On the night of Rosh Chodesh Adar Bet, March 6, 2008, the Yashlatz Bet Midrash was being set up for the traditional Rosh Chodesh party. A few dozen of the most diligent students walked over to the Mercaz HaRav library next door to continue their studies. At 8:30 pm, a terrorist entered the campus and went on a rampage, murdering eight students in and around the library.
Five of the students killed were enrolled in Yashlatz: Yochai Lifshitz HY"D, Yonatan Eldar HY"D, Neriya Cohen HY"D, Segev Avichail HY"D and Avraham David Moses HY"D. Yonadav Hirshfeld HY"D was a graduate of Yashlatz who was in his first year of studies at the Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva. The other two students killed, Roei Roth HY"D and Doron Maharate HY"D, both studied at the Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva.
