Muhammad Youssef al-Najjar

Description

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles
available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Muhammad Youssef
Al-Najjar (1930 – April 10, 1973), commonly known as Abu Youssef, was a
Palestinian militant. Originally from Yibna, he began his involvement in
the General Union of Palestinian Students. When the Fatah organization
formed in the late 1950s, Youssef was an early activist, traveling to
Qatar to form similar groups, and taking command of Fatah’s military
wing. In 1968 Youssef was appointed to the Executive Committee of the
Palestine Liberation Organization. Just a few years later he became an
operations leader in the Black September. This group was responsible for
the 1972 Munich Massacre, in which 11 Israeli athletes and coaches were
killed accidentally in the crossfire between the German police and the
Black September group. This prompted Israel to launch a revenge campaign
called Operation Wrath of God, with Youssef as a principal target.