1972 in Israel
Events in the year 1972 in Israel.
Incumbents
Events
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1972 include:
Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets
The most prominent Palestinian Arab terror attacks committed against Israelis during 1972 include:
- May 8 – Sabena Flight 571 hijacking: Four PLO terrorists hijack an airplane of Sabena Flight 572 carrying 99 passengers and ten crew members on route from Brussels to Tel Aviv. In a mission titled "Operation Isotope", 16 members of Sayeret Matkal pose as refueling and technical personnel and storm the plane, killing the terrorists and releasing the passengers.
- May 30 – Lod Airport massacre: Acting on behalf of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, three Japanese Red Army members enter the waiting area of Lod Airport near Tel Aviv and fire indiscriminately at airport staff and travellers. 24 people are killed (including 17 tourists from Puerto Rico), and 78 are wounded.
- September 5–6 – Munich Massacre: Eleven Israeli athletes, members of the Israeli Olympic team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, are murdered after eight Palestinian Arab terrorists, members of the Black September terrorist group, invade the Olympic Village; five terrorists and one German policeman are also killed in a failed hostage rescue.
- September 19 – A parcel bomb sent to the Israeli Embassy in London kills Ami Shachori, an Israeli attaché at the Israeli Embassy in London.[1] The letter has been attributed to the Palestinian "Black September" militant group.[2]
- December 28 – Palestinian Arab terrorists, members of the Black September terrorist group, occupy the Israeli embassy in Bangkok, holding twelve hostages. Though their demands are not met, negotiations secure the release of all the hostages and the Black September militants are given safe passage to Cairo.[3]
Notable Israeli military operations against Palestinian militancy targets
The most prominent Israeli military counter-terrorism operations (military campaigns and military operations) carried out against Palestinian militants during 1972 include:
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Notable births
Notable deaths
- February 1 – Berl Locker (b. 1887), Austro-Hungarian-born Zionist activist and Israeli politician.
- February 9 – Yaakov Herzog (b. 1921), Irish-born Israeli diplomat.
- February 26 – Yosef Sapir (b. 1902), Israeli politician and Knesset member.
- March 1 – Moshe Sneh (d. 1909), Russian (Poland)-born Israeli politician and military figure.
- April 5 – Reuven Barkat (b. 1906), Russian (Lithuania)-born Israeli politician.
- April 19 – Alexander Penn (b. 1906), Russian-born Israeli poet.
- May 30 – Aharon Katzir (b. 1914), Russian (Poland)-born Israeli scientist, killed in the Lod Airport massacre.
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