Nahalat Shiva shooting

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The shooting in Nahalat Shiva was a spree shooting carried out by Hamas in the neighborhood of Nahalat Shiva in Jerusalem, Israel on October 9, 1994. As a result of the shootings there were 16 casualties, 2 of which were killed. Among the injured were American citizens.

Nahalat Shiva's main road is a crowded pedestrian promenade lined with sidewalk cafes and it is to these cafes and restaurants that a group of Palestinian terrorists opened fire using automatic weapons. Witnesses saw three terrorists dressed in black with Kalashnikovs, running up the street, firing. Two of the shooters were subsequently shot and killed by the police.

[edit] The victims

  • Ma'ayan Levy, 19 years old
  • Samir Mugrabi, 35 years old

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