1968 Israeli raid on Lebanon

When

28 Dec 1968

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

33.82° N, 35.49° E

Description

1968 Israeli Special Forces raid at Beirut Airport

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Israeli Special Forces raid at Beirut Airport

Operation Gift was an Israeli Special Forces operation at the Beirut International Airport on the evening of 28 December 1968, in retaliation for the attack on the Israeli Airliner El Al Flight 253 two days earlier and the hijacking of El Al Flight 426 five months earlier, both by the Lebanon and Syria-based Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).

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