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  1. The Cave of the Patriarchs massacre committed by Baruch Goldstein, an Israeli-American settler in February 1994, left 29 Palestinian Muslims dead and scores injured. The resulting riots resulted in a further 35 deaths. Jewish bride praying at the site before her wedding, 2010.

  2. The Cave of the Patriarchs or Tomb of the Patriarchs, known to Jews by its Biblical name Cave of Machpelah and to Muslims as the Sanctuary of Abraham, is a series of caves situated 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of Jerusalem in the heart of the Old City of Hebron in the West Bank. According to the Abrahamic religions, the cave and adjoining field were purchased by Abraham as a burial plot ...

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  4. Twelve-year-old girl lowered into Cave of Machpelah. By Nancy Miller. Ma‘arat Ha-Machpelah, the cave of Machpelah, where the Bible says Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Sarah, Rebecca and Leah are buried, is one of the best-known but least-explored sites in the entire Holy Land. For centuries Jewish, Moslem and Christian pilgrims have wended their way ...

  5. The Cave of the Patriarchs (Hebrew: מערת המכפלה, Me'arat HaMachpela, Trans. "Cave of the Double Tombs"), called by Muslims the Ibrahimi Mosque or Sanctuary of Abraham (Arabic: الحرم الإبراهيمي) is a burial chamber for the early biblical Patriarchs ( Adam, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob ). The compound, located in the ancient ...

  6. The building over the cave is the last extant Herodian stucture. (Credit: Ooman) One of the most famous pieces of real estate on earth is the Cave of Machpelah (also known as the “ Cave of the Patriarchs ”) in the southern Israeli city of Hebron. Machpelah means “doubled” in Hebrew. One reason given is that four prestigious couples are ...

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