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Entebbe raid
Sign in to saveAlso known as Operation Thunderbolt, Entebbe Airport Raid (1976), Jonathan Operation (1976), Rescue of hijack victims at Entebbe Airport (1976), Operation Jonathan
1976 counter-terrorist hostage rescue mission by the Israel Defense Forces
The Entebbe raid was a 1976 military operation in which the Israel Defense Forces rescued hostages who had been taken on a hijacked airplane. The operation is historically significant as a prominent example of a counter-terrorist hostage rescue mission.
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Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Arab–Israeli conflict
- Location
- Entebbe International Airport
- Image
- Operation Thunderbolt. IV.jpg
- Number of deaths
- 4
- Participant
- Yekutiel Adam
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- point in time
- 1976-07-04
- Commons category
- Entebbe Raid
- topic's main category
- Category:Operation Entebbe
- start point
- Ben Gurion Airport
- destination point
- Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport
- via
- Athens
- flight number
- AF139
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