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- Leïla Shahid, a Palestinian diplomat, died February 18, 2026, at age 76.
- She had been ill for several months while residing in southern France.
- Born in Beirut to a Palestinian family from Jerusalem, she was a key member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
- Shahid served as the PLO’s first female overseas representative from 1989 to 1993 and became Palestine’s delegate-general to France in 1994.
