DFLP carries out the Ma'alot school massacre

On 15 May 1974 DFLP gunmen seized a school in the Galilee town of Ma'alot, taking scores of teenagers hostage; the ensuing assault left about 25 Israeli students dead. One of the deadliest attacks of the era, it cemented the DFLP's record of armed operations against civilians.

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APA 7Reference list · academic default

Gara, T. (2026). DFLP carries out the Ma'alot school massacre [Event record]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/d5c1a50d-3d19-4553-9bef-6cf95a352043

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Gara, Tarek. 2026. "DFLP carries out the Ma'alot school massacre." Event record, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed July 27, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/d5c1a50d-3d19-4553-9bef-6cf95a352043.

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@misc{tayyar-event-d5c1a50d-3d19-4553-9bef-6cf95a352043,
  title     = {{DFLP carries out the Ma'alot school massacre}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Event record},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/d5c1a50d-3d19-4553-9bef-6cf95a352043},
  urldate   = {2026-07-27},
  note      = {Event date: 1974-05-15. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

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APA 7Preprint

Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper

BibTeXPreprint

@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
  title  = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
  author = {Gara, Tarek},
  year   = {2026},
  type   = {Preprint},
  url    = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
  urldate = {2026-07-27},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

Event date: 1974-05-15. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.