Metzer
Encyclopedia
Metzer is a kibbutz
in the Menashe
area of northern Israel
.
The kibbutz was founded on 8 September 1953 by immigrants from Argentina
. In November 2002, a Palestinian
terrorist infiltrated the kibbutz and murdered 5 people including a mother and her two sons. The perpetrator, Sirhan Sirhan (militant)
, was killed a year later by the Yamam
.
Kibbutz
A kibbutz is a collective community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. Today, farming has been partly supplanted by other economic branches, including industrial plants and high-tech enterprises. Kibbutzim began as utopian communities, a combination of socialism and Zionism...
in the Menashe
Menashe Regional Council
The Menashe Regional Council is a regional council near the city of Hadera, on Israel's north-central coastal plain in the southern Haifa District.-List of localities:...
area of northern Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
.
The kibbutz was founded on 8 September 1953 by immigrants from Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. In November 2002, a Palestinian
Palestinian people
The Palestinian people, also referred to as Palestinians or Palestinian Arabs , are an Arabic-speaking people with origins in Palestine. Despite various wars and exoduses, roughly one third of the world's Palestinian population continues to reside in the area encompassing the West Bank, the Gaza...
terrorist infiltrated the kibbutz and murdered 5 people including a mother and her two sons. The perpetrator, Sirhan Sirhan (militant)
Sirhan Sirhan (militant)
Sirhan Sirhan was a Palestinian responsible for an attack on the Israeli Kibbutz Metzer on November 10, 2002, in which he murdered five Israeli civilians, including Revital Ohayoun, 34, and her two young children , who were killed in their beds. He was reportedly a member of Tanzim, an armed wing...
, was killed a year later by the Yamam
Yamam
The Yamam ) is an elite Border police, not civilian Police counter-terrorism unit in Israel. The Yamam is capable of both hostage-rescue operations and offensive take-over raids against targets in civilian areas...
.