Israeli President Isaac Herzog is to attend a remembrance ceremony for the killing of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics. His German counterpart has criticized Germany's treatment of the victims' loved ones.
Eleven Israeli athletes and a policeman were assassinated by Palestinian terrorists during the Olympic Games that began in Munich on August 26,1972. Germany is still struggling to come to terms with the events.
The 1972 Games were marred by an attack in which 11 Israeli athletes and coaches were killed by a Palestinian terrorist group. Precisely why a West German plan to rescue the hostages went horribly wrong remains unclear.