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PA daily commemorates planners of Munich Olympics Massacre

Headline: "47 years after the deaths as Martyrs of the leaders – the two Kamals and Al-Najjar"

"Today [April 10, 2020] is the 47th anniversary of the assassination of leaders Mahmoud Yusuf Al-Najjar 'Abu Yusuf Al-Najjar,' Kamal Nasser, and Kamal Adwan (i.e., senior members of the Black September terror organization).

On April 10, 1973, the Israeli Mossad (Secret Intelligence Service) assassinated the three leaders in Beirut because of their prominent activity in the Fatah Movement and Palestinian resistance, claiming they had participated in the planning of the Munich operation in September 1972 (i.e., the Munich Olympics massacre, 11 murdered; see note below).”

The Verdun Operation

Abu Yusuf Al-Najjar

Kamal Adwan and Kamal Nasser

Munich Olympics massacre


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