1969 Israeli embassies and El Al attacks

1969 terrorist attack yes May 2023 1969 Israeli embassies and El Al attacks Bonn, West GermanyBrussels, BelgiumThe Hague, the Netherlands 8 September 1969 Grenade attacks, bombs 0 4 Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine On 8 September 1969, three Israeli linked sites in Europe were attacked by Palestinians with grenades and bombs within minutes of each other.Terrorist Incidents against Jewish Communities and Israeli Citizens Abroad, 1968-2003 https://www.ict.org.il/Article/893/Terrorist-Incidents-against-Jewish-Communities-and-Israeli-Citizens-Abroad-1968-2003#gsc.tab=0 International Institute for Counter-Terrorism 20 December 2003 17 May 2023 26 March 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210326041448/https://www.ict.org.il/Article/893/Terrorist-Incidents-against-Jewish-Communities-and-Israeli-Citizens-Abroad-1968-2003#gsc.tab=0 deadhttps://www.gov.il/en/Departments/General/major-terror-attacks-against-embassies-and-representatives-abroad Major Terror Attacks against Israeli Embassies and Representatives Abroad 1 February 2012 Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs The attacks targeted two Israeli embassies, in Bonn, West Germany and in The Hague, the Netherlands, and El Al airline offices in Brussels, Belgium.https://books.google.com/books?id=ID-sCQAAQBAJ&dq=1969+israeli+embassies+hague+bonn&pg=PA149 Green March, Black September (RLE Israel and Palestine): The Story of the Palestinian Arabs 149 John K. Cooley 2015 Routledge 9781317444510 Three El Al employees and one customer were wounded in the Brussels attack, while none were hurt in the other attacks. Aftermath In response to the attack, Dutch police guarded the El Al office in Amsterdam, while police reinforcements were sent to Schiphol Airport where passengers boarding El Al and KLM flights for Tel Aviv were searched for weapons to avert a possible new aerial hijacking. The Netherlands' Chief of Protocol also phoned the Israeli Ambassador Shimshon Arad to convey Foreign Minister Joseph Luns' message of shock and outrage over the bombing of the Israeli Embassy.https://www.jta.org/archive/young-arab-terrorists-hurl-bombs-and-grenades-at-israeli-installations-in-3-cities Young Arab Terrorists Hurl Bombs and Grenades at Israeli Installations in 3 Cities 9 September 1969 Jewish Telegraphic Agency The attackers were three adult Palestinians accompanied by three Palestinian youths aged 14 to 15 years old. A spokesperson for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in Amman, Jordan claimed responsibility for the attacks, stating that the attackers were among its "Tiger Cubs".https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/128495/ BELGIUM/HOLLAND/WEST GERMANY: TEENAGE ARABS BOMB ISRAELI BUILDINGS (1969) 8 September 1969 British Paté Following the attacks, the PFLP also announced that it now planned an "all-out terrorist campaign against Israeli business organizations abroad."https://www.jta.org/archive/popular-front-announces-terrorist-campaign-against-israeli-business-around-world Popular Front Announces Terrorist Campaign Against Israeli Business Around World 10 September 1969 Jewish Telegraphic Agency While the adults fled to Syria via Budapest and East Berlin, the youths took refuge respectively in the Saudi Arabian embassy in Bonn, the Tunisian embassy in Brussels, and the Algerian embassy in The Hague. The adult in Brussels was sentenced to 5 years in prison in absentia, charged with giving hand grenades to two youths, aged 12 and 16 years old, with instructions to throw them into the El Al office. While one of the youths escaped, the other was caught and would be tried behind closed doors at the Brussels Children’s Court.https://www.jta.org/archive/arab-involved-in-grenade-attack-on-el-al-office-sentenced-to-5-year-prison-term Arab Involved in Grenade Attack on El Al Office Sentenced to 5-year Prison Term 1 July 1970 Jewish Telegraphic Agency The 15-year-old in The Hague was sentenced to three months in a reformatory school.https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/154660/ HOLLAND: JORDANIAN YOUTH ON TRIAL FOR GRENADE ATTACK ON ISRAELI EMBASSY. (1969) 11 November 1969 British Paté The youth in Brussels who escaped was reported to have flown to Baghdad with the aid of the Iraqi embassy in Paris.https://www.jta.org/archive/belgian-newspaper-implicates-arab-embassies-in-grenade-attack-on-el-al-office Belgian Newspaper Implicates Arab Embassies in Grenade Attack on El Al Office 17 October 1969 Jewish Telegraphic Agency The attacks have been cited as the first example of the militant use of children for the Palestinian cause, and investigations later found that the youths had been recruited by Fatah.https://books.google.com/books?id=8wJXQQf_BdIC&dq=1969+%22el+al%22+brussels&pg=PA92 92 Armies of the Young: Child Soldiers in War and Terrorism David M. Rosen Rutgers University 2005 9780813537832 See also List of attacks against Israeli embassies and diplomats References Category:September 1969 in Europe Category:1969 in West Germany Category:1969 in Belgium Category:1969 in the Netherlands Category:20th century in Bonn Category:1960s in Brussels Category:20th century in The Hague Category:Terrorist incidents in Europe in 1969 Category:Palestinian terrorist incidents in Europe Category:Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine attacks Category:El Al accidents and incidents Category:20th-century terrorist incidents in Belgium Category:Palestinian terrorist incidents in Belgium Category:Terrorist incidents in Brussels Category:20th-century terrorist incidents in Germany Category:Palestinian terrorist incidents in Germany Category:Terrorist incidents in the Netherlands Category:Grenade attacks in Europe Category:Attacks on diplomatic missions of Israel