On February 25 , 1994 , Baruch Goldstein , an American-born Israeli physician , perpetrated the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre in the city of Hebron , Goldstein shot and killed between 30 and 54 Muslim worshippers inside the Ibrahimi Mosque ( within the Cave of the Patriarchs ) , and wounded another 125 to 150 . Goldstein , who was lynched and killed in the mosque , was a supporter of Kach , an Israeli political party founded by Rabbi Meir Kahane that advocated the expulsion of Arabs from Israel and the Palestinian Territories . In the aftermath of the Goldstein attack and Kach statements praising it , Kach was outlawed in Israel . Today , Kach and a breakaway group , Kahane Chai , are considered terrorist organisations by Israel , Canada , the European Union , and the United States . The far-right anti-miscegenation group Lehava , headed by former Kach member Bentzi Gopstein , is politically active inside Israel and its occupied territories
Cave of the Patriarchs massacre
Cave of the Patriarchs massacre
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