Fatah, which has merged with smaller groups…
1964 CE
Fatah, which has merged with smaller groups to form the PLO, carries out its first military operation on December 31, 1964.
Yasser 'Arafat leads a band of guerillas in a night crossing from Lebanon into northern Israel.
Armed with Soviet-made explosives, their uniforms supplied by the Syrians, they advance toward their target: a pump for conveying Galilee water to the Negev desert.
This attempt to sabotage the Israeli National Water Carrier is unsuccessful, however, as the explosives fail to detonate.