22 April 1979

✸The Samir Kuntar operation

Israel / Palestine#Israel–Lebanon #Palestinians in Lebanon

AttackerPLO / Fatah➜TargetIsrael / IDF

On 22 April 1979 Samir Kuntar (16) infiltrated by sea into Nahariya with three members of the Palestine Liberation Front; they killed a policeman, a civilian and his daughter. Kuntar was captured and released in 2008.

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