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It is believed that Al-Gashey has spent the time since his release in hiding in North Africa. He is married and has two daughters. He is the only member of the group to consent to interviews, having given a brief statement in 1992 to a Palestinian journalist. In 1999, Al-Gashey emerged from hiding to
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In July 1972, Al-Gashey was one of several young Black September members recruited for what he referred to as "special training", without having any idea what their target might be. He flew to Munich at the end of August 1972, staying in a hotel and even attending a few Olympic events. On the night
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noted Al-Gashey's edgy, almost paranoid behaviour throughout the interview, but was able to convince him that the film he was working on would only be authentic if Al-Gashey gave his side of the story. During the 1999 interview, he explained,
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I'm proud of what I did at Munich because it helped the Palestinian cause enormously...before Munich, the world had no idea about our struggle, but on that day, the name of 'Palestine' was repeated all around the
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but always harbored a desire to return. Al-Gashey claimed that living in squalor and relying on handouts while Israelis were living on his ancestral land fostered his hatred for Israel, which led him to join the
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border guards and Munich police, which resulted in the deaths of nine hostages and five of the Black September militants, Al-Gashey was shot in the wrist attempting to aid a fellow Black September member.
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in 1967. He said that during his initial training, for the first time, he felt "truly Palestinian ...not just a wretched refugee, but a revolutionary fighting for a cause."
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Although charged with multiple crimes related to the massacre, Al-Gashey and his surviving compatriots never stood trial. Nearly eight weeks after the massacre, on 29 October,
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of 4 September, Al-Gashey met for dinner with the other members of the strike team, along with a senior Black September operative (believed to be
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government. When they landed in Libya, they were interviewed, with footage of this press conference being shown in the film
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One Day in September: The Full Story of the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and the Israeli Revenge Operation "Wrath of God"
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was hijacked by two Black September members, who demanded the release of the three Munich survivors. The jailed
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In interviews, Al-Gashey has said that he was brought up in conditions of great poverty, mostly in the
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Striking Back: The 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and Israel's Deadly Response
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Index

Shatila refugee camp
Black September
Munich massacre
Arabic
Black September
Palestine Liberation Organization
massacre of eleven Israeli athletes
1972 Summer Olympics
Bavarian
Shatila refugee camp
1948 Arab–Israeli War
PLO
Abu Daoud
Israeli
Lufthansa Flight 615
fedayeen
West German
One Day in September
Adnan
Mohammed Safady
One Day in September
Kevin Macdonald
Mossad assassinations following the Munich massacre
List of people who disappeared
List of hostage crises
One Day in September: The Full Story of the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and the Israeli Revenge Operation "Wrath of God"
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