1. Eden Natan-Zada was an Israeli deserter who opened fire in a bus in Shefa-Amr in northern Israel on 4 August 2005, killing four Arab citizens of Israel and wounding twelve others.
11 Facts About Eden Natan-Zada
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Eden Natan-Zada was restrained, disarmed and cuffed when he tried to reload to prepare for another round of shooting.
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Eden Natan-Zada was absent without leave and in hiding from the IDF at the time of the shooting.
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Eden Natan-Zada had recently become religious after getting involved with far-right activists.
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Eden Natan-Zada was born to an Israeli Jewish family that had immigrated to Israel from Iran and Yemen.
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Eden Natan-Zada's parents describe him as having been a "bright and studious Israeli schoolboy" prior to his becoming involved with the Jewish extremist Kahanism movement, to which he was introduced via the Internet.
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Eden Natan-Zada then began spending weekends in Kfar Tapuach, an Orthodox West Bank settlement.
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Eden Natan-Zada boarded the Shefa-'Amr-bound bus on Thursday, 4 August 2005.
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Eden Natan-Zada was dressed in full IDF uniform, carrying his IDF-issued M16 rifle, and, according to observers, wearing the skullcap, beard, and sidelocks of an observant Jew, as well as an orange ribbon hanging from his pocket.
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Some Israeli media outlets initially suggested that Eden Natan-Zada be buried in the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba, where Baruch Goldstein, who committed the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre 11 years earlier, is buried.
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Eden Natan-Zada's body resided for two days in the Abu-Kabir morgue, pending an appeal to Prime Minister Sharon by his parents.