Jamal Al-Gashey (Arabic: جمال الجاشي; born 1953[1]) is a Palestinian militant who was a member of the Black September offshoot of the Palestine Liberation Organization and one of eight militants who carried out the massacre of eleven Israeli athletes during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.
"[2] In July 1972, Al-Gashey was one of several young Black September members recruited for what he referred to as "special training", without having any idea what their target might be.
Nearly eight weeks after the massacre, on 29 October, Lufthansa Flight 615 was hijacked by two Black September members, who demanded the release of the three Munich survivors.
Jamal Al-Gashey can be seen seated in the middle of the three, between his cousin Adnan (believed to be the guerilla who shot and killed five of the hostages who were tied up in one of the helicopters[4]) and Mohammed Safady.
Since he believed that Israeli agents were still trying to kill him, he was disguised and his face shown only in blurry shadow as a precaution.