Egyptian raid on Larnaca International Airport

متى

19 فبراير 1978

النوع

عملية عسكرية

إحداثيات

34.88° N, 33.63° E

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1978 shootout between Egyptian and Cypriot special forces in Larnaca, Cyprus

On 19 February 1978, Egyptian special forces raided Larnaca International Airport near Larnaca, Cyprus, in an attempt to intervene in a hijacking. Earlier, two assassins had killed prominent Egyptian newspaper editor Yusuf Sibai and then captured as hostages several Arabs who were attending a convention in Nicosia.

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