In 1976, Palestinian and German terrorists hijacked an Air France flight that was flying between Tel Aviv and Athens and on its way to Paris. The terrorists diverted the flight first to Libya and then ...

For the first time since 1976’s hostage crisis and subsequent Israeli commando raid, an Israeli plane carrying tourists landed Thursday at Uganda’s Entebbe Airport. Some 250 Israeli nationals came to ...

Forty-six years ago today, on July 4, 1976, America’s bicentennial, elite Israeli commandos, led by thirty-year-old Lieutenant Colonel Yonatan (Yoni) Netanyahu rescued over one hundred hostages from ...

KAMPALA, Uganda - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Uganda Monday for what is likely to be an emotional visit to mark the 40th anniversary of the 1976 Israeli military raid in which ...

Narendra Modi Israel visit: Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Israel for his three-day visit on July 4, 2017, which incidentally also marked the 41st anniversary of the famous Israeli rescue ...

I wish Israel had great political leaders of historic moment. Few countries do. Actually, despite his catalog of prior failings (amid his many successes) — highlighted by October 7 proving what many ...

Have you ever come out of a movie and wanted to go right to the ticket counter to get your money back? That was my first reaction after paying too much, or for that matter, paying anything, to see the ...

July 4 marked the 43rd anniversary of Israel’s famed Operation Entebbe. Most Israelis know the names of two of the Israeli soldiers involved in the daring mission that rescued 102 hostages at the ...

A C-130 Hercules in front of the old terminal in Uganda's airport, where Israel carried out Operation Entebbe on the Fourth of July, 1976. An Israeli firm won a contract this week to upgrade systems ...

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