Germany to 'significantly' raise compensation for families of Munich
Official tells Ynet Berlin 'investing great efforts' to reach agreement and persuade families to lift boycott on memorial event marking 50th anniversary of massacre.
Newsrael News Desk 30.08.2022
Ynet reports German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier was considering a trip to Israel in order to meet with the families.
In the early hours of On Sept. 5, 1972, Israeli Olympic team members were taken hostage at the poorly secured athletes' village by Palestinian gunmen from the Black September group. Within 24 hours, 11 Israelis, five Palestinian kidnappers, and a German policeman were dead after a standoff and subsequent rescue effort erupted into gunfire.
Source - Ynet - Image - Reuters
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