Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin

Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin
Rabin speaking at the rally on the night of his assassination
Location32°04′54.8″N 34°46′51.4″E / 32.081889°N 34.780944°E / 32.081889; 34.780944
Tel Aviv, Israel
DateNovember 4, 1995
9:30 p.m. (IST)
TargetYitzhak Rabin
Attack type
Shooting
WeaponsBeretta 84F semi-automatic pistol
DeathsYitzhak Rabin
InjuredYoram Rubin
PerpetratorYigal Amir
MotiveRabin signing the Oslo Accords
ConvictionsMurder, conspiracy to commit murder, aggravated injury
SentenceLife imprisonment, plus 14 years

Yitzhak Rabin, the prime minister of Israel, was assassinated on 4 November 1995 at 21:30, at the end of a rally in support of the Oslo Accords at Kings of Israel Square in Tel Aviv. The assailant was Yigal Amir, an Israeli law student and far-right ultranationalist who radically opposed the Oslo Accords and Rabin's peace initiative more broadly.