Bodies of 2 bus hijackers included in Hizbullah-Israeli prisoner swap
Date: 01 / 07 / 2008 Time: 22:08
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Gaza - Ma'an - The bodies of two Palestinians who hijacked an Israeli bus in
Tel Aviv in 1978, will be handed over in the prisoner swap with Hizbullah,
the Fatah-affiliated Dalal Al-Mughrabi Brigades announced on Tuesday.

The bodies of Dala Al-Mughrabi was killed in the ensuing battle with Israeli
troops on March 11 1978 and Yehyah Muhammad Skaf died later in an Israeli
jail.

The brigades said in a statement that the bodied had been kept in a mortuary
for the past 30 years.

On March 11 1978 a group of Palestinian resistance fighters infiltrated to
Tel Aviv by sea and hijacked a bus south of the city of Haifa, holding 83
Israeli passengers hostage. Their aim was to put pressure on Israel to
release Palestinian detainees and all Arabs in Israeli jails.

The Israeli army declared a state of emergency in the area of Hertziliya and
more than 6,000 Israeli soldiers were deployed. A fierce battle took place
between the resistance fighters and the Israeli troops. Dozens of Israelis
were killed, along with ten of the hijackers, including Al-Mughrabi. More
than 82 Israelis were wounded, as well as Skaf who later died of his
injuries in an Israeli jail.