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65,000–74,000 [4] Casualties and losses. 3,400 killed [5] [6] 600 casualties [1] 120 tanks and APCs lost [7] 537 killed [8] Black September ( Arabic: أيلول الأسود Aylūl al-ʾAswad ), also known as the Jordanian Civil War, [9] was an armed conflict between Jordan, led by King Hussein, and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO ...
- 6 September 1970 – 17 July 1971, (10 months, 1 week and 4 days)
- Jordan
Black September, breakaway militant faction of the Palestinian organization Fatah. The faction participated in attacks against Israel and Western targets worldwide, notably the massacre of members of Israel’s Olympic team at the 1972 Summer Games in Munich.
- Rafael Reuveny
The Munich massacre was a terrorist attack carried out during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, by eight members of the Palestinian militant organization Black September, who infiltrated the Olympic Village, killed two members of the Israeli Olympic team, and took nine others hostage.
- 5–6 September 1972, 4:31 am – 12:04 am (UTC+1)
- Israeli Olympic team
May 9, 2024 · The Munich massacre was a terrorist attack on Israeli Olympic team members at the 1972 Summer Games in Munich orchestrated by affiliates of the Palestinian militant group Black September. It occurred amid the specters of the 1936 Olympic Games, hosted by the Nazis, and of the 1968 Olympic Games, which also saw violence.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Mar 1, 2018 · Over 24 hours in 1972, the Black September terrorist group carried out the Munich Massacre and held the attention of the entire world. Read the full story of one of modern history's most infamous acts of terrorism.
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Sep 4, 2022 · Kurt Strumpf/AP. It was just after 4 a.m. when an attack that would shock the world began — quietly. Eight men in tracksuits hopped the fence at Munich's Olympic Village, carrying with them...
Jul 3, 2019 · Updated on July 03, 2019. The Jordanian civil war of September 1970, also known in the Arab world as Black September, was an attempt by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the more radical Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) to topple Jordanian King Hussein and seize control of the country.
