Mahmoud Bakr Hijazi

Mahmoud Bakr Hijazi
Native name	محمود بكر حجازي
Born	1936 Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
Died	March 22, 2021 Ramallah, State of Palestine
Allegiance	Fatah Palestine Liberation Organization

Mahmoud Bakr Hijazi (Arabic: محمود بكر حجازي) was a Palestinian militant and one of the earliest guerrilla fighters of Fatah. In 1965, he became the first Fatah member to be captured by Israel. He was released on April 17, 1971 following a prisoner exchange between Israel and Fatah. April 17 was chosen by the Palestinian National Council as Palestinian Prisoner's Day in 1974 to commemorate Palestinian prisoners detained in Israel without charge to be released.^[1]