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  1. 4 days ago · On July 4, 1976, four Israeli Hercules planes landed at Entebbe International Airport with one ambitious goal: to free 117 hostages – most of them Jews – who had been kidnapped and held in the airport terminal by Palestinian terrorists. It is the 48th anniversary of a daring operation against the ticking clock and against all odds

  2. 4 days ago · On July 4, 1976, Israel executed one of the most daring and successful rescue missions in modern history. The meticulously planned operation unfolded with precision, as IDF Forces freed 102 hostages held by terrorists at Uganda’s Entebbe Airport and returned them safely to Israel.

  3. 4 days ago · A week earlier, on June 27, terrorists from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and a radical West German group hijacked an Air France airliner full of Israeli passengers and...

  4. 4 days ago · A week earlier, on June 27, terrorists from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and a radical West German group hijacked an Air France airliner full of Israeli passengers and...

  5. 4 days ago · A week earlier, on June 27, terrorists from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and a radical West German group hijacked an Air France airliner full of Israeli passengers and redirected it to the Entebbe Airport.

  6. 3 days ago · More than 100 Israeli and Jewish passengers remained as the hijackers threatened to kill them if their demands were not met. Israel’s response was “Operation Thunderbolt,” led by Lt. Col. Yonatan Netanyahu. His 29-man Sayeret Matkal unit was given the primary task of attacking the airport terminal and rescuing the hostages.

  7. 4 days ago · Shortly after the raid, operatives of Amin’s dreaded State Research Bureau swung into action and arrested Fabian Rwengyembe, the newly-married officer-in-charge of navigational services, who was just about to leave for his honeymoon.