Editor’s note: The men below led the attack force in Operation Entebbe, the 1976 counter-terrorist rescue mission conducted by the Israel Defense Forces in Uganda. It was during this operation that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the grave of his brother Yonatan "Yoni" Netanyahu on Wednesday, July 2, 2025.

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — It was perhaps the most daring Israeli military exploit ever — a rescue raid in Africa that inspired Hollywood films and became etched in Israeli history. Nearly four decades ...

Rabbi Albert Gabbai remembers exactly where he was on July 4, 1976: in Manhattan, watching a parade of boats floating down the Hudson River, American flag in hand, celebrating the bicentennial of the ...

A C-130 Hercules in front of the old terminal in Uganda's airport, where Israel carried out Operation Entebbe on the Fourth of July, 1976. An Israeli firm won a contract this week to upgrade systems ...

Written by Gregory Burke, the story is based on the true events surrounding Operation Entebbe and the hijacking of an Air France plane bin 1976. By Tatiana Siegel Daniel Bruhl and Rosamund Pike_Split ...

TEL AVIV — It was one of the most daring Israeli military exploits ever — a rescue raid in Africa that inspired Hollywood films and became etched in Israeli history. Nearly four decades later, a first ...