Amin al-Hindi

Amin al-Hindi (9 January 1941 – 17 August 2010) was a Palestinian politician and soldier. He served as the intelligence chief of the Palestinian Authority. He was a leader of the Black September militant movement and was suspected of involvement in the Munich massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics that resulted in the deaths of 11 Israeli athletes and coaches.

Amin al-Hindi
1st Director of the General Intelligence Service
In office 1994 – April 2005
President	Yasser Arafat Rawhi Fattouh (acting) Mahmoud Abbas
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Ahmed Shenoura [ar]
Personal details
Born	(1941-01-09)9 January 1941 Gaza City, Mandatory Palestine
Died	17 August 2010(2010-08-17) (aged 69) Amman, Jordan
Nationality	Palestinian
Occupation	Intelligence Chief of the Palestinian Authority

Hindi was born in Gaza City on 9 January 1941 and was actively involved with Yasser Arafat in the Fatah movement that Arafat founded in 1959.^[1]

In its obituary, The New York Times described Hindi as being "widely suspected of having played an organizing role" in the Black September attack in Munich that led to the deaths of 11 athletes and coaches representing the Israeli Olympic team at the 1972 Summer Games who had been taken as hostages at the Olympic village on the morning of September 5, 1972. Israeli security forces carried out a series of killings of individuals believed to have been involved with the massacre. Hindi never acknowledged his involvement in the attack and may have been the last living person involved with plotting the attack following the death of Abu Daoud, the Palestinian militant known as the planner, architect and mastermind of the Munich massacre.^[1][2][3]

Israel permitted him to return from exile in the 1990s following the Oslo Accords. He became a senior official in the Palestinian Authority and served as commander of the Palestinian General Security and Intelligence Service until 2005. In that role he had frequent contact with Israeli military and security forces.^[1]

The Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that al-Hindi had died at age 69 on 17 August 2010, in Amman, Jordan, due to liver and pancreatic cancer. His body was transported from Jordan to the West Bank where ceremonies honoring him were held at the presidential headquarters of Mahmoud Abbas. His body was then transferred through Israel for burial in Gaza.^[4] His Gaza funeral was attended by members of the Fatah Central Committee and the Fatah Revolutionary Council. A procession traveled from his home in the Al-Rimal neighborhood to the Katiba Mosque.^[2]