The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/pflp-gc/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:11:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png PFLP-GC | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/pflp-gc/ 32 32 PFLP-GC terror group says leader was arrested by Syrian authorities https://www.timesofisrael.com/pflp-gc-terror-group-says-leader-was-arrested-by-syrian-authorities/ Sat, 03 May 2025 17:05:32 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3540784 Small terrorist faction, which was allied with ousted Assad regime, says it reached out to PA's Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal 'to request their urgent intervention'

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]]> Deadly blast at Palestinian terror group base in Lebanon; Israel denies involvement https://www.timesofisrael.com/deadly-blast-at-palestinian-terror-group-base-in-lebanon-israel-denies-involvement/ Wed, 31 May 2023 08:40:58 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3024824 5 dead in large explosion at PFLP-General Command site in the Bekaa Valley near Syrian border; Lebanese security source says old rocket exploded at arms depot

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]]> Ahmad Jibril, head of Syria-based Palestinian terror group PFLP-GC, dead at 83 https://www.timesofisrael.com/ahmad-jibril-head-of-syria-based-palestinian-terror-group-pflp-gc-dead-at-83/ Wed, 07 Jul 2021 17:18:43 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?post_type=liveblog_entry&p=2578145 Jibril's group responsible for deadly terror attacks against Israelis, a famous prisoner exchange that saw 1,150 Palestinian security prisoners freed; PA's Abbas sends condolences

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]]> Scottish court upholds conviction of Lockerbie bomber, family to appeal https://www.timesofisrael.com/scottish-court-upholds-conviction-of-lockerbie-bomber-family-to-appeal/ Fri, 15 Jan 2021 15:05:01 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2469459 Family of ex-Libyan intel officer wants UK to declassify documents said to allege that Iran used a Palestinian proxy to build bomb that downed the 747 jet, killing 270 people

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]]> Who made the bomb? The full truth about Lockerbie is still not being told https://www.timesofisrael.com/who-made-the-bomb-the-full-truth-about-the-lockerbie-bombing-has-yet-to-be-told/ Thu, 26 Nov 2020 10:12:16 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2436709 As relatives of the 1 man convicted for blowing up Pan Am Flight 103 try to posthumously clear him, potentially crucial evidence of a Palestinian terrorist's role is again withheld

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]]> Israel said to strike base of Palestinian terror group deep inside Lebanon https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-said-to-strike-palestinian-terror-group-base-deep-inside-lebanon/ Mon, 26 Aug 2019 00:51:54 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2136393&preview=true&preview_id=2136393 Reports say bombing targeted the Hezbollah-allied PFLP – General Command in the Bekaa Valley near Syria border; no comment from IDF

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]]> Arab Israeli jailed for 11 years for plot to assassinate Netanyahu, J’lem mayor https://www.timesofisrael.com/arab-israeli-jailed-for-11-years-for-plotting-to-assassinate-pm-jerusalem-mayor/ Thu, 10 Jan 2019 11:23:43 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com?p=1996057&preview=true&preview_id=1996057 Muhammad Jamal Rashdeh, 31, also targeted US consulate, Canadian security officials; in separate case, court approves 18-year sentence for Palestinian in Jerusalem murder

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]]> Shin Bet says it thwarted plot to assassinate prime minister, Jerusalem mayor https://www.timesofisrael.com/shin-bet-says-it-thwarted-plot-to-assassinate-prime-minister-jerusalem-mayor/ Tue, 05 Jun 2018 07:45:45 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1864615 East Jerusalem man, 2 accomplices arrested for allegedly planning 'significant terror attacks' on behalf of Syria-based group

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]]> Palestinian terror leader urges Iran to join ‘all-out war’ on Israel, then Jordan https://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinian-terror-leader-urges-iran-to-join-all-out-war-on-israel-then-jordan/ Sat, 25 Feb 2017 13:08:23 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com?p=1568729&preview_id=1568729 Ahmad Jibril, head of Lebanon-based PFLP-GC, calls for liberation campaign 'in the Golan, in the Galilee, from Rosh Hanikra to Aqaba'

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]]> Palestinian terror chief meets with Khamenei in Tehran https://www.timesofisrael.com/pflp-head-meets-with-khamenei-in-tehran/ Mon, 26 Jan 2015 19:45:32 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1128292 Iranian Supreme Leader tells Assad ally Ahmad Jibril that Iran will always support Palestinians

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]]> PFLP-GC chief says Syria, Iran, Hezbollah armed Hamas https://www.timesofisrael.com/pflp-chief-says-syria-iran-hezbollah-armed-hamas/ Mon, 28 Jul 2014 02:03:06 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1037271 Palestinian terror leader says Islamist group received weapons and training from Tehran, missiles smuggled through Sinai

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]]> Ex-Balad party MK convicted of security crimes https://www.timesofisrael.com/ex-balad-party-mk-convicted-of-security-crimes/ Sun, 06 Apr 2014 10:26:22 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=942422 Druze former parliamentarian Said Nafa traveled to Syria in 2007, met with member of terror group

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]]> ‘Bomb-maker’ brags about El Al blast, posts Lockerbie photos https://www.timesofisrael.com/bomb-maker-brags-about-el-al-blast-posts-lockerbie-photos/ Wed, 19 Mar 2014 13:54:08 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com?p=917584&preview_id=917584 Marwan Khreesat, tied to PFLP-GC airplane bombings in 1970s, was arrested just before Pan Am Flight 103 was blown up in 1988. Now he's promising explanations

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]]> Iran blames ‘Zionists’ for new evidence it ordered Lockerbie blast https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-blames-zionists-for-new-evidence-it-ordered-lockerbie-blast/ Thu, 13 Mar 2014 21:26:55 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com?p=912538&preview_id=912538 Tehran slams al-Jazeera for documentary in which defector fingers Khomeini for Pan Am bombing which killed 270 people

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]]> Lockerbie: The case against Iran https://www.timesofisrael.com/lockerbie-the-case-against-iran/ Tue, 11 Mar 2014 12:20:43 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com?p=907910&preview_id=907910 Op-ed: The same defector who credibly implicated Tehran in the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires has now charged Iran with responsibility for the 1988 Lockerbie blast. A new investigation is urgently needed

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