1979 Nahariya attack

1979 Nahariya attack
Part of Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon
The rubber boat which the attackers used.
class=notpageimage| The attack site
Native name	הפיגוע בנהריה ב-1979
Location	Nahariya, Israel
Coordinates	33°0′51″N 35°5′29″E / 33.01417°N 35.09139°E / 33.01417; 35.09139
Date	22 April 1979; 45 years ago (1979-04-22)
Attack type	Shooting spree, Kidnapping
Deaths	4 Israeli civilians, including 2 children (+ 2 attackers)
Perpetrator	Palestine Liberation Front (PLF) claimed responsibility.
No. of participants	4

The 1979 Nahariya attack (codenamed by its perpetrators as the Nasser Operation) was a raid by four Palestine Liberation Front (PLF) militants in Nahariya, Israel on 22 April 1979.

The group, consisting of Abdel Majeed Asslan, Mhanna Salim al-Muayed, and Ahmed al-Abras, and led by 16-year-old Samir Kuntar, used a small, 55 horsepower (41 kW) boat to travel from Tyre, Lebanon to Israel. During the attack they killed three Israelis, including a father and two of his young children. Another child was accidentally suffocated in efforts to hide her from the attackers. Kuntar and al-Abras were captured, convicted of murder by an Israeli court, and sentenced to several life sentences.

Both Kuntar and al-Abras were later set free in prisoner swap deals conducted between Israel and Lebanese militant organizations – al-Abras in 1985, and Kuntar in 2008.