1979 Ma'alot attack

1979 Ma'alot attack
Part of Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon
LocationMa'alot, Israel
Date13 January 1979
Attack type
Shootout
Deaths1 (+3 attackers)
Injured3
PerpetratorsDFLP

On 13 January 1979 three terrorists from the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) stormed a hotel in Ma'alot, Israel in an attempt to take the guests there as hostages before being killed by Israeli soldiers.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Palestinian Guerrillas Are Killed in Assault on Hotel in Northern Israel". The New York Times. 14 January 1979.
  2. ^ "Israel: Ma'alot Terrorist Attack (1979)". British Paté. 13 January 1979.

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