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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Operation Thunderbolt Part of the Arab–Israeli conflict and the Cold War Israeli commandos with a Mercedes-Benz 600 resembling the one owned by Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, used by Sayeret Matkal to deceive Ugandan troops during the raid Date 3–4 July 1976 (1976-07-03 – 1976-07-04) Location ...
Yonatan "Yoni" Netanyahu [a] (March 13, 1946 – July 4, 1976) was an Israeli military officer who commanded Sayeret Matkal during the Entebbe raid.The raid was launched in response to the 1976 hijacking of an international civilian passenger flight from Israel to France by Palestinian and German militants, who took control of the aircraft during a stopover in Greece and diverted it to Libya ...
An example of a Strela-2 surface-to-air missile system as fired at the Boeing 757 airliner during take-off. On 28 November 2002 two missiles were fired at, but missed, an Israeli passenger airliner as it took off from Mombasa airport. Subsequently, there was an attack on the Kikambala Hotel when it was receiving Israeli tourists.
Operation Thunderbolt, known in Israel as Mivtsa Yonatan (מבצע יונתן , literally "Operation Jonathan"), also called Entebbe: Operation Thunderbolt in the US, is a 1977 Israeli film directed and co-written by Menahem Golan and starring Klaus Kinski, Yehoram Gaon and Sybil Danning. The film is based on an actual event – the ...
Entebbe [3] (titled 7 Days in Entebbe in the U.S.) is a 2018 action thriller film [2] directed by José Padilha and written by Gregory Burke. The film recounts the story of the Entebbe raid , a 1976 counter-terrorist hostage-rescue operation, and stars Rosamund Pike and Daniel Brühl .
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Air raid sirens wailed for more than three hours across most of Ukraine’s east from about 1.40am (10.40pm GMT), the country’s Air Force said today. At 5.30am the Air Force said on its Telegram ...
Amin was at the Entebbe State House when a shell landed in the parking lot. Feeling he was being personally targeted, he immediately ran to his helicopter and flew to Kampala. [14] His departure instigated the flight of many Ugandan troops, [13] who raided the airport's duty-free shop before they left, [16] while the Libyans remained. [13]