Operation "Wooden Leg" | |
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Part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict | |
Operational scope | Strategic |
Planned by | Israeli Air Force |
Objective | Destroy PLO headquarters in Hammam Chott, Tunisia |
Date | October 1, 1985 |
Executed by | Eight F-15 Eagles |
Outcome | United Nations Security Council Resolution 573. UN Security Council voted to condemn the attack as a flagrant violation of the UN Charter; considered Tunisia had right to reparations. United States abstained. |
Casualties | Between 47 and 71 killed |
Operation "Wooden Leg" (Hebrew: מבצע רגל עץ, Mivtza Regel Etz) was an Israeli airstrike on the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) headquarters in Hammam Chott, near Tunis, Tunisia, on 1 October 1985. With a target 1,280 miles (2,060 km) from the operation's starting point, this was the most distant publicly known action undertaken by the Israel Defense Forces since Operation Entebbe in 1976. On 4 October, the airstrike was condemned by the United Nations Security Council.