Cave of the Patriarchs

The Cave of the Patriarchs, known to Muslims as the Ibrahimi mosque, is in the West Bank city of Hebron. It is the second holiest site in Judiasm and holds considerable theological significance to Islam as well. In 1994, militant Jewish fundamentalist Baruch Goldstein killed 29 Palestinians at the site. Jews praying there have also been subject to numerous attacks, the most prominent among them being the 1929 Hebron Massacre, a pogrom in which Arab rioters killed 67 Jews throughout the city. The Wye River Accords provided a temporary status agreement for the site and Hebron itself.