Operation Wrath of God

E. Conclusion

Was Israel’s military operation “Wrath of God” carried out in an ethical and justifiable manner? We have examined the incident in Munich itself and it is clear that it too was a true atrocity to the Israelites but, the correct way of dealing with it was not to respond with an atrocity of their own. It would be questionable whether the operation was ethical had the Israelites killed even one man who was directly involved in the Munich Massacre. However, in this they went overboard. It is clear that there was no care, precision or tact used when the murders of certain key figures in the PLO and Black September were planned. From the evidence we see just a few of the killings which had questionable reasoning behind them and one which ended with the death of an innocent man. Operation Wrath of God could never be justified and it was clearly not carried out in any sort of an ethical manner.