Previous Attacks
Some attacks by lone gunmen in the Middle East:
April 11, 1982: American-born immigrant Alan Goodman sprays Jerusalem’s Temple Mount with gunfire, killing two Palestinians and wounding nine.
Oct. 6, 1985: A paramilitary Egyptian police officer kills seven Israeli tourists at the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Ras Burka.
Aug. 8, 1989: A Jordanian soldier crosses into Israel, wounding an American and holding an Israeli hostage. The hostage is freed and the soldier is killed by a sharpshooter.
Feb. 24, 1994: New York-born Israeli settler Baruch Goldstein opens fire during dawn prayers at Hebron’s Cave of the Patriarchs, killing about 30 Muslim worshipers. A mob kills him.
Jan. 1, 1997: Off-duty Israeli soldier Noam Friedman opens fire on shoppers in an Arab outdoor market in the West Bank city of Hebron, wounding five Palestinians before being overpowered by another soldier.
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
