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1968 Israeli raid on Beirut Airport
| Operation Gift | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon | |
 Burning MEA Caravelle | |
| Planned by | Israel Defense Forces |
| Objective | Destroy Middle East Airlines passenger planes on Beirut International Airport |
| Date | December 28, 1968 |
| Executed by | Sayeret Matkal |
| Outcome | Israeli success |
The Operation Gift (Hebrew: מבצע תשורה, mivtza t'shura) was an Israeli Special Forces operation at the Beirut International Airport on the evening of 28 December 1968, in retaliation for the attack on the Israeli Airliner El Al Flight 253 two days earlier and the hijacking of El Al Flight 426 five months earlier, both by the Lebanon and Syria-based Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
The commandos from the Israeli Defence Forces elite Sayeret Matkal destroyed 12 passenger airplanes[note 1] belonging to Middle East Airlines (MEA) and Lebanese International Airways (LIA) and two cargo planes belonging to Trans Mediterranean Airways (TMA).[1][2] There were no casualties reported in the raid.[3]
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- ^ Time (July 13, 2006). "The Risks of Israel's Two-Front War". Retrieved May 30, 2008.
- ^ Annual summary 1968/3, Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved November 9, 2015
- ^ Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs (August 13, 2000). "THE WAR OF ATTRITION AND THE CEASE FIRE - INTRODUCTION". Retrieved May 30, 2008.
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الغارة الإسرائيلية على لبنان 1968 Arabic Operation Gift German Operación Regalo (1968) Spanish Opération Gift French מבצע תשורה HE Serangan Israel ke atas Lubnan 1968 Malay Israels angrep på Beirut internasjonale lufthavn i 1968 NB Operacja Podarunek Polish Израильский рейд на аэропорт Бейрута (1968) Russian Ізраїльський рейд на аеропорт Бейрута (1968) Ukrainian
