Mahmoud Bakr Hegazy
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Mahmoud Bakr Hijazi was a Palestinian militant and one of the earliest guerrilla fighters of Fatah. In 1965, he became the first Fatah member to be captured by Israel. He was released on 17 April 1971 following a prisoner exchange between Israel and Fatah.
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Mahmoud Bakr Hijazi was a Palestinian militant and one of the earliest guerrilla fighters of Fatah. In 1965, he became the first Fatah member to be captured by Israel. He was released on 17 April 1971 following a prisoner exchange between Israel and Fatah. 17 April was chosen by the Palestinian National Council as Palestinian Prisoner's Day in 1974 to commemorate Palestinian prisoners detained in Israel without charge to be released.
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