December - Muhammad Youssef al-Najjar, Palestinian Arab militant and leader of Black September (died 1973). 22 December - Amnon Kapeliouk, Israeli journalist and author (died 2009). Full date unknown Gad Avigad, Israeli biochemist. Yoel Alroy, Israeli footballer and politician. Amnon Yariv, Israeli-American applied physicist and electrical engineer Deaths 17 June - Fuad Hijazi. Acre Prison. 17 June - Ata El-Zeer. Acre Prison. 17 June - Mohammad Khaleel Jamjoum. Acre Prison. References Years in Mandatory Palestine