Wadie Haddad

Wadie Haddad (; 1927 – 28 March 1978), also known by the kunya Abu Hani (), was a Palestinian militant and leading figure of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). He organized several hijackings of international civilian passenger aircraft in the 1960s and 1970s, the most infamous of which was the Entebbe hijacking, when Palestinian and German militants under his command held 106 hostagesprimarily Israeli Jews, although four non-Israeli Jews were also held captiveon a flight from Israel to France after diverting it to Entebbe, Uganda. Provided by Wikipedia