Israeli strike kills 80-year-old Palestinian academic and former hijacker in Lebanon

Israeli strike kills 80-year-old Palestinian academic and former hijacker in Lebanon Submitted by Alex MacDonald on Mon, 04/20/2026 - 14:30 Maha Abu Khalil, an early member of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, killed in Tyre A recent picture of Maha Abu Khalil in southern Lebanon (X) Off A Palestinian academic and activist who was one of the first women plane hijackers was killed in an Israeli air strike last week on the southern Lebanese city of Tyre, according to Lebanon 's state news agency. M aha Abu Khalil, 80, was killed close to midnight on 17 April, shortly before a 10-day ceasefire was due to come into effect. At least 13 others were killed and 35 wounded in the strike, while 15 remain unaccounted for.