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The Entebbe raid or Operation Entebbe, officially codenamed Operation Thunderbolt (retroactively codenamed Operation Yonatan), was a 1976 Israeli counter-terrorist mission in Uganda.
Dec 26, 1976 · Raid on Entebbe: Directed by Irvin Kershner. With Peter Finch, Charles Bronson, Yaphet Kotto, Martin Balsam. True story of a daring Israeli commando assault on the Entebbe Airport in Uganda to free hostages of a terrorist hijacking.
Aug 2, 2024 · Entebbe raid (July 3–4, 1976), rescue by an Israeli commando squad of 103 hostages from a French jet airliner hijacked en route from Israel to France and flown to Entebbe, Uganda. The hijackers were members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Red Army Faction.
Sep 14, 2021 · On 3 July 1976, Israeli commandos carried out a daring raid to free more than 100 hostages held by pro-Palestinian terrorists at Entebbe Airport in Uganda. Ever since, the raid has been portrayed by Israelis and others as a brilliantly planned and perfectly executed hostage rescue.
The Entebbe Raid - Forgotten History. On July 3, 1976 Israel launched the most daring, complicated, long range, logistically challenging and political volatile hostage rescue in history.
Aug 23, 2021 · The raid on Entebbe — the 1976 rescue operation by Israeli commandos to release Jewish hostages after their plane was hijacked by Palestinian and German terrorists — is one of the State of...
Landing at Entebbe. Saturday, 3 July, 11.00 p.m. The first Hercules plane, carrying Netanyahu’s commando force had landed successfully at Entebbe at exactly the estimated time of 23.00 hours. Headed by Yoni Netanyahu and his deputy Muki Betzer, nine of them climbed into the black Mercedes. The remaining 18 combatants sat waiting in two Land ...