On February 25, 1994, Baruch Goldstein walked into the Ibrahim
Mosque at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron in his IDF
reserve uniform with his army-issued Galil assault rifle slung
over his shoulder, carrying at least three full magazines of
ammunition. The mosque was packed for early-morning Ramadan
prayers. As he entered, Goldstein opened fire at the kneeling
worshipers, killing 29 and wounding at least 125 unarmed
Palestinians. After finally running out of ammunition, he was
hit over the head with a fire extinguisher and beaten to death
by survivors of the massacre. Riots broke out across the West
Bank after the massacre and continue for two days. More than 20
more Palestinians and nearly 10 Jews were killed in the unrest
following the initial murders. In the months after, Hamas
carried out two terror attacks, which it said were a response to
the massacre in Hebron. The American immigrant to Israel had
been a member of the Jewish Defense League, a group designated a
terror organization by the United Sta