Atzmona attack

March 2002 was the deadliest month of the Second Intifada, known in Israel as "Black March". During the month, 135 people were killed in over a dozen attacks, and there was a suicide bombing once every two days on average. In addition to the Atzmona attack, notable attacks during the month included the Yeshivat Beit Yisrael bombing that killed 10 Israeli civilians on 2 March, the Wadi al-Haramiya sniper attack on 3 March that killed 10 Israelis, and the Café Moment bombing that killed 11 Israeli civilians on 9 March. After the Passover massacre on 27 March killed 30 people celebrating the Jewish holiday of Passover, the Israeli government launched Operation Defensive Shield targeting Palestinian militant capabilities in refugee camps and cities in the West Bank that had developed after the Israeli withdrawal after the Oslo Accords. == Massacre ==

On March 7, 2002, at around 11:30 p.m., a terrorist from the Jebaliya refugee camp, armed with an automatic weapon, entered the Atzmona settlement in the southern Gaza Strip. He entered the settlement from the territory of the neighboring Arab village of Hamuasi, cutting a passage in the barbed wire that surrounded Atzmona. Then he went to the building of training courses for military service (“mekhina kdam-tsvait”). Having entered a room intended for classes on the study of religious texts, the terrorist opened fire from a Kalashnikov assault rifle at students studying in the building and threw several grenades. After that, he ran out into the street and started shooting at passers-by and houses. He continued until he was eliminated by one of the residents of the settlement, an Israeli Defense Forces soldier. From the moment the attack began until the militant's death, 10 to 20 minutes has passed, The attack killed five Israelis and injured 23 people were injured, four seriously. The wounded were evacuated to Soroka Hospital in Beer Sheva. ==Circumstances and further events==

The Izz ad-Din al-Qassam organization (the military wing of the Hamas movement) took responsibility for the attack.) Muhammad Fathi Farhat, a native of Gaza.), and third son Ruad in a car carrying a Qassam missile and fired upon by Israeli soldiers. In September 2002, the IDF destroyed the Farhat family's home in Gaza as part of efforts to prevent future terrorist attacks. In 2006, Umm Nidal, after the death of Ruad, who declared that she wanted to see her other four sons as martyrs, ==See also==