Ahmed Jibril, the leader and founder of the terrorist organization 'Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine', died today (Wednesday), at the age of 83, in a hospital in Damascus, Al-Mayadeen TV reported.
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Jibril was born in Jaffa. In 1948, he fled with his family to Syria, where he enlisted in the army and fought as an officer in the Syrian sabotage unit.
In 1959, together with George Habash, he founded the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), but later split from the organization and founded the 'Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Headquarters'.
Jibril has been involved in numerous attacks against Israelis over the years - both in Israel and in Lebanon. Among other things, his terrorist organization is responsible for the attack in Kiryat Shmona in 1974, in which terrorists who infiltrated from Lebanon murdered 18 Israelis and wounded 15.
In 1987, the organization under his leadership carried out the "Night of the Gliders" - an attack in which six IDF soldiers were killed.
His son was killed in 2002 in a car bomb explosion in Beirut.
Jibril was responsible for the deal named after him, the "Jibril Deal," in which three captured IDF soldiers were released in 1985 in exchange for approximately 1,150 terrorists.
One of those released in the deal was former Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. Another was senior Palestinian Authority official Jibril Rajoub.
