2002 Itamar attack

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The Itamar attack was an attack that took place on Thursday night of 20 June 2002 around 21:00 in which two Palestinian terrorists broke into a civilian house in the Israeli settlement of Itamar in the West Bank, killing the Shabo family, murdering a mother and her three sons, while injuring two children.

Later on the militants also killed the commander of the rescue squad during his attempt to free civilians trapped in the house.

Later on, many IDF and Border Police forces surrounded the house and exchanged fire with the militants.

[5] The father of the family, Boaz, was not injured in the attack, nor were two of the children, Yariv and Ataya.