Abu Jihad was a co - founder of the Palestine Liberation Organization . The newspaper said Mossad , IsraelÂ¹s famed intelligence agency , oversaw the assassination and Israel 's commando unit carried it out . He was killed by gunfire in 1988 , at a Tunisian prison . A now - dead Israeli soldier claimed in an interview 12 years ago that he killed Abu Jihad . Israel 's government is for the first time allowing the interview to be published .
Abu Jihad was a co - founder of the Palestine Liberation Organization . He was killed by gunfire in 1988 , at a Tunisian prison . A now - dead Israeli soldier claimed in an interview 12 years ago that he killed Abu Jihad . Israel 's government is for the first time allowing the interview to be published .