Editing Baruch Goldstein (section)

==Massacre==
On February 25, 1994, that year's Purim day, Goldstein entered a room in the Cave of the Patriarchs that was serving as a mosque, wearing "his army uniform with the insignia of rank, creating the image of a reserve officer on active duty". He then opened fire, killing 29 worshippers and wounding more than 125. Mosque guard Mohammad Suleiman Abu Saleh said he thought that Goldstein was trying to kill as many people as possible, and described how there were "bodies and blood everywhere". Eventually, Goldstein was overcome and beaten to death by survivors of the massacre. According to Ian Lustick, "By mowing down Arabs he believed wanted to kill Jews, Goldstein was re-enacting part of the Purim story."<ref>[https://jewishunpacked.com/baruch-goldstein-legacy-of-a-massacre/ Baruch Goldstein: Legacy of a Massacre], ''Jewish Unpacked''</ref><ref>[https://www.hartman.org.il/the-dark-side-of-purim/ The Dark Side of Purim], Shalom Hartman Institute</ref>