Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

Also known as: PFLP

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Organization Timeline

Japanese Red Army at Lod Airport

📅 30 May 1972

Three Japanese Red Army members, working with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, attacked Lod airport and killed 27 people.

Assassination of Ghassan Kanafani in Beirut

📅 8 July 1972

Palestinian writer and PFLP spokesperson Ghassan Kanafani and his niece were killed by a car bomb planted by Israeli agents in Beirut.

Attempted Assassination of Bassam Abu Sharif in Beirut

📅 25 July 1972

A parcel bomb injured Bassam Abu Sharif, who had succeeded Ghassan Kanafani in a PFLP information role.

Prisoner Exchange between Israel and the PFLP-GC

📅 20 May 1985

PalQuest records this dated development: Prisoner Exchange between Israel and the PFLP-GC.

Mustafa al-Zabri (Abu Ali Mustafa), PFLP Deputy Secretary-General Returns to Palestine

📅 30 September 1999

PalQuest records this dated development: Mustafa al-Zabri (Abu Ali Mustafa), PFLP Deputy Secretary-General Returns to Palestine.

Assassination of Mustafa al-Zabri (Abu Ali Mustafa) in al-Bireh

📅 27 August 2001

An Israeli missile attack on an office in al-Bireh killed Mustafa al-Zabri (Abu Ali Mustafa), secretary-general of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.