Night of the Pitchforks
Islamic Jihad attack in northern Israel / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Night of the Pitchforks (Hebrew: ליל הקילשונים, Leil HaKilshonim), refers to an incident that took place on February 14, 1992, in which Israeli Arab militants from the Wadi Ara area, members of Islamic Jihad, infiltrated into an IDF military recruit training base near Kibbutz Gal'ed, in the Menashe Heights, and killed three Israeli soldiers.
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Location | IDF military recruit training base near Kibbutz Gal'ed, Israel |
Coordinates | 32°34′07″N 35°07′24″E |
Date | February 14, 1992 (1992-02-14) |
Weapons | Knives, axes and a pitchfork |
Deaths | 3 Israeli soldiers[1] |
Injured | 1 Israeli soldier[1] |
Perpetrators | Israeli Arab militants from the Wadi Ara area |
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