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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 Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations (Hebrew: המוסד למודיעין ולתפקידים מיוחדים, romanized: ha-Mosád le-Modiʿín u-le-Tafkidím Meyuḥadím), popularly known as Mossad [a] (UK: / ˈ m ɒ s æ d / MOSS-ad; US: / m oʊ ˈ s ɑː d / moh-SAHD), is the national intelligence agency of the State of Israel.
Attributed to Mossad by several sources, [35] and widely believed to be a Mossad operation by intelligence experts, [36] Gordon Thomas states it was the work of Mossad's director Nahum Admoni. [37] Israel denied involvement at the time.
Mossad assassinations following the Munich massacre (17 P, 1 F) Pages in category "Mossad operations" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
According to a 2018 article by Le Monde citing senior French intelligence officials, the Mossad ran the operation to kill Mabhouh out of Paris. The Mossad allegedly set up a makeshift command and control center in a hotel in the Bercy neighborhood of Paris equipped with computers and secure phones. [36]
Images of some of the documents were transmitted back to a Mossad command center Tel Aviv in real-time during the operation for verification purposes. [1] When security officials arrived, they discovered the break-in. Iranian authorities began a nationwide manhunt involving tens of thousands of personnel to locate the agents, ultimately ...
A team of 15 Mossad agents was sent to Lillehammer to assassinate him, where they were joined by Mossad director general Zvi Zamir and operation commander Michael Harari. Lillehammer was a relatively small city, and the sudden arrival of more than a dozen strangers attracted attention from residents. The local police began to watch them. [4]
Mossad – Israel's covert intelligence and special operations agency abroad. Kidon – a department within Mossad that is allegedly responsible for selective high-profile assassination. Aman – Israel's military intelligence agency. Shin Bet – Israel's internal security agency.