Translation / Interpretation / Caption Text / Source
Arabic translation:
Heroic Fatah mariners
Heroes of Operation Eilat
Artist / Designer / Photographer
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Year
Circa 1978
Wellspring
Special Collection
Language
Published In
Duplicates
0
Status / Acquisition Goals
The PPPA has an original copy of this poster
Original Copy Number
65
Original Copy Location
Arabic
English
Admin Notes
On September 30, 1978, the Israeli Navy intercepted and sunk a bomb-laden freighter, Agius Demetrius, off the Sinai coast near Dahab. This foiled a plot devised by Fatah to attack Israel's southern coastal city and sea port of Eilat. The terrorists intended to destroy the oil tanks and pumping stations of the Eilat-Askhelon pipeline, by firing 42 Katyusha rockets into the port of Eilat, and then ram the 600-ton boat, crammed with 5-6 tons of explosives (TNT), onto the beach which was crowded with tourists for Israel