Palestinian Authority hands over retired colonel to France over 1982 Paris attack

The family of retired Palestinian security officer Mahmoud Al-Adra, also known by the alias Hisham Harb, said the Palestinian Authority handed him over to French authorities on Thursday morning, following a months-long request from Paris. France suspects Al-Adra of overseeing a 1982 attack targeting a Jewish-owned restaurant in the capital. Palestinian police had arrested Al-Adra on 19 September 2025, just days before France officially recognised the State of Palestine at the United Nations General Assembly. Family sources told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that a Ramallah Magistrates’ Court was due to consider France’s extradition request on Thursday, 16 April 2026. However, Al-Adra was not brought to the hearing, raising the likelihood that he had already been handed over before any Palestinian court ruling […]