Israeli settlers living at Kiryat Arba have been subjected to multiple attacks by Palestinians . In 1980 , three 20-year-old yeshiva students studying in Kiryat Arba were among the six Jews killed by terrorists after praying in the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron on Friday night . Between 1981 and 1986 , four people from Kiryat Arba were shot and wounded in the Hebron marketplace . In 1994 , a 17-year Sarit Prigral from Kiryat Arba was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting . In March 2003 , Eli and Dina Horowitz were shot to death in their home and five others wounded . On November 26 , 2009 , a Palestinian stabbed and wounded two Israelis at a Kiryat Arba gas station . The Palestinian was then shot dead by an Israeli soldier . On August 31 , 2010 , four residents , including a pregnant woman , were shot to death in their car by Hamas militants outside Kiryat Arba . The Palestinian Authority arrested the perpetrators , but promptly released them after Hamas accused it of treason . On October 8 , 2010 , Israeli troops killed two of the perpetrators and arrested six during a raid in Hebron . In October 2011 , a Palestinian stoning attack near Kiryat Arba caused the car of a resident to overturn , killing him and his infant son . The man 's handgun and wallet were then stolen . Following an investigation by Shin Bet , the IDF and police , two Palestinians from Halhul were arrested for throwing the stones that caused the car to overturn , and three others were arrested for stealing the gun . On June 30 , 2016 , a Palestinian from the nearby village of Bani Naim entered a house in Kiryat Arba and stabbed to death 13-year-old Hallel Yaffa Ariel , an Israeli-American girl . The attacker was shot to death , after also wounding a security guard who responded to the Ariel stabbing
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