Bangkok Israeli embassy hostage crisis
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The Israeli Bangkok embassy hostage crisis occurred on 28 December 1972. It was a raid by a squad of four Palestinian militants, belonging to the Black September organization, on the Israeli embassy building in Bangkok in which the militants held six Israeli embassy staff hostage. After 19 hours of negotiations, the hijackers agreed to abandon the embassy in exchange for being flown to Egypt. The raid was one of a number of attacks that have been conducted against Israeli embassies and diplomats.
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Israeli Bangkok embassy hostage crisis | |
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Location | Bangkok, Thailand |
Date | 28 December 1972 (1972-12-28) |
Target | Israeli embassy |
Attack type | Hostage taking |
Perpetrators | Black September |
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