On 25 February 1994, Baruch Goldstein, an American-Israeli physician and extremist of the far-right ultra-Zionist Kach movement, carried out a mass shooting of Palestinians who were praying in the Ibrahimi Mosque (Cave of the Patriarchs) in Hebron. [1]

On the festival of Purim in 1994, Israeli-American doctor Baruch Goldstein opened fire in the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, killing 29 Muslim worshippers. Condemnation was swift and decisive, but among the voices of dismay and repulsion were those who supported Goldstein’s actions and honored him after his death.

1994 Cave of the Patriarchs Massacre: Jewish extremist Baruch Goldstein killed 29 Palestinian worshippers inside the mosque, triggering widespread violence and leading to a division of the site between Muslims and Jews.

Feb 25, 2014 · It was just past dawn on the festival day of Purim, February 25, 1994, when a bearded man wearing military uniform with the rank of captain walked into “Yitzhak Hall” in the Cave of the...

Mar 2, 2022 · On February 25th, 1994, Baruch Goldstein, an Israeli settler and a physician from Kiryat Arba settlement, decided to enter the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron and dressed as an Israeli soldier and started to shoot indiscriminately with an assault rifle, killing 29 Palestinians while they were praying in the Ibrahimi Mosque, and wounding more ...

Feb 28, 1994 · On the night before he killed more than three dozen Muslims at prayer in the dimly lighted Cave of the Patriarchs, Dr. Baruch Goldstein himself prayed in the cave, on the Jewish side of the...

Mar 13, 2025 · On Purim, 1994, Dr. Baruch Goldstein - an American-born immigrant, loving father, IDF reservist, and dedicated practicing physician - entered the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron and opened...

Mar 13, 2014 · This year marks the 20th anniversary of Baruch Goldstein’s Purim massacre of 29 Palestinian worshippers in the Muslim section at Hebron’s Cave of the Patriarchs. The 37-year-old...

Feb 27, 2014 · Early on the morning of February 25, 1994, Goldstein, wearing his army uniform and carrying his army-issued assault rifle, walked past Israeli soldiers manning a checkpoint and into the Ibrahimi Mosque. It was the holy month of Ramadan for Muslims and there were 400 or 500 Palestinian men worshipping.

In 1994, the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre occurred at the Ibrahimi Mosque, in which an armed Israeli settler entered the complex during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan and opened fire on Palestinian Muslims who had gathered to pray at the site, killing 29 people, including children, and wounding over 125.