Events in the year 1984 in Palestine.
Incumbents
Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization – Yasser Arafat
Events
January 10 – Two hand grenades are found at the Haram Al Ibrahimi in Hebron. The attack was attributed to the organization Terror against Terror. March 4 – Gunmen opened fire on a bus in Ramallah, injuring at least six Palestinian workers. Terror against Terror claimed responsibility. April 13 – Two Palestinians who were captured after a bus hijacking are killed by Shin Bet officers, attempts to later coverup the scandal were termed the Kav 300 affair. April 29 – Three Members of a Jewish terrorist organization attach explosives to buses of Arab drivers in Jerusalem, the bombs were dismantled and the perpetrators arrested. September 22 – Four Palestinians are injured in a grenade attack on a cafe in Jerusalem. 21 November – 23 year old Birzeit university student, Sharaf Tibi from Khan Yunis, is shot and killed by Israeli soldiers. October 29 – An Israeli soldier, David Ben Shimol, fires a "Kav" rocket at a Palestinian bus, killing one person and injuring ten others. The same soldier was later charged with the 22 September attack on a cafe.
Full date unknown
Israeli authorities arrest Ahmed Yassin, the founder of Hamas, and sentence him for 13 years in prison on charges of alleged possession of weapons.
Births Full date Unknown
Wissam Nassar, Photojournalist from Gaza. Mohammed Omer, Award winning Palestinian Journalist. Ahmad Balshe (Belly), Palestinian-Canadian rapper and singer. Bassel al-Araj, Palestinian activist and writer.(died 2017)
Deaths
23 January –Muin Bseiso – Palestinian poet. (Born 1926)
See also
1984 in Israel
References