Simon Peres’ handwritten notes recall, half a century later, an international operation that marked the life of the country’s current president.

Netanyahu, Zamir, and Herzog spoke about the ongoing war with Iran, using lessons from Operation Entebbe to contextualize ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Israeli hostage is greeted on her return to Israel after Operation Entebbe on 3rd July 1976, in which, Israeli special forces ...

The commemoration of Israel’s most famous military operation should have been a moment to celebrate for Matan Vilnai. Instead, the deputy commander of the Entebbe raid – in which commandos rescued 102 ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu memorialized his brother, Yoni Netanyahu, who was killed in a 1976 mission rescuing Israelis held hostage after a hijacked flight. On July 4, Israel marks 50 years ...

July 4 marked the 43rd anniversary of Israel’s famed Operation Entebbe. Most Israelis know the names of two of the Israeli soldiers involved in the daring mission that rescued 102 hostages at the ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Friday released a cache of previously classified documents that outline in detail the decisions behind a daring 1976 raid to free more than 100 hostages held captive in ...

OPERATION THUNDERBOLT: FLIGHT 139 AND THE RAID ON ENTEBBE AIRPORT, THE MOST AUDACIOUS HOSTAGE RESCUE MISSION IN HISTORY By Saul David Little, Brown, $30, 446 pages, illustrated Since the horrific ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Uganda President Yoweri Museveni at Entebbe airport in Uganda yesterday. Netanyahu, now Israeli Prime Minister, visited Entebbe, making him the first ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Isaac Herzog speaking at the Entebbe state ceremony on July 12 in Jerusalem. (photo credit: MAAYAN TOAF / GPO) Netanyahu ...

Sorin Hershko, the soldier who was most severely wounded in Operation Entebbe, received an award of recognition from the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation during an event commemorating 50 years ...