Ehud Barak standing over the body of Dalal Mughrabi. Hebrew caption: Israeli officer disarming the grenades from the terrorist's battle gear. Arabic caption: Here is the blood of the martyr Dalal al-Mughrabi. Do you remember her, O Barak? It is the blood of Dalal and all our martyrs which rises before you today.

Dalal Mughrabi (ca. 1959 - March 11, 1978) was a Palestinian terrorist lionized by Palestinian separatists. Her leadership role in a 1978 terrorist attack marked the emergence of women as full-fledged members of terrorist movements. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (354x650, 58 KB)Ehud Barak standing over a slain Dalal Mughrabi File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (354x650, 58 KB)Ehud Barak standing over a slain Dalal Mughrabi File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Ehud Barak Ehud Barak (Hebrew: אֵהוּד בָּרָק) (born February 12th, 1942, in Mishmar HaSharon kibbutz, then British Mandate of Palestine) was the 10th Prime Minister of Israel from 1999 to 2001. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 11 March is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in Leap year). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... The term Palestinian terrorism is commonly used to describe acts of political violence committed by Palestinian individuals or groups against Israelis, Jews, and nationals of other countries. ... The term Palestinian has other usages, for which see definitions of Palestinian. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Terrorism is the unconventional use of violence for political gain. ...

On the morning of March 11, 1978, Mughrabi and her Fedayeen unit of eleven members (including one other woman) infiltrated an Israeli beach, killed an American nature photographer (Gail Rubin) and hijacked a bus along the coastal highway. The Israeli army pursued the bus until it was finally stopped. After the ensuing battle, all terrorists (including Mughrabi) died, as well as 36 Israelis. The attack became known as the Coastal Road Massacre and was the trigger for the Israeli Operation Litani against PLO bases in Lebanon three days later. 11 March is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in Leap year). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Fedayeen (from the Arabic fidāī (plural fidāīyÄ«n), one who is ready to sacrifice his life for the cause) describes several distinct, primarily Arab groups at different times in history. ... Charred remains of the hijacked bus Front end remains of the hijacked bus The Coastal Road Massacre is the name by which a Palestinian terrorist attack on an Israeli coastal-road bus is known. ... Operation Litani was the official name of the Israel Defense Forces 1978 invasion of Lebanon up to the Litani river. ... The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) (Arabic Munazzamat al-Tahrir Filastiniyyah منظمة تحرير فلسطينية ) is a political and paramilitary organization of Palestinian Arabs dedicated to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state to consist of the area between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, with an intent to destroy Israel. ...

The Palestinian Authority named a Hebron girls' school in honor of Mughrabi. Her name also honors summer camps and both police and military courses. The West Bank The Palestinian National Authority (PNA or PA) is a semi-autonomous state institution nominally governing the bulk of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (which it calls the Palestinian Territories). It was established as a part of Oslo accords between the PLO and Israel. ... Hebron (Arabic ▶(?) al-Ḫalīl; Hebrew ▶(?), Standard Hebrew Ḥevron, Tiberian Hebrew Ḥeḇrôn: derived from the word friend) is a town in the southern West Bank of around 130,000 Palestinians and 500 Israeli settlers. ...

See also

• Wafa Idris
• Ayat al-Akhras
• Leila Khaled
• Abu Jihad

Wafa Idris a. ... Family Photograph Ayat al-Akhras was a teenage female Palestinian suicide bomber who killed two people on March 29, 2002. ... Leila Khaled in the 1970s Leila Khaled (born April 9, 1944) is a former member of George Habashs Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), part of the secular, leftwing Palestinian rejectionist front. ... Khalil El-Wazir, (Abu Jihad) (1935-1988 Khalil El-Chmar (October 10, 1935–April 16, 1988), better known by the kunya Abu Jihad, was a founder of the Palestinian group Fatah, and later a top aide to Yassir Arafat. ...

External links

• Palestinian Terrorists are Palestinian Heroes Alert
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