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Mossad's First Kill After Munich: The Poet Shot on Flawed Intelligence

On October 16, 1972, Mossad operatives assassinated Palestinian intellectual Abdel Wael Zwaiter in Rome—the first killing in Israel's covert retaliation campaign following the Munich Olympics massacre. But the intelligence file that justified his execution was assembled after the decision to kill him had already been made. This episode reveals the shocking truth behind one of the most controversial targeted killings in espionage history, exposing how political pressure after Munich transformed a poet and translator into an assassination target based on questionable intelligence and guilt by association. We examine the tradecraft failures, internal Mossad dissent, and the dangerous precedent set when accessibility replaced culpability in target selection. Discover why Prime Minister Golda Meir privately questioned this specific killing, how Italian investigations found zero evidence linking Zwaiter to terrorism, and why this case became a cautionary example within Israeli intelligence training programs. This is the untold story of Operation Wrath of God's first victim—a man who died carrying One Thousand and One Nights while Mossad operatives fired twelve bullets based on intelligence that remains unproven to this day. A gripping investigation into moral ambiguity, intelligence standards, and the permanent cost of certainty failure in covert operations. DISCLAIMER This episode contains descriptions of assassination and violence. Content is based on declassified intelligence assessments, Italian investigations, historical analysis, and journalistic accounts of Operation Wrath of God. Presented for educational and historical purposes to examine intelligence operations, moral complexity, and the consequences of covert action.