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1972 Munich Massacre

Smoke billows at the border fence with Israel from Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip after some 3,000 Hamas-led terrorists stormed the border and entered Israel, October 7, 2023. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
May 21, 2026, 2:46 pm
Israel has list of all Oct. 7 participants, aims to kill or arrest each one — WSJ
Report says IDF used videos filmed by Hamas operatives during the attack and facial recognition tech to track down terrorists, has crossed ‘hundreds’ of names off the list so far
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Police forces run past pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel activists at the university campus of the Free University of Berlin, Germany, on May 7, 2024. (Tobias Schwarz/AFP)
April 19, 2025, 5:53 am
German court convicts man for antisemitic attack on Munich massacre victim’s grandson
‘We already have a bloody history here, but I’m not afraid,’ says mother of Lahav Shapira after his fellow student at Free University of Berlin receives 3-year prison sentence
By Grace Gilson
Major Jewish movies of 2024 included (clockwise from top left) "Between the Temples," "September 5," "A Complete Unknown," "The Brutalist" and "A Real Pain." (Photo illustration: Grace Yagel/70 Faces Media)
December 26, 2024, 12:56 am
Despite US Jews’ anxiety over antisemitism and Israel, Jewish films are having a moment
‘The Brutalist,’ ‘A Real Pain’ and ‘A Complete Unknown’ are all on this year’s prominent top-10 lists as they and others are expected to see plenty of attention come Oscar season
By Andrew Lapin
Sean Penn, John Ira Palmer, John Wildermuth, Tim Fehlbaum, and Jake Kasdan speak onstage during a CAA Screening and Filmmaker Q&A of "September 5" in Los Angeles at Creative Artists Agency on December 08, 2024, in Los Angeles, California. (Phillip Faraone / Getty Images via AFP)
December 14, 2024, 2:27 pm
‘September 5’ focuses on news, not Jews, in dramatizing 1972 Munich attack
New film about massacre of Israeli athletes at Olympic Games offers different perspective than Spielberg’s ‘Munich,’ concentrates on media coverage of globally live-streamed attack
By Stephen Silver
Police officers secure the area after a shooting near the Israeli consulate in Munich, southern Germany, September 5, 2024. (Lukas Barth-Tuttas/AFP)
September 7, 2024, 1:39 am
Police seize electronic devices from home of Munich shooter; no IS propaganda found
Police shoot dead Austrian, 18, who used rifle with a bayonet attached in ‘assumed terror attack’ on consulate; local reports suggest he was known to authorities as an Islamist
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Police officers patrol after police fired shots at a suspicious person near the Israeli Consulate and a museum on the city's Nazi-era history in Munich, Germany, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
September 5, 2024, 3:07 pm
Gunman killed in shootout near Israeli consulate in Munich, on 1972 attack anniversary
Police shoot dead Austrian, 18, who used rifle with a bayonet attached in ‘assumed terror attack’ on consulate; local reports suggest he was known to authorities as an Islamist
By AP, Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach speaks at a ceremony to pay tribute to the 11 Israeli victims in the Munich 1972 Olympics massacre, at the Israeli Embassy in Paris on August 6, 2024.(STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)
August 6, 2024, 8:35 pm
At Munich victims’ memorial, Olympic chief says Games still embody ‘culture of peace’
Thomas Bach says murder of 11 Israelis at 1972 Games is ‘the darkest day in Olympic history’; Israeli Olympic head Yael Arad: Still today ‘it is not easy to be an Israeli athlete’
By Amy Spiro
Illustrative: The Israeli delegation's flag bearers Peter Paltchik (2R) and Andrea Murez (R) stand at the front of the team's boat during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on the Seine river in Paris, France, July 26, 2024. (Damien Meyer / AFP)
August 6, 2024, 4:17 pm
‘Armed guards with us 24/7’: Israel’s Olympians compete in Paris under tight security
Showjumper says athletes only permitted to be in village or competition site; head of Olympic Committee of Israel says team ready for ‘all kinds of provocation’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Bella Hadid poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film 'The Apprentice' at the 77th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Monday, May 20, 2024. (Photo by Daniel Cole/Invision/AP)
July 22, 2024, 9:14 am
Bella Hadid said mulling legal action after Adidas dropped her from 1972 Olympic shoe ad
Sportswear giant removed Palestinian-American supermodel, a harsh critic of Israel, from ad campaign for retro sneakers from Munich Games, where terrorists killed 11 Israeli athletes
By ToI Staff
The Eiffel Tower Is pictured from the Champs de Mars arena, with part of the Beach Volleyball court in foreground, in Paris, June 25, 2024. (Thomas Padilla/AP)
July 21, 2024, 10:13 am
‘We will repeat Munich 1972’: Israeli Olympic athletes threatened ahead of Paris Games
Though Israeli security officials say threats generated by bots and are not of real concern, country’s Olympic Committee remains on alert
By ToI Staff
Model Bella Hadid arrives for the screening of the film 'L'Amour Ouf' (Beating Hearts) at the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 23, 2024. (Loic Venance/AFP)
July 20, 2024, 8:43 am
Adidas drops Bella Hadid from campaign for 1972 Munich Olympics retro sneaker
Move follows outcry over having Palestinian activist as face of shoe first unveiled at games that were overshadowed by massacre of 11 Israeli athletes by Palestinian terror group
By Agencies
A new campaign for Adidas features supermodel Bella Hadid wearing a reissue of sneakers from the 1972 Munich Olympics. (Photos courtesy of Adidas. Design by Jackie Hajdenberg via JTA)
July 19, 2024, 7:38 am
Adidas ‘revising’ campaign for 1972 Munich Olympics shoe that features Bella Hadid
Protests after firm picks model with ‘history of spreading antisemitism, calling for violence’ to promote shoe design from games where 11 Israelis died in Palestinian terror massacre
By Jackie Hajdenberg
File: Mossad Director David Barnea speaks during a Conference of the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), in Tel Aviv, on September 10, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
January 3, 2024, 4:30 pm
Mossad chief: Those who took part in Oct. 7 massacre signed their own death warrant
At funeral of Zvi Zamir, David Barnea says ex-spymaster’s spirit ‘will accompany us’ on mission to kill Hamas heads, likening it to Zamir’s hunt for 1972 Munich Massacre culprits
By ToI Staff
Zvi Zamir speaks at a memorial service marking 21 years since the assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, held at Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem on November 4, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 2, 2024, 9:07 am
Zvi Zamir, the man who sounded the alarm in 1973, is dead at 98
As Mossad chief, Zamir spearheaded the post-Munich campaign against Palestinian terror in Europe and warned, at the midnight hour, that the Yom Kippur War was breaking out
By Mitch Ginsburg
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) welcoming the leader of the Palestinian terror group Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, (R) during their meeting at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, July 26, 2023. (Mustafa KAMACI / Turkish Presidency Press Office / AFP)
December 4, 2023, 8:35 pm
Turkey warns of ‘serious consequences’ if Israel targets Hamas members on its soil
Reports say Ankara has cautioned Jerusalem against any ‘illegal activities,’ a day after recording emerged of Shin Bet chief vowing to kill Hamas chiefs ‘in Lebanon, Turkey, Qatar’
By ToI Staff
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