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Uganda’s military chief, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba unveils a monument honoring the late Yoni Netanyahu, brother of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the old terminal of Entebbe International Airport in Entebbe, Uganda, August 1, 2026. (Uganda People’s Defence Forces Press Service via AP)
August 1, 2026, 7:22 pm
Statue of Yoni Netanyahu unveiled at Uganda’s Entebbe Airport, 50 years after rescue
Head of Ugandan military also commemorates the four slain hostages while dedicating statue that he has said ‘My God Jesus Christ’ instructed him to build during a dream
By ToI Staff
Five-year-old Ella Rosenkovitch is held and kissed at celebrations following the return of return of Israeli hostages from Entebbe, July 4, 1976. 'I don't know who the man in this picture is,' she says. (Courtesy)
July 4, 2026, 8:07 am
Rescued at Entebbe 50 years ago, former child hostage feels her experience resonating today
Ella Rosenkovitch was on her way to visit grandparents with her family when their flight was hijacked to Uganda by terrorists. Half a century later, the memories pushed her to speak out
By Zev Stub
A cheering crowd at Ben-Gurion Airport raises a soldier in the rescue squad that freed the hijacked hostages from Uganda earlier in the day, July 4, 1976. In the background is the C-130 transport plane which took part in the raid. The rescuer's face is obscured for security reasons. (AP Photo/Pool)
June 26, 2026, 6:00 am
‘Zero hour is coming’: How Israel went from negotiating over hostages to the daring raid at Entebbe
The Entebbe rescue operation, whose 50th anniversary is approaching, is the stuff of Israeli legend. A new trove of archival documents shows how the government took the fateful decision — despite the risks
By Ben Sales and Stav Levaton
Michel Cojot as a young man visiting New York. (From 'To Kill A Nazi,' courtesy of the Cojot family)
June 20, 2026, 9:16 am
Entebbe raid’s unsung hero gets limelight in new documentary 50 years later
Filmmaker Boaz Dvir makes case that rescue operation would not have been possible without key role played by French-Jewish hostage — and would-be assassin of a Nazi — Michel Cojot
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Entebbe hostages come home, July 4, 1976. (IDF archives)
March 5, 2023, 11:00 am
Entebbe rescue squad blasts Netanyahu for ‘sacrificing country for own interests’
Veterans cite leadership of PM’s brother, killed during operation, while calling out premier for ‘divide and rule’ tactics, blast him for comparing demonstrators to Huwara rioters
By Michael Horovitz
Israeli commandos in a black-painted Mercedes-Benz. (Defense Ministry archive)
August 23, 2021, 4:51 am
Entebbe in person: A new oral history challenges official account of 1976 rescue
Brimming with detail and at times looking to settle old scores, newly translated book ‘Entebbe Declassified’ brings voices of the commandos who took part in the legendary operation
By Judah Ari Gross
A Sudanese protester shouts slogans during a demonstration against the military council, in Khartoum, Sudan, on June 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
February 5, 2020, 4:20 pm
PM’s meeting with Sudan leader — historic breakthrough or election-season ploy?
To many Israelis, Khartoum is a symbol of Arab hostility, and diplomatic ties still seem far off. But Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s powwow with Netanyahu may bear first fruits soon
By Raphael Ahren
Eric Bacos, left, son of Air France pilot Michel Bacos who remained with his passengers when they were hijacked and held captive at Entebbe in 1976, meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, May 23, 2019. (Haim Tsach/GPO)
May 23, 2019, 10:14 pm
Netanyahu meets son of French pilot who stayed with Israeli hostages in Entebbe
Eric Bacos says his family owes a great debt to Israel for commando raid, led by PM’s brother, which rescued the hijacked passengers and crew
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, and Dr. Ido Netanyahu, left, receive the personal effects of their brother Yoni in Jerusalem on April 15, 2019. (Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO)
April 17, 2019, 8:07 pm
Netanyahu receives late brother’s haggadah, but report indicates it may be fake
Prime minister given personal items that belonged to Yoni Netanyahu from army buddy, but some items may never have belonged to famed Entebbe raid leader
By ToI Staff and JTA
Israeli tourists visit the tower at Entebbe Airport where hostages were held captive in 1976, on February 14, 2019 (Screen grab via NTV)
February 15, 2019, 4:38 pm
Israel brings tourists to Entebbe for first time since legendary hostage rescue
Captain says he remembers hearing the news of 1976 raid when he was a 10-year-old, never believed he would fly to same Ugandan airport
By ToI Staff
The memorial ceremony marking the second anniversary of the death of Shimon Peres, Israel’s ninth president, August 31, 2018 (Flash 90)
August 31, 2018, 6:21 pm
Two years after death, Peres remembered as visionary who strived to unite nation
Youngest passenger from Entebbe hostage rescue hails the late leader’s role in organizing the operation: ‘Because of you I built a family’
By ToI Staff
A still from '7 Days in Entebbe.' (YouTube)
March 2, 2018, 7:46 pm
New ‘Entebbe’ hijacked by heavy-handed political correctness
Action flick ‘7 Days in Entebbe’ disregards historical record to equalize the two sides’s struggles — choosing as its unlikely hero a German terrorist with a heart of gold
By Jordan Hoffman
Brazilian director Jose Padilha attends a press conference for the film "7 Days in Entebbe" presented in competition during the 68th Berlinale film festival on February 19, 2018 in Berlin. (AFP PHOTO / Stefanie Loos)
February 20, 2018, 2:10 am
In new film, Jewish director challenges Israeli version of 1976 Entebbe rescue
Jose Padilha casts Yoni Netanyahu in less-than-heroic light, tells story from terrorists’ perspective in movie likely to spark controversy
By Michael Bachner
PLO chief Yasser Arafat, in keffiyah, photographed by an Israeli sniper, leaving Beirut in 1982 (courtesy Oded Shamir)
January 26, 2018, 9:45 am
Mossad chose not to nab Mengele, didn’t hunt down Munich terrorists, book claims
Ronen Bergman’s new study of Israel’s decades of targeted assassinations is filled with fresh disclosures and myth-busting revelations. These are just a few
By David Horovitz
Shimon Peres during an interview in the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, April 10, 2013. (Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images/JTA)
September 12, 2017, 2:55 am
Peres memoir to be released as Israel marks year since death
Completed weeks before his death, posthumously published autobiography details the former president’s journey from his small Polish village to the halls of Israeli power
By Jonah Mandel
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