PFLP (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine) terrorist Omar Naïf Zayed was convicted of murdering yeshiva talmid Eliyahu Amadi in 1986 in the Old City of Yerushalayim. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. Four years into his sentence he began a hunger strike and 40 days into the strike, he was transferred into a mental hospital in Beit Lechem. He fled from that facility in May 1990 and traveled to neighboring Arab nations until reaching Bulgaria, where he got married and had three children.

Last week, he was found wounded and dying in the yard of the Palestinian Embassy in Sofia, with a finger of blame pointed at Israel. Jerusalem has denies any connection to the incident. Officials reported he was injured in his upper torso and died in the yard of the Palestinian Embassy before paramedics arrived.

While local police said the death occurred in the diplomatic facility, Bulgarian Prosecutor General Sotir Tsatsaro said the body was found outside in a parking area. Palestinian Ambassador Ahmed al-Madbuh blames Israel, and Israel Foreign Ministry Spokesman Emmanuel Nachshon said the “this isn’t an Israeli matter”.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)