1970s
| Date | Place | Target | Description | Action | Killer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 25, 1972 | Beirut | Attempted killing of Bassam Abu Sharif | Member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine who held a press conference with Ghassan Kanafani during the Dawson's Field hijackings justifying the PFLP's actions. | He lost four fingers, and was left deaf in one ear and blind in one eye, after a book sent to him that was implanted with a bomb exploded in his hands. | Mossad |
| October 16, 1972 | Rome | Abdel Wael Zwaiter | Libyan embassy employee and PLO representative, considered by Israel to be a terrorist for his alleged role in the Black September group and the Munich massacre | Shot by two gunmen in his apartment. | Mossad |
| July 8, 1972 | Beirut | Ghassan Kanafani | Palestinian writer and a leading member of the PFLP, and claimed to be one of the planners behind the Lod Airport massacre | Killed by car bomb. | Mossad |
| December 8, 1972 | Paris | Mahmoud Hamshari | PLO representative in France and coordinator of the Munich Olympic Games massacre. | Killed by bomb concealed in his telephone. | |
| January 24, 1973 | Nicosia | Hussein Al Bashir | Fatah representative in Nicosia, Cyprus | Killed by bomb in his hotel room bed. | |
| April 6, 1973 | Paris | Basil Al-Kubaissi | PFLP member and American University of Beirut law professor | Killed by two gunmen. | |
| April 9, 1973 | Beirut | Muhammad Youssef Al-Najjar | Black September Operations officer and PLO official | Killed during Operation Spring of Youth. | Sayeret Matkal |
| April 9, 1973 | Beirut | Kamal Adwan | Black September commander and member of the Fatah central committee | Killed during Operation Spring of Youth. | Sayeret Matkal |
| April 9, 1973 | Beirut | Kamal Nasser | PLO spokesman | Killed during Operation Spring of Youth. | Sayeret Matkal |
| April 11, 1973 | Athens | Zaiad Muchasi | Fatah representative to Cyprus | Killed in hotel room. | |
| June 28, 1973 | Paris | Mohammad Boudia | Black September operations officer | Killed by pressure-activated mine under his car seat. | |
| July 21, 1973 | Lillehammer, Norway | Attempted killing of Ali Hassan Salameh | High-ranked leader in the PLO and Black September who was behind the 1972 Munich Olympic Games massacre | Ahmed Bouchiki, an innocent waiter believed to be Ali Hassan Salameh, killed by gunmen. Known as the Lillehammer affair. | Mossad |
| March 28, 1978 | German Democratic Republic | Wadie Haddad | PFLP commander, who masterminded several plane hijackings in the 1960s and 1970s. | Killed by a poisoned chocolate, sent to him, which caused his death several months later. | Claimed to be Mossad (Israel never claimed responsibility) |
| July 26, 1979 | Cannes | Zuheir Mohsen | Leader of the pro-Syria as-Sa'iqa faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization | Shot in the front of casino. | Mossad |
| January 22, 1979 | Beirut | Ali Hassan Salameh | High-ranked leader in the PLO and Black September who was behind the 1972 Munich Olympic Games massacre | Killed by car bomb, along with four bodyguards and four innocent bystanders. | Mossad |
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