Jules Jammal, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Syrian Arab Christian military officer who martyred himself
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Place of Birth: Al-Mishtaya, Homs Governorate, Syria
About Jules Jammal
- Jules Yusuf Jammal (Arabic: ??? ???? ?????) is said to have been a Syrian military officer who killed himself in a suicide attack during the Suez Crisis, in Egypt. According to a narrative prevailing in the Arab world, Jammal rammed his boat into a French warship, thereby sinking the ship.
- This story is given credence in some sources.
- However, as related in the 1967 book Six days in June: Israel's fight for survival by Washington correspondent and historian Robert J.
- Donovan, the tale is false but gained traction in the Arab world after being aired on Radio Cairo.
- It is cited as an example of the "potency of [the station] to propagate myths [as being] beyond dispute."
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