On July 21, 1973, in the quiet town of Lillehammer, Norway, Mossad agents assassinated a Moroccan-born waiter named Ahmed Bouchiki in a tragic case of mistaken identity. Bouchiki was wrongly believed to be one of the terrorists involved in the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre, where 11 Israeli athletes were killed by the Palestinian group Black September. The killing was part of "Operation Wrath of God," a covert Israeli campaign to hunt down those responsible for Munich. Acting on flawed intelligence, Mossad agents followed Bouchiki, who was living a quiet life with his pregnant wife, and fatally shot him as he walked home from the cinema.
The operation was a diplomatic disaster for Israel. Norwegian authorities quickly arrested six of the agents, leading to a highly publicized trial that exposed the Mossad's covert actions in a neutral country. It sparked outrage and raised ethical and legal questions about state-sponsored targeted assassinations, especially when based on mistaken identity. The incident forced Israel to reevaluate aspects of its intelligence operations and damaged relations with Norway. Bouchiki's death remains a stark reminder of the dangers of intelligence errors in high-stakes operations.
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