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Date | 26 October 1995 |
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Venue | Diplomat Hotel |
Location | Sliema, Malta |
Type | Drive-by shooting |
Target | Fathi Shaqaqi |
Participants | 2 |
Casualties | |
1 |
Fathi Shaqaqi, the co-founder and Secretary-General of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), was assissinated on October 26, 1995, in Sliema, Malta. Shaqaqi was a key figure in orchestrating militant attacks against Israeli targets, and his leadership of the PIJ made him a high-priority target for Israel's intelligence agency, Mossad.