25 November 1987

✸The Night of the Gliders

Israel / Palestine#Israel–Lebanon #Arab–Israeli conflict

AttackerPFLP-GC (Jibril)➜TargetIsrael / IDF

On the night of 25 November 1987 two fighters of the Popular Front – General Command crossed the border from Lebanon on hang-gliders; one of them stormed an Israeli camp near Kiryat Shmona and killed six soldiers before being killed. The operation inspired the December intifada in Palestine.

▲ PFLP-GC founded (Jibril)The first intifada ▼

Cause

PFLP-GC founded (Jibril) (context)

Leads to

The first intifada

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