The Ma'alot massacre in May 1974 involved a two-day hostage-taking of 115 people which ended in the deaths of over 25 hostages . It began when three armed members of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine ( DFLP ) entered the Netiv Meir Elementary School , where they took more than 115 people ( including 105 children ) hostage on May 15 , 1974 , in Ma'alot . The hostage-takers soon issued demands for the release of 23 Palestinian militants from Israeli prisons , or else they would kill the students . On the second day of the standoff , a unit of the Golani Brigade stormed the building . During the takeover , the hostage-takers killed the children with grenades and automatic weapons . Ultimately , 25 hostages , including 22 children , were killed and 68 more were injured
Ma'alot massacre
Ma'alot massacre
Children in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict