Kidnapping of Nachshon Wachsman

The kidnapping of Nachshon Wachsman was a incident in which Palestinian Hamas militants kidnapped the Israeli soldier Nachshon Wachsman from the Bnai Atarot junction in central Israel and held him hostage for 6 days. The incident ended in a failed Israeli rescue attempt during which Wachsman was killed by his captors. Three of his captors and an Israeli officer were also killed.

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