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Entebbe control tower to be museum

Discussion in 'Lounge' started by Miamian, May 16, 2008.

  1. Miamian

    Miamian Senior Member

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    I was very young and some of you had not yet been born when this happened so just to fill you in if you're unaware:

    In 1976 Palestinian terrorists hijacked an Air France flight from Athens to Paris and diverted it to Entebbe, Uganda after briefly stopping in Benghazi, Libya. At the time Uganda was ruled by Palestinian supporter Idi Amin, one of the most despotic rulers in recent history.

    The hijackers demanded the release of dozens of their comrades held in jails in different countries, under the threat of death to the passengers. Israel carried out what was then called Operation Thunderbolt to rescue the hostages. During the rescue a few passengers and Ugandan soldiers (who there to support the hijackers) were killed in the exchange of gunfire.

    The commander of the operation, Yoni Netanyahu, Benjamin Netanyahu's brother, was killed in the operation. They later renamed it Operation Yonatan in his honor.
     

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