ABSTRACT
The rejectionist groups were responsible for most of the international Palestinian armed operations. During the period under review armed operations continued in all arenas: in Lebanon, in Israel, in the Israeli-administered territories, and internationally. Armed operations in South Lebanon against Israel Defense Forces and South Lebanese Army targets increased. On 4 February 1986 four Israeli aircraft intercepted a Libyan executive jet 70 miles northeast of Larnaca Airport. On 19 March 1986 several unidentified men armed with automatic weapons attacked four Israelis who were on their way home after working at the Israeli Pavilion at the Cairo International Industrial Fair, One woman died and the other three victims were wounded. Hindawi's conviction resulted in the immediate severance of Britain's diplomatic relations with Syria. The Istanbul killings were carried out at approximately the same time as an operation in Pakistan, in which an American airliner was seized by four armed hijackers shortly after landing in Karachi from Bombay.
