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Abu Ali Mustafa

Secretary General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)

b. 1938 CE – d. 2001 CE World The Middle of The Earth

Abu Ali Mustafa (1938 – August27,  2001), the kunya of Mustafa Alhaj also known as Mustafa Ali Zibri, is the Secretary General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) from July 2000 until he is assassinated by Israeli forces in a targeted killing on August 27, 2001.

Mustafa is succeeded as Secretary General by Ahmad Saadat, and the PFLP subsequently renames their armed wing in the Palestinian territories the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades.

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Moran, J. (2020). Abu Ali Mustafa. History Atlas. Retrieved 23 September 2026, from https://www.historyatlas.com/people/abu-ali-mustafa/

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