Editing Munich massacre (section)

===Apparent change to demands in the evening===
Shortly before the 5&nbsp;pm deadline, the terrorists demanded safe passage for themselves and the hostages on a plane to [[Cairo]], where they intended to continue negotiations for the prisoners' release.<ref name="FFD1" /> To verify the hostages were still alive, Minister Genscher and Walter Tröger, the mayor of the Olympic Village, were briefly allowed into the apartments to speak with the hostages. Clearly, in fear for their lives, they agreed to fly to the Egyptian capital with the terrorists.<ref name="FDO1" />

Tröger noticed that several of the hostages, especially Gutfreund, showed signs of having suffered [[physical abuse]] at the hands of the terrorists and that David Berger had been shot in his left shoulder. Tröger spoke of being very moved by the dignity with which the Israelis held themselves, and that they seemed resigned to their fate.<ref name=Reeve/>

While being debriefed by the crisis team, Genscher and Tröger reported seeing "five" terrorists inside the apartment.<ref name="FDO1" /> Fatefully, this number, rather than "eight", was accepted as definitive.

As a sovereign state, the Federal Republic of Germany could not tolerate the hostage-takers forcibly transporting foreign guests to another territory at gunpoint.<ref name="FFD1" /> Moreover, none of the Arab states supported the diplomatic efforts of Brandt. Consequently, no agreement was reached, as they did not want to be involved in the situation.<ref name="FDO1" />

A feigned agreement had been reached. The terrorists from Black September and their nine Israeli hostages were to be flown out of the Munich Olympic Village by helicopter to an awaiting aircraft at Fürstenfeldbruck airbase. It was only through this manoeuvre that they were able to extend the ultimatum to 7&nbsp;pm. From 6&nbsp;pm, Schreiber's deputy Georg Wolf, and five police officers began preparing for a potential operation in Fürstenfeldbruck airbase, knowing it would be their last option for freeing the hostages.<ref name="FDO1" />