Hebron massacres

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There have been several events termed the Hebron massacre:

• During the 1929 Hebron massacre, 67 Jews in Hebron were murdered by Arabs. The rest of the Jewish community was evacuated by the British.
• The Cave of the Patriarchs attack on February 25, 1994, in which 29 Muslim worshippers were murdered by the Jewish Baruch Goldstein. Another 35 lives were lost from both sides in the riots that followed.
• The murder of 12 Israeli soldiers and security forces and wounding of 16 civilians, after Palestinians opened fire with rifles and grenades on a group of Jews (accompanied by an armed escort) returning from Sabbath prayers at the Tomb of the Patriarchs, then ambushed soldiers, ambulances, and rescue workers who arrived at the scene in response to the attack on November 15, 2002.