008)
In March 2008, a lone Palestinian terrorist entered the Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva, a religious seminary in Jerusalem, and began shooting at students. The attack began at 8:36pm and ended about twenty minutes later when an off-duty Israel Defense Forces officer shot the terrorist dead. In total, the gunman killed eight students and wounded eleven more, five in serious to critical condition.
The victims were: Neria COhen (15); Segev Pniel Avihail (15); Avraham David Moses (16); Yehonatan Yitzhak Eldar (16); Ro'i Roth (18); Yohai Lipshitz (18); Yonadav Chaim Hirshfeld (18); and, Doron Mahareta (26). Off-duty IDF Captain David Shapira killed the terrorist.
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Blood-stained fringed garment (tallis) worn by Jewish student victim | Lifeless body of Jewish victim seen through bullet-riddled window at Merkaz Harav |
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The book that one student victim was studying from in the Merkaz HaRav library | Zaka volunteer points to bullet hole in blood stained fringed garmet (tallis) at Merkaz HaRav |
Sources: Arutz Sheva (Photos are royalty-free)
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