Entebbe: 25 Years Later

From: Jerusalem Post | Date: June 29, 2001| Author: | Copyright information

Ahron Shapiro
Jerusalem Post
06-29-2001
Headline: Entebbe: 25 Years Later
Byline: Ahron Shapiro
Edition; Magazine
Section: Features
Page: 04

Friday, June 29, 2001 -- Long before the intifada, Oslo, the Sinai Accords and the nation's political upset in the late 1970s, there was Entebbe. We all know the story. In that legendary heroic raid, code-named Operation Thunderbolt, Israeli commandos rescued hostages being held by hijackers who had diverted their plane to Uganda. The commander of the IDF operation, Yonatan Netanyahu, was killed during the rescue, and the name of the operation was changed ...

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