Wadie Haddad

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Wadie Haddad
وديع حداد‎
Haddad in Syria, c. 1970
Born	1927 Safed, British Mandate for Palestine
Died	28 March 1978 (aged 50–51) East Berlin, German Democratic Republic
Nationality	Palestinian
Other names	Abu Hani (ابو هاني)
Alma mater	American University of Beirut
Years active	1951–1978
Employer	KGB
Organization	PFLP–EO

Wadie Haddad (Arabic: وديع حداد; 1927 – 28 March 1978), also known as Abu Hani, was a Palestinian militant. He led the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. He organized several hijackings of international civilian passenger aircraft in the 1960s and 1970s,^[1] the most infamous of which was the Entebbe hijacking, when Palestinian/German militants under his command held 106 hostages — both Israelis and non-Israeli Jews — on a flight from Israel to France after diverting it to Uganda.