On 6 March 2008, a lone Palestinian gunman shot multiple students at the Mercaz HaRav yeshiva, a religious school in West Jerusalem. Eight students and the assailant were killed. Eleven more were woun
Memorial for the victims at the entrance to the library at Mercaz HaRav
One of the yeshiva buildings
The assailant, Alaa Abu Dheim
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2008 Jerusalem yeshiva attack
…Location The Mercaz HaRav yeshiva at Kiryat Moshe, West Jerusalem Date 6 March 2008 (2008-03-06) 8:36 pm – 8:56 pm (GMT+2) Attack type Mass shooting, school shooting Weapon AK-47 Deaths 9 (including the perpetrator) Injured 11 Assailant 1 (Alaa Abu Dheim) Defenders Yitzhak Dadon and David Shapira On 6 March 2008, a…
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