Eleven members of the Israeli Olympic team were ultimately murdered.
Israel’s response did not end when the television cameras left Munich.
Over the following years, Israeli intelligence pursued individuals believed to have been connected to the massacre and the terrorist networks behind it.
The campaign became one of the most famous examples of targeted counterterrorism in modern history.
The message was unmistakable:
You may escape the scene of the crime, but that does not mean you have escaped accountability.
That same philosophy appears to be shaping Israel’s response to October 7.
Ceasefires may come and go.
Governments may change.
Diplomatic pressure may increase. But Israel appears determined that participation in the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust will not simply be absorbed into another Middle Eastern political settlement.
There will be consequences.