The Acting Director of Defence Public Information (DDPI), Colonel Chris Magezi, has described the 1976 Entebbe hijacking incident as a terrorist act against innocent civilians, saying such an episode ...

Today, 6 Tammuz 5786, marks 50 years since the miraculous rescue at Entebbe in 5736 (1976)—one of the most remarkable events ...

The Entebbe hijacking in 1976 set off a long-range rescue mission planned and executed by Israeli forces in Uganda. The operation became one of the most studied cases of hostage recovery in modern ...

Shai Gross, known to many as “the child from Entebbe,” was hijacked to Entebbe as a child, together with his parents. Now, as ...

Remembering Michel Bacos, a French pilot who served in World War II and bravely remained behind with Jewish passengers when his 1976 commercial... Opinion: Remembering Pilot Michel Bacos, Hero Of The ...

In this gripping episode, we delve into Operation Thunderbolt, one of the most audacious rescue missions in history. On June 27, 1976, Air France Flight 139 was hijacked by terrorists and diverted to ...

Israelis are outraged over a 30-year-old British conspiracy theory on the origins of the legendary Entebbe operation. Experts on the Entebbe rescue, including Benjamin Netanyahu, are weighing in to ...

Going in to the historical drama "7 Days in Entebbe," I'll admit to having only the vaguest notion of the events that inspired the film. I knew that a passenger plane, after taking off from Israel at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Electronics expert Sid Hurwich; Invention used in Entebbe raid (Photo by Dave Norris/Toronto Star via Getty Images) In 1976, ...

In Entebbe, the four terrorists were welcomed by Uganda's dictator, Idi Amin, with Ugandan troops providing support for the terrorists. Two days later, the terrorists forced all Israeli and Jewish ...

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 ...

We may all wonder if we would act with courage in the face of catastrophe, emergency, or evil. Michel Bacos was captain of Air France Flight 139 on June 27, 1976, with more than 240 passengers and 12 ...