Around the time of Passover in 67 AD, the Jews of Judea were in the midst of a major rebellion against the occupying Roman Empire.
Riots and violence were commonplace, and an organized rebel force of more than 25,000 men fought regularly against the imperial legions.
But a small group of zealots decided that conventional warfare wasn’t good enough.
So they went to the nearby town of Ein Gedi in modern-day Israel and killed 700 civilians.
This was one of the first recorded terror attacks in history.
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