| Misgav Am hostage crisis | |
|---|---|
| Part of Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon | |
  The attack site | |
| Native name | הפיגוע במשגב עם |
| Location | Misgav Am, Israel |
| Coordinates | 33°14′52″N 35°32′54″E / 33.24778°N 35.54833°E |
| Date | April 7–8, 1980 |
Attack type | Hostage-taking |
| Weapons | AK-47 assault rifles and hand grenades |
| Deaths | 3 Israelis (+5 attackers) |
| Injured | 11 Israeli soldiers[1] |
| Perpetrators | Arab Liberation Front claimed responsibility[2][3] |
No. of participants | 5 Palestinian militants |
The Misgav Am hostage crisis, which began during the night of April 7, 1980, was a raid carried out by a squad of five Palestinian militants belonging to the Iraqi-backed Arab Liberation Front militant organization,[2][3] on the northern Israeli kibbutz of Misgav Am in which the militants captured a group of toddlers and babies in the children's sleeping quarters of the kibbutz and held them as hostages. The event ended the next day with the takeover of the terrorist stronghold by Israeli special forces.
During the incident three Israelis were killed: a two-year-old, and a 38-year-old kibbutz member were murdered, and one Israeli soldier died in a rescue attempt. Four other children, a kibbutz member, and 11 Israeli soldiers were injured during the attack.[4]
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