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Fatah urges Palestinians to share post about refrigerator bombing that murdered 15: “Share so that our children will know about it”


Pictures and text posted on the official Fatah Facebook page

The pictures show Palestinian terrorist Ahmad Jabarah Abu Sukkar who murdered 15 people.

Posted Text: "38 years since the refrigerator operation (i.e., terror attack, 15 murdered), which caused the death of 13 Israelis (sic., 15) in Jerusalem's markets
Share so that our children will know about it
From the memory:
The refrigerator bomb operation, Jerusalem, 1975
The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah
The operation was carried out by Ahmad Jabarah Abu Sukkar, born in July 1936. He was taken captive long after the operation and sat in the Israeli prison for 27 years."
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Attack with truck bomb (sometimes called the refrigerator bombing) - Attack in Jerusalem in 1975 with a truck carrying a refrigerator filled with explosives. 15 people were murdered and 77 wounded. The attack was orchestrated by Arafat’s advisor and Fatah Revolutionary Council member Ahmad Jabarah Abu Sukkar.

Ahmad Jabarah Abu Sukkar - planned a bombing attack in 1975 in which a refrigerator filled with explosives was detonated in Jerusalem. 15 people were murdered and over 60 people were wounded. He was sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years, but was released from prison after 28 years as part of a goodwill gesture from Israel to the PA in 2003. He was a member of the Fatah Revolutionary Council and an advisor to Arafat on prisoners' affairs. He died of a heart attack in 2013 in the PA.

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