- Night of the Pitchforks
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Night of the Pitchforks 
The attack siteLocation IDF military recruit training base near Kibbutz Gal'ed, Israel Date February 14, 1992 Weapon(s) knives, axes and a pitchfork Death(s) 3 Israeli soldiers[1] Injured 1 Israeli soldier[2] Perpetrator(s) Israeli Arab guerrillas from the Wadi Ara area 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 guerrillas from the Wadi Ara area, members of the Islamic movement, infiltrated into an IDF military recruit training base near Kibbutz Gal'ed and killed three Israeli soldiers.
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The attack
The Nahal Brigade Basic Training Recruits spent a week in field training near Kibbutz Gal'ed in Ramot Menashe. The killers entered the Basic Training Recruits encampment and killed three soldiers, squad leader Guy Friedman, and two recruits, using knives, axes and a pitchfork which they were equipped with.
Aftermath
The killers were eventually caught by the Israeli security forces after intelligence led them to the house where the murder weapons were hidden. When they reached the house, they found a concrete wall which did not yet dry out yet which made them suspicious. After digging in the concrete they found the murder weapons inside - the pitchfork, knives and axes which were used by the militants to kill the soldiers. After examining the weapons, an investigation led the Israeli security forces eventually to the killers themselves.
The killers, which were recruited by the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization, were convicted and sentenced to three consecutive terms of life imprisonment.
See also
External links
- IDF History in 1992 @ dover.idf.il
- Arabs attack army camp, killing 3 Israeli soldiers - published on The Sun on February 16, 1992
- Infiltrators Kill Three Soldiers in Israeli Camp - published on Los Angeles Times on February 16, 1992
- 3 Israelis killed in army camp - published on the Chicago Tribune on February 16, 1992
References
Prominent terrorist attacks against Israeli targets in the history of the Arab–Israeli conflict – the 1990s 1990 Assassination of Meir Kahane (November 5)1992 Night of the Pitchforks (February 14) – Attack on the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires (March 17) – Murder of Helena Rapp (May 24)1993 Mehola Junction bombing (April 16) – Murder of Yaron Chen (August 5)1994 Afula Bus suicide bombing (April 6) – Hadera central station suicide bombing (April 13) – Attack on the Israeli embassy in London (July 26) – Kidnapping of Nachshon Wachsman (October 14) – Dizengoff Street bus bombing (October 19) – Netzarim Junction bicycle bombing (November 11) – Afula axe attack (November 30)1995 Beit Lid massacre (January 22) – Kfar Darom bus attack (April 9) – Ramat Gan bus 20 bombing (July 24) – Jerusalem bus 26 bombing (August 21)1996 First Jerusalem bus 18 suicide bombing (February 25) ‡ – Second Jerusalem bus 18 suicide bombing (March 3) – Dizengoff Center suicide bombing (March 4)1997 Island of Peace massacre (March 13) – Café Apropo bombing (March 21) – Mahane Yehuda Market Bombings (July 30) – Ben Yehuda Street Bombing (September 4)‡ indicates the terrorist attack which caused the greatest amount of Israeli casualties during the 1990s
1980s
Full list of Palestinian suicide attacks • Full list of Lebanese rocket attacks on Israel
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