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' Operation Wrath of God ') was a covert operation directed by Mossad to assassinate individuals they accused of being involved in the 1972 Munich massacre. The targets were members of the Palestinian armed militant group Black September and operatives of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO).
The Israeli mission later became known as Operation Wrath of God or Mivtza Za'am Ha'El. [ 35] Reeve quotes General Aharon Yariv —who, he writes, was the general overseer of the operation—as stating that after Munich the Israeli government felt it had no alternative but to exact justice.
Operation Wrath of God, covert assassination campaign carried out by Israel to avenge the kidnapping and murder of 11 Israeli athletes by Palestinian militants in September 1972 at the Munich Olympics.
Sep 2, 2022 · Ever since the Mossad intelligence service embarked on its Operation “Wrath of God” to hunt down senior terrorists it blamed for the Munich bloodbath, it has covertly targeted Israel’s ...
Ali Hassan Salameh ( Arabic: علي حسن سلامة, ʿAlī Ḥasan Salāmah; 1 April 1941 – 22 January 1979; code name: Abu Hassan) was a Palestinian militant who was the chief of operations for Black September and founder of Force 17.
Sep 15, 2023 · In 1972, the Israeli government launched Operation Wrath of God, a covert assassination campaign devised to seek revenge against Palestinian militants involved in the Munich Massacre at the Olympic Games.
But Mossad and the Israeli Defense Forces wanted more. They wanted Operation Wrath of God to bring the perpetrators to justice and strike fear into the hearts of Palestinian militants. The international operation was fraught with challenges and complications, however.
Operation Wrath of God (Hebrew: מבצע זעם האל, Mivtza Za'am Ha'el ), [2] also called Operation Bayonet, [3] was a covert operation directed by Israel and its security agency, Mossad, to assassinate individuals alleged to have been directly or indirectly involved in the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
The campaign to avenge Munich, dubbed Operation Wrath of God, has come to symbolize Israel’s willingness to track down its adversaries no matter where they are.
May 24, 2021 · Meir and Israel, meanwhile, responded with Operation Wrath of God, a covert Mossad mission to kill the masterminds behind the Munich massacre.
