The 2005 Gush Etzion Junction shooting was a drive-by shooting attack on October 16, 2005, at the Gush Etzion Junction in Gush Etzion, in which three Israelis were killed and three others were injured. The attack was carried out by a cell of Hamas militants called the "Hebron Cell", a group of militants from the city of Hebron who murdered six Israelis in various attacks in the area. The three cell members who carried out the murders were each sentenced to four life sentences, but were released in the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange.