[2] Jibril became the leader of the military wing of the PFLP-GC and was the heir apparent of the organization before he was killed.

[2] Jibril was reported to have participated in an airborne attack on Israel in 1987, killing six Israeli soldiers.

The blast occurred in a crowded commercial center in Beirut's Mar Elias district.

[5][6] In mid-June 2006, Lebanon authorities arrested a group of alleged spies who reportedly confessed to working for Israel and carrying out the attack.

[7] The Jihad Jibril Brigades, the paramilitary branch of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command, bears his name in homage to his person.