Munich Olympic Massacre
1972 attack on Israeli Olympic athletes in Munich by Black September, leading to retaliatory assassinations by Israeli intelligence.
The Munich Olympic Massacre refers to the attack that took place during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, where 11 Israeli Olympic team members were taken hostage and eventually killed by the Palestinian terrorist group Black September.1
In the aftermath of this massacre, a battle raged in Europe between Mossad agents and Black September, with both sides engaging in retaliatory killings.1
Sources
- Ben-Menashe, Ari. Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network. TrineDay, 1992. ↩
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