Abu Ali Mustafa أبو علي مصطفى |
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Secretary-General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine | |
In office July 2000 – 27 August 2001 |
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Preceded by | George Habash |
Succeeded by | Ahmad Sa'adat |
Personal details | |
Born |
Mustafa Zibri 1938 Arraba, Jenin, Mandatory Palestine |
Died | 27 August 2001 Ramallah, West Bank, Palestine |
Nationality | Palestinian |
Political party |
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (1967–2001) Arab Nationalist Movement (1955–1967) |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (1967–2001)
Abu Ali Mustafa (i/ˈɑːbuː ˈɑːliː ˈmuː.stə.fɑː/) Arabic: أبو علي مصطفى; 1938 – 27 August 2001), the kunya of Mustafa Alhaj a.k.a. Mustafa Ali Zibri, was the Secretary General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) from July 2000 until he was assassinated by Israeli forces in a targeted killing on 27 August 2001. Mustafa was succeeded as Secretary General by Ahmad Saadat, and the PFLP subsequently renamed their armed wing in the Palestinian territories the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades.