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عفو الشامي )ابو احمد) Afo Alshami
Afo Alshami was a part of the PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization) who died in a car bomb on 17 September 1981, he was born in 1947 in Tulkarm, Palestine, and was one of 12 children to his parents Ibrahim Alshami and Bahia Abaza and he had 2 daughters and 1 son by the age of 34 when he died. He was in the building that belonged to the organization at around 9 am before a meeting with Yasser Arafat, who was late to the meeting and while they were waiting a car filled with explosives nearby their building went off destroying the whole building and killing more than 20 people, his friend, who was disabled, was going to get some breakfast for him and himself and he saved himself from that explosion, but he said that he had hoped that Abo Ahmed went for breakfast instead of him because he's disabled and he isn't, he was then taken to be buried in Damascus in the martyr's graveyard in Al Yarmouk.

The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), founded in 1964, originally aimed to establish Arab unity and statehood over the entire territory of former Mandatory Palestine, opposing the State of Israel. However, by 1993, alongside the Oslo I Accord, the PLO's focus had shifted to seeking Palestinian statehood specifically in the territories occupied by Israel since the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. This shift represented a significant change in approach, recognizing Israel's existence and engaging in negotiations to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Over the years, the PLO has played a central role in representing the Palestinian people on the international stage, though its influence and dynamics have evolved within the complex landscape of Palestinian politics.

During July 1981, concurrent with Israeli aerial strikes on PLO facilities in Lebanon, a previously unknown group emerged, embarking on a series of car bombings that escalated notably in September. Their campaign unleashed a wave of destructive attacks in Muslim neighborhoods in cities such as Sidon, Tripoli, Chekka, and West Beirut, extending their reign of terror until February 1982. These bombings were augmented by the placement of a potent command-detonated explosive device in a crowded cinema, an event for which they claimed responsibility through a phone call to the French newspaper L'Orient-Le Jour on October 1, 1981.

The 17 September 1981 Sidon attack was an absolutely devastating act of terror that tore at the very fabric of peace and hope in Lebanon. At around 9 a.m. that day, a monstrous explosion shook Sidon as a booby-trapped car, carrying an unfathomable 300 kilograms of TNT, was ruthlessly detonated outside the Joint Forces operational headquarters. The sheer cruelty of this act is heightened by the fact that it occurred just 15 agonizing minutes before a scheduled meeting of Palestinian and Lebanese militants, a moment that could have brought about dialogue and reconciliation. Instead, the explosion claimed the lives of 21 to 23 individuals, many of them innocent civilians, and inflicted unbearable wounds on 96 others. Among the victims were four militants, their lives extinguished in this senseless tragedy. This horrific event serves as a harrowing reminder of the unforgiving violence and anguish that plagued Lebanon during that turbulent period, leaving scars that still haunt the collective memory.

Afo Alshami, born in 1947 in Tulkarm, Palestine, was a member of the PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization). Tragically, he lost his life in a car bombing on September 17, 1981. He was one of 12 children born to Ibrahim Alshami and Bahia Abaza. On that fateful day, Afo was waiting in a PLO building for a meeting with Yasser Arafat. However, a nearby car bomb exploded, claiming the lives of more than 20 people. Afo's friend, who was disabled, narrowly escaped the blast. This attack was part of a series of bombings that plagued Lebanon during that time. Afo Alshami was later buried in Damascus in the martyr's graveyard in Al Yarmouk. This tragic incident serves as a grim reminder of the violence and instability of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the broader region during that era.