The Wadi al-Haramiya sniper attack was a Palestinian sniper attack against Israeli soldiers and civilians on March 3, 2002. A lone Palestinian sniper, 22-year-old Tha'ir Kayid Hamad (Arabic: ثائر كايد حماد), a member of al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades from the village of Silwad carried out the attack. He had acquired an old Second World War Mauser rifle and 30 rounds of ammunition and had done target practice in the valleys around Silwad. Hamad managed to kill seven Israeli soldiers and three civilians before escaping. He was arrested two years later and sentenced to life imprisonment, and is currently imprisoned in Israel.