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In june of 1976, palestinian terroristts led by radical german communist guerillas hijacked an air france flight from tel aviv to paris, embarking en route in athens, and took the plane first to benghazi and then to entebbe airport in uganda, then ruled by friendly dictator idi amin. Mivtsa yonatan, entebbe, entebbe operation thunderbolt description. The third plansuggested by muki betserwas a variation on general adams. Many of the hostages were later released but 106 israelis and jews were still held. Operation thunderbolt download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi.
Operation thunderbolt shows how the outcome of israels most famous military operation depended on secret diplomacy, courage and luck. Operation entebbe and the freeing of hostages at entebbe airport in kampala, uganda, on july 4, 1976. The movie contains interviews with former hostages, including captain bacos who together with his. The epic tale of operation entebbe, historys most daring. A week earlier, on 27 june, an air france airbus a300 jet airliner with 248.
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It is not his death that made yoni a hero, it was the way he lived his life. The jewish passengers were separated and held hostage in demand to release many terrorists held in israeli prisons. While planning the raid, the israeli forces had to plan how to refuel the lockheed c hercules aircraft they intended to use while en route to entebbe. Click download or read online button to get 90 minutes at entebbe book now.
Mar 14, 2017 saul david is a military historian and broadcaster. On 3 july 1976, israeli special forces carried out a daring raid to free more than 100 israeli, french and us hostages held by german and palestinian terrorists at entebbe airport, uganda. Feb 20, 2017 operation thunderbolt mivtsa yonatan dir. Mar 21, 2018 wikimedia commons a police officer clears the way for rescued operation entebbe hostages returning from entebbe airport in 1976.
This was the signal that operation thunderbolt was to go ahead. It follows closely the personal accounts of passengers on the air france plane, ministers of israeli defense, soldiers of the unit, as well as many other global figuresgiving the reader an incredible behind the. Jan 24, 2016 that raid is the subject of saul davids new book, operation thunderbolt. The entebbe rescue operation jewish virtual library. With janet almog, michel bacos, ehud barak, moshe betser. The palestinian freedom fighters wanted the release of prisoners held in israel and four other countries.
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Codenamed thunderbolt, the operation carried huge risks. The film is based on an actual event the hijacking of a flight by terrorists and the freeing of israeli. The legacy of this mission is still felt today in the way western governments respond to terrorist blackmail. The legacy of this mission is still felt today in the way western governments respond to. Con assaf dayan, klaus kinski, gila almagor, yehoram gaon titolo originale operation thunderbolt. Operation thunderbolt 1977, yehoram gaon action movie.
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