1972 Israeli air raid in Syria and Lebanon
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1972 Israeli airraid in Syria and Lebanon | |||||||
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Part of the Operation Wrath of God | |||||||
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Israel | PLO | ||||||
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None | 65-200 killed |
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On 8 September, Israeli planes bombed ten PLO bases in Syria and Lebanon as a response to the Munich massacre, killing 200 people with no relation to the massacre, including women and children.[1][2][3]
The United States vetoed a halt to the raids.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ One day in September: the full story of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre
- ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=799&dat=19720908&id=XRQLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8lEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7382,4309634
- ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qFQqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SFMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7375,2140792&hl=en
- ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZtseAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mUYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5192,1422119&hl=en