Remembering The Munich Olympics massacre

Occurred during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany
Members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage by Black September, a group with ties to Yasser Arafat’s Fatah organization.

They killed eleven Israeli athletes and coaches and one German police officer.

Five of the eight members of Black September were killed by police officers during an abortive rescue attempt.

The three surviving terrorists were captured, and were later released by West Germany following the hijacking of a Lufthansa airliner.

Speculation that West Germany had helped stage the Lufthansa hijacking.

Israel responded to the massacre with Operation Spring of Youth and Operation Wrath of God.

A series of Israeli air strikes and assassinations of those suspected of planning the killings.