This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Force 17 (Arabic: القوة 17) was a commando and special operations unit of the Palestinian Fatah movement and later of the Office of the Chairman of the Palestinian Authority.
[2] Force 17 was formed by Ali Hassan Salameh in the 1970s in an attempt to professionalize Fatah's intelligence services.
He worked as a sniper in Beirut, targeting Christian fighters on the Green Line.
[8] In 2007, a plan to dismantle the remnant of Force 17 and incorporate it into the Presidential Guard of President Mahmoud Abbas was unveiled by Ynet.
[1] In 2006, he was sentenced by an Israeli court to 15 years in prison for his role in planning several attacks against Israel.