On 25 February 1994, Baruch Goldstein, an American-Israeli physician and member of the far-right ultra-Zionist Kach movement, carried out a mass shooting of Palestinians who were praying in the Ibrahi
The compound in 2009
Israeli security forces preventing Palestinians from entering Al-Shuhada Street during a demonstration on the 20th anniversary of the massacre
Cave of the Patriarchs
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The Cave of the Patriarchs or Tomb of the Patriarchs, known to Jews by its Biblical name Cave of Machpelah and to Muslims as the Ibrahami Mosque, or Sanctuary of Ibrahim, is a series of caves situated
Cave of the Patriarchs massacre
…American-Israeli physician and member of the far-right ultra-Zionist Kach movement, carried out a mass shooting of Palestinians who were praying in the Ibrahimi Mosque (Cave of the Patriarchs) in Hebron. Goldstein, dressed in Israeli army uniform, opened fire with an assault rifle and killed 29 people, including…
Woodcut by Gustave Doré depicting the burial of Sarah in the cave
Tomb of Sarah in the Mosque
Tomb of Isaac, c. 1911