26 December 1968
✸Attack on El Al flight 253 in Athens
Other regions#Arab–Israeli conflict
AttackerPFLP-GC (Jibril)➜TargetIsrael / IDF
The two Arabs came out of the transit lounge of Athens airport, where the Israeli aircraft, 200 yards away, was preparing for take-off. The aircraft had earlier taken off from Tel Aviv. Mahmoud Mohammed Issa Mohammed fired at the aircraft for more than a minute with a sub-machine gun, killing one person, while the other threw two hand grenades.