The raid on Entebbe — the 1976 rescue operation by Israeli commandos to release Jewish hostages after their plane was hijacked by Palestinian and German terrorists — is one of the State of Israel’s ...

Mr Stephano, Sambwa, one of the Luweero Vermin Control officials deployed at Kamira Sub-county to hunt down the leopard that has so far injured two residents. With local authorities claiming they have ...

Forty years ago, the hijacking of an Air France plane from Israel began a week of high drama, ending with the surprise rescue by Israeli commandos of over 100 passengers held at Entebbe. Here, one of ...

Raphael Ahren is a former diplomatic correspondent at The Times of Israel. ENTEBBE AIRPORT, Uganda — Israel’s 1976 operation to rescue over 100 hostages from terrorist hijackers in Entebbe proved to ...

For Israelis, the Fourth of July is not only the Independence Day of our American friend and ally, but also the anniversary of the IDF’s famed 1976 raid on Entebbe. With the hostages freed, the ...

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It was the most daring rescue mission of a generation, with a cast that included three future prime ministers, Idi Amin and more than 100 hostages. How did it shape modern Israel? On 4 July 1976, the ...

The Police medical service directorate has released post-mortem reports for the thirteen bodies recovered on the shores of Lake Victoria during the 2015 Christmas week. According to police, the ...

Entebbe is surrounded by water and has Entebbe-Kampala highway as the only road-link that joins it to other parts of Uganda to stop it from being an island that makes it a peninsular. Entebbe-In 2007, ...

Israel's offensive in Gaza to secure the release of a soldier captured by Palestinian militants is the latest in a history of similar military operations by the Jewish state. By coincidence, it falls ...