Munich: Mossad’s Revenge

The true story behind the most extraordinary government-sponsored mission in the history of terrorism — told for the first time by those who carried it out.

In September 1972, eleven Israeli athletes were murdered at the Munich Olympics. What followed was one of the most audacious and covert counter-terrorism operations ever mounted — and for thirty years, the full truth remained hidden. This documentary revealed it.

Premiering on Channel 4 and timed to coincide with the worldwide release of Steven Spielberg’s fictionalised account, Munich: Mossad’s Revenge went further than any film before it — securing testimony from the Mossad assassins themselves, speaking on camera for the first time. Their accounts, combined with revelations from senior Mossad figures including former deputy head David Kimche and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, exposed the operational details, the techniques, the targets, and the motives behind a campaign that saw a dozen men mysteriously killed across Europe and the Middle East in the year that followed Munich.

Built on two years of original research, the film directly contradicted the version of events portrayed in Spielberg’s film. The characters, the methods, and the chain of command were revealed to be largely fictitious. The reality, as told by those who were there, was more complex, more troubling, and more compelling than any dramatisation.

At a moment when the world faced new and urgent questions about terrorism and state retaliation, Munich: Mossad’s Revenge stood as a definitive and deeply unsettling account of Israel’s first war on terror.