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Mohammed Jihad Ahmed Jibril (1961 – 20 May 2002) was the son of
Ahmed Jibril Ahmed Jibril (; – 7 July 2021) was a Palestinian militant and political leader who was the founder and leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command (PFLP-GC). During the Syrian Civil War, Jibril was a ...
, founder of the
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command () or PFLP-GC is a Palestinian nationalist militant organisation based in Syria. It is a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). It was founded in 1968 by A ...
(PFLP-GC). He was assassinated in
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on 20 May 2002.


Early life and education

Jihad Ahmed Jibril was born in Damascus, Syria, in 1961. He is the eldest son of Ahmed Jibril. He attended the Libyan military academy from 1981 to 1983 and graduated with the rank of a lieutenant colonel. He was studying law at
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when he was assassinated.


Political activity and attacks

Jibril became the leader of the military wing of the PFLP-GC and was the heir apparent of the organization before he was killed. He was also a member of the Popular Front's executive committee. Jibril was reported to have participated in an airborne attack on Israel in 1987, killing six Israeli soldiers. Jibril was seriously injured in an explosion during an exercise in the
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in 1997. He also experienced an assassination attempt in 2000 when his car came under fire near a PFLP-GC base south of Beirut.


Personal life

Jibril was married with two children; Ahmed (born 1992) and Ali (born 1996).


Death

Jibril was killed in a car bombing in
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on 20 May 2002. A 2 kg
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booby trap had been put under the driver's seat of his car. The blast occurred in a crowded commercial center in Beirut's Mar Elias district. The bomb exploded nearly at 11:45 am when Jibril turned the ignition key. The assassination was blamed by his father and others on
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, but it denied the allegations. In mid-June 2006, Lebanon authorities arrested a group of alleged spies who reportedly confessed to working for Israel and carrying out the attack. Other Israelis, one American
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(CIA) employee, and one
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(CSIS) agent were implicated in the assassination but never charged. Some Lebanese opponents of Hezbollah suspected the alleged spy ring was a
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fabrication.


Legacy

The
Jihad Jibril Brigades The Jihad Jibril Brigades () form the paramilitary branch of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command (PFLP-GC). They are named after Jihad Ahmed Jibril, the son of founder Ahmed Jibril and former head of the briga ...
, the paramilitary branch of the
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, bears his name in homage to his person.


References

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