Khalil al-Wazir, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Khalil al-Wazir

Arab terrorist leader, founder of Fatah

Date of Birth: 10-Oct-1935

Date of Death: 16-Apr-1988

Profession: military personnel, partisan

Nationality: State of Palestine

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Khalil al-Wazir

  • Khalil Ibrahim al-Wazir (Arabic: ???? ??????? ???????, also known by his kunya Abu Jihad ??? ????—"Jihad's Father"; 10 October 1935 – 16 April 1988) was a Palestinian leader and co-founder of the nationalist party Fatah.
  • As a top aide of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Chairman Yasser Arafat, al-Wazir had considerable influence in Fatah's military activities, eventually becoming the commander of Fatah's armed wing al-Assifa. Al-Wazir became a refugee when his family was expelled from Ramla during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and began leading a minor fedayeen force in the Gaza Strip.
  • In the early 1960s he established connections for Fatah with Communist regimes and prominent third-world leaders.
  • He opened Fatah's first bureau in Algeria.
  • He played an important role in the 1970–71 Black September clashes in Jordan, by supplying besieged Palestinian fighters with weapons and aid.
  • Following the PLO's defeat by the Jordanian Army, al-Wazir joined the PLO in Lebanon. Prior to and during Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon, al-Wazir planned numerous attacks inside Israel against both civilian and military targets.
  • He prepared Beirut's defense against incoming Israeli forces.
  • Nonetheless, the Israeli military prevailed and al-Wazir was exiled from Lebanon with the rest of the Fatah leadership.
  • He settled in Amman for a two-year period and was then exiled to Tunis in 1986.
  • From his base there, he started to organize youth committees in the Palestinian territories; these eventually formed a major component of the Palestinian forces in the First Intifada.
  • However, he did not live to command the uprising.
  • On 16 April 1988, he was assassinated at his home in Tunis by Israeli commandos.

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