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Operation Wrath of God: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date October 1972 - 1979
Location Beirut • Italy • Lebanon • Norway • Rome
Participants Black September • Israel
Context Munich massacre

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A person wearing a hood and mask stands on a balcony in the Munich Olympic Village during the 1972 hostage crisis.
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Ehud Barak
Ehud Barak
prime minister of Israel
The first prime minister of Israel
Golda Meir
prime minister of Israel
Moshe Dayan.
Moshe Dayan
Israeli soldier and statesman