Baruch Kopel Goldstein
Birth 1956-12-09Death 1994-02-25
Father | Unknown |
Mother | Unknown |
Cave of the Patriarchs Massacre
Started 1994-02-25Ended 1994-02-25
At the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, Baruch Goldstein (a member of Kahane Chai) shot over a hundred unarmed and praying Arabs. The Muslims eventually managed to disarm Goldstein, and then beat him to death. The final death toll was 29 with 125 injured. Interesting circumstances around the shooting were that Goldstein was able to shoot s many people with just 111 bullets. Some claim that Israeli forces also helped in the massacre.