Leila Khaled
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- Born
- ( 1944-04-09 ) April 9, 1944 (age 82) , Haifa , Mandatory Palestine
- Organization
- Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
- Known for
- Pro-Palestinian militancy
- Movement
- Arab Nationalist Movement
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Leila Khaled (Arabic: ليلى خالد [ˈlajla ˈxaːled]; born April 9, 1944) is a Palestinian activist and former militant who is a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). She is famous for her role in two plane-hijackings, and was the second woman to be involved in such an operation.
Khaled gained her prominence for her role in the TWA Flight 840 hijacking in 1969 and one of the four simultaneous Dawson's Field hijackings the following year as part of the campaign of Black September in Jordan. After being imprisoned, she was released in a prisoner exchange for civilian hostages kidnapped by other PFLP members.
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