(1935-1988) Also known as Abu Jihad. A Palestinian political and military figure. He helped found Fatah in 1959, set up the Palestinian movement’s first office in Kuwait, and conducted military training for Fatah fighters. He was also a high-ranking member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), serving as its Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Palestinian forces. Wazir is well-known for developing underground militant cells in the West Bank and Gaza and for organizing the PLO’s defense against Israel’s invasion of Beirut, Lebanon in 1982. In 1988, Israeli agents assassinated him in Tunis, Tunisia. See “EL-WAZIR, KHALIL (Abu Jihad) (1935-1988).” PASSIA. 21 July 2011. http://www.passia.org/palestine_facts/personalities/alpha_w.htm.  http://www.justvision.org/glossary/al-wazir-khalil