A brief look at israels rescue of hostages from uganda, includes digital reenactment. On june 27, 1976, an air france flight from tel aviv to paris was hijacked by a group of arab and german terrorists who demanded the release of 53 terrorists. Operation entebbe 1976 752017 1 presentation dedicated to lt. With yehoram gaon, gila almagor, assi dayan, klaus kinski. Mission impossible, was the daily mails headline the day after the entebbe operation. Mivtsa yonatan, entebbe, entebbe operation thunderbolt description.
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The palestinian freedom fighters wanted the release of prisoners held in. The raid at entebbe, first named operation thunderbolt was later renamed operation yonatan because yoni netanyahu was killed during the mission. Thunderbolt was the israeli response to the hijacking of air france flight 9, which occurred while the plane was stopped over in athens en route to paris from tel aviv. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app.
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Operation entebbe or operation thunderbolt was a successful counterterrorist hostagerescue mission carried out by commandos of the israel defense forces idf at entebbe airport in uganda on 4 july 1976. Representatives of the united kingdom and united states. The film was directed by menahem golan and starred klaus kinski, yehoram gaon, and sybil danning. Greatest hostage rescue operation ever in the world history israel duration. Kinsky was reported to have shown signs of uncertainty and guilt during the ordeal, and the. The entebbe raid the most audacious hostage rescue mission in. Translation of operation thunderbolt film in english. Flight 9 and the raid on entebbe airport, the most audacious. Watch the legendary hostage rescue operation that shocked the world. On june 27 th, an air france aircraft was hijacked by palestinian and german terrorists. The plane was forced to divert to entebbe, in ugandaruled by the murderous despot idi amin, who had no interest in intervening. Operation entebbe or operation thunderbolt was a successful counterterrorist hostagerescue.
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