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Operation Wrath of God Wrath of God" redirects here. For the 1972 film by Werner Herzog, see Aguirre, the Wrath of God. For the 1972 western, the last film of Rita Hayworth, see The Wrath of God. For the theological concept, see Divine retribution. Operation "Wrath of God" (Hebrew: מבצע זעם האל Mivtza Za'am Ha'el), also known as Operation "Bayonet",was a covert operation directed by Mossad to assassinate individuals involved in the 1972 Munich massacre in which 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team were killed. The targets were members of the Palestinian armed militant group Black September and operatives of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Authorized by Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in the autumn of 1972, the operation is believed to have continued for over twenty years. The operation was depicted in the television film Sword of Gideon (1986) and Steven Spielberg's film Munich (2005). History Two days after