None 65–200 killed Result Israeli victory | Date 8 September 1972 | |
Similar Ain es Saheb airstrike, Operation Wooden Leg, Palestinian insurgency in South, Operation Summer Rains, Siege of the Church of the Nat | ||
On 8 September 1972, Israeli planes bombed ten Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) bases in Syria and Lebanon as a response to the Munich massacre. Estimates of the number and identity of casualties vary widely, with several sources giving a figure as high as 200, including militants and civilians.
The United States vetoed a UN resolution demanding a halt to the raids after the Soviet Union and China vetoed amendments that would have also applied the resolution to terrorist activities.
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