1976 Yeşilköy airport attack

yes Attack by Palestinian group in Turkey October 2024 1976 Yeşilköy airport attack Yeşilköy Airport, Istanbul, Turkey yes 1976 08 11 the Israeli-Palestinian conflict grenade attack, mass shooting 4 ~20 Ernest Eliash Yutako Hirano Harold Wallace Rosenthal Shlomo Weisbach Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Mohamed Mehdi and Mohamed Husain al-Rashid On 11 August 1976, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine carried out a terrorist attack against Yeşilköy Airport in Istanbul, Turkey, killing four people and injuring 20 more. Incident The attack occurred as passengers began boarding an El Al Boeing 70712 August 1976 El Al Passengers at Istanbul Attacked; Guprrillas Seized en-US The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1976/08/12/archives/el-al-passengers-at-istanbul-attacked-guerrillas-seized-4-dead-20.html 2023-06-22 0362-4331 destined for Tel Aviv; the last group was being taken to the plane via an airport bus. The perpetrators threw grenades and fired at the non-boarded passengers with submachine guns. The killers killed two Israeli tourists, Ernest Eliash from Petah Tikva and Shlomo Weisbach from Haifa, a Japanese tour guide, Yutaki Hirano, and Harold Wallace Rosenthal, aide to U.S. Senator Jacob Javits.Forgotten terrorist attack spurs Judeophobic hoax https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/forgotten-terrorist-attack-spurs-judeophobic-hoax-587222 2023-06-22 The Jerusalem Post en-US 0792-822X12 August 1976 El Al Passengers at Istanbul Attacked; Guprrillas Seized en-US The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1976/08/12/archives/el-al-passengers-at-istanbul-attacked-guerrillas-seized-4-dead-20.html 2023-06-22 0362-4331 Perpetrators The terrorists surrendered following a shootout with Turkish police. They identified themselves as Mohamed Mehdi and Mohamed Husain al-Rashid from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.20 March 2015 Terrorists Kill 3, Wound 24 El Al Passengers at Istanbul Airport; Israel Seeking to Extradite Two https://www.jta.org/archive/terrorists-kill-3-wound-24-el-al-passengers-at-istanbul-airport-israel-seeking-to-extradite-two-ter 2023-06-22 Jewish Telegraphic Agency en-USForgotten terrorist attack spurs Judeophobic hoax https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/forgotten-terrorist-attack-spurs-judeophobic-hoax-587222 2023-06-22 The Jerusalem Post en-US 0792-822X Reactions R-NY Senator Jacob Javits, whose aide Harold W. Rosenthal was killed in the attack, sponsored Senate Resolution 524, "[Urging] the President to direct United States Ambassadors abroad to seek the consideration by foreign governments of suspension of their air service to any foreign nation aiding or abetting terrorism."https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-resolution/524?s=1&r=45https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/2526392 Terrorist attack at Istanbul airport: report to accompany S. Res. 524 1976 U.S. Govt. Print. Off United States Report – 94th Congress, 2d session, Senate; no. 94-1235 Washington, D.C. References Turkey Category:August 1976 in Europe Category:1976 mass murders Category:Terrorist attacks on airports in Turkey Category:Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine attacks Category:Terrorist incidents in Turkey in the 1970s Category:Terrorist incidents in Europe in 1976 Category:20th-century mass murders in Turkey Category:1970s in Istanbul Category:1976 mass shootings in Europe Category:Terrorist incidents in Istanbul Category:Mass shootings in Turkey Category:Atatürk Airport Category:Grenade attacks in Turkey Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in 1976 Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in Istanbul Category:Palestinian terrorist incidents in Europe Category:Palestine–Turkey relations Category:Attacks on tourists in Turkey Category:1976 in Turkey Category:Mass murders in Istanbul