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*In 1976, breaking a PLO agreement to end terrorism outside Israeli-held territory, PFLP members joined with West German radical leftists from the Baader-Meinhof Gang to hijack an Air France flight bound for Tel Aviv and landed the plane in Entebbe, Uganda. In a now-famous raid, Israeli commandos stormed the plane on the Entebbe tarmac and freed the hostages.

*In 1976, breaking a PLO agreement to end terrorism outside Israeli-held territory, PFLP members joined with West German radical leftists from the Baader-Meinhof Gang to hijack an Air France flight bound for Tel Aviv and landed the plane in Entebbe, Uganda. In a now-famous raid, Israeli commandos stormed the plane on the Entebbe tarmac and freed the hostages.

-During the Platestinian intifada, PFLP gunmen shot dead Ze’evi, Israel’s rightist tourism minister, in a Jerusalem hotel—the first assassination of an Israeli minister. The group has also claimed responsibility for several recent car bombings and shootings in Israel and the West Bank.  

 

?During the Platestinian intifada, PFLP gunmen shot dead Ze’evi, Israel’s rightist tourism minister, in a Jerusalem hotel—the first assassination of an Israeli minister. The group has also claimed responsibility for several recent car bombings and shootings in Israel and the West Bank.  

* In April 2002, Israeli officials foiled a PFLP attempt to blow up a Tel Aviv skyscraper with a car bomb—which could have caused massive casualties and would have marked a dramatic escalation in Palestinian terrorism.

* In April 2002, Israeli officials foiled a PFLP attempt to blow up a Tel Aviv skyscraper with a car bomb—which could have caused massive casualties and would have marked a dramatic escalation in Palestinian terrorism.

In 1969, it planted a bomb in a Jerusalem supermarket that killed 2 youths and wounded 20 other people. Also that year, Habash took responsibility for blowing up Tapline, a pipeline owned by the Arab-American Oil Co. that carried oil from Saudi Arabia<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/world/africa/27iht-obits.1.9523942.html George Habash, 82, founder of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. By Edmund L. Andrews and John Kifner. Jan. 27, 2008. The New York Times]</ref>.

 

 

*In 1969, it planted a bomb in a Jerusalem supermarket that killed 2 youths and wounded 20 other people. Also that year, Habash took responsibility for blowing up Tapline, a pipeline owned by the Arab-American Oil Co. that carried oil from Saudi Arabia<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/world/africa/27iht-obits.1.9523942.html George Habash, 82, founder of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. By Edmund L. Andrews and John Kifner. Jan. 27, 2008. The New York Times]</ref>.

Hijacking of various airlines: September 6, 1970 by PFLP and other joined groups<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85M00363R000901960026-3.pdf& Terrorist Hijacking. CIA.gov]</ref><ref>[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/hijacked-1970-hijackings/ 1970 Hijackings, Simultaneous Hijackings, September 6, 1970 - American Experience, PBS]</ref><ref>[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/people-involved-and-affected/ The People Involved and Affected, September 6, 1970 - American Experience, PBS]</ref><ref>[https://www.ict.org.il/Article/948/between-two-septembers#gsc.tab=0 Between Two Septembers: From the bargaining chip of Sept. 1970 to a strategic agent of Sept. 2001. 11/06/2006 | by Avihai, Hillel (Dr.) - ICT]</ref>

*Hijacking of various airlines: September 6, 1970 by PFLP and other joined groups<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85M00363R000901960026-3.pdf& Terrorist Hijacking. CIA.gov]</ref><ref>[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/hijacked-1970-hijackings/ 1970 Hijackings, Simultaneous Hijackings, September 6, 1970 - American Experience, PBS]</ref><ref>[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/people-involved-and-affected/ The People Involved and Affected, September 6, 1970 - American Experience, PBS]</ref><ref>[https://www.ict.org.il/Article/948/between-two-septembers#gsc.tab=0 Between Two Septembers: From the bargaining chip of Sept. 1970 to a strategic agent of Sept. 2001. 11/06/2006 | by Avihai, Hillel (Dr.) - ICT]</ref>

Some 2 weeks later, Reuters, NYTimes reported:

Some 2 weeks later, Reuters, NYTimes reported:

''Habash was reported to have been in North Korea on an unexplained mission before his men succeeded in hijacking four Western air liners two weeks ago. The Popular Front is still holding 54 or 55 airliner hostages somewhere in Jordan''<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1970/09/23/archives/jordanians-put-a-price-on-the-head-of-habash.html Jordanians Put a Price On the Head of Habash. Sept. 23, 1970, The New York Times]</ref>.

''Habash was reported to have been in North Korea on an unexplained mission before his men succeeded in hijacking four Western air liners two weeks ago. The Popular Front is still holding 54 or 55 airliner hostages somewhere in Jordan''<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1970/09/23/archives/jordanians-put-a-price-on-the-head-of-habash.html Jordanians Put a Price On the Head of Habash. Sept. 23, 1970, The New York Times]</ref>.