The 80-year-old terrorist who tried to hijack an Israeli plane 57 years ago was killed in an attack in Lebanon.

Haredim 10
April 22, 2026   
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Maha Abu Khalil, a terrorist of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, who participated in an attempt to hijack an Israeli plane in Greece in 1969 - was killed in an Israeli attack in Lebanon, moments before the ceasefire went into effect.

According to a report by Roy Case in Kan News, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine has been mourning the death of the 80-year-old terrorist in recent days, who was killed in an Israeli attack in the city of Tyre in southern Lebanon.

According to reports, the attack, which targeted several buildings, was carried out shortly before the ceasefire went into effect.

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Abu Khalil was among three members of the terrorist organization Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine who attempted to hijack an El Al airliner at the Athens airport in 1969, in order to force Israel to release Palestinian terrorists and Israeli Arabs from prison as part of a deal.

The plan was exposed and failed. Abu Khalil was put on trial with two of her organization members in Greece, but was released in 1970 as part of a prisoner exchange deal between Israel and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, after another Greek plane was successfully hijacked.


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