Ma'alot massacre

The Ma'alot massacre   was a Palestinian Terrorist attack that occurred in May 1974 and involved a two-day hostage-taking of 115 Israeli people which ended in the murders of over 25 hostages.

On that date, which marked the 26th anniversary of Israel's independence, a group of Palestinian terrorists took control of a secondary school in Maalot. The terrorists immediately killed the school guard and some of the students. The remaining students and teachers were taken hostage.

Earlier this morning, the men were identified, they had infiltrated Israelcube from Lebanonball. The Knesset (Israeli parliament) met in an emergency and at around 3 pm it decided to negotiate, but the terrorists refused to extend the deadline.

At 17:45 a unit of the elite Golani brigade stormed the building. All the terrorists were killed in the robbery, but not before they had used firearms and explosives against 21 students that afternoon. In total, 31 people were killed and 39 injured, including some people killed by terrorists on their way to school the night before.