Operation Bayonet
The targets were members of the Palestinian armed militant group Black September and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) operatives.
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1972 in Israel — Page 2
Explore 49 historical events and records for Israel in 1972.
Historical records for Israel in 1972
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Operation Bayonet
Two days after the Munich massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics, Israel retaliated by bombing ten PLO bases in Syria and Lebanon.
Operation Bayonet
Golda Meir created Committee X, a small group of Government officials tasked with formulating an Israeli response, with herself and Defence Minister Moshe Dayan at the head.
Operation Bayonet
She also appointed General Aharon Yariv as her Advisor on Counterterrorism; he, along with Mossad Director Zvi Zamir, took the principal role in directing the ensuing operation.
Operation Bayonet
The committee came to the conclusion that, to deter future violent incidents against Israel, they needed to assassinate those who had supported or carried out the Munich massacre, and in dramatic fashion.
Operation Spring of Youth
Israel responds to the Munich massacre with Operation Spring of Youth and Operation Wrath of God, a series of Israeli air strikes and assassinations of those Israel claimed were planners of the killings
Operation Wrath of God
Israel responds to the Munich massacre with Operation Spring of Youth and Operation Wrath of God, a series of Israeli air strikes and assassinations of those Israel claimed were planners of the killings
Rule of Gaza
Israel establishes two army posts in Gaza, which later become the communities of Netzarim and Kfar Darom
Siege of Munich
The Munich attackers demand the release and safe passage to Egypt of 234 Palestinians and non-Arabs jailed in Israel, along with two German terrorists held by the German penitentiary system, Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof
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