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- Location
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- Airport
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- Uganda
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category: "Landmark"
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summary: "Entebbe Airport is a Ugandan airport that was the site of the 1976 Air France hijacking, which ended when Israeli commandos raided the airport in Operation Thunderbolt to rescue the hostages."
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[[Entebbe Airport]] is located in [[Uganda]]. It was the site of the 1976 [[Entebbe hijacking]], where an [[Air France]] jet was diverted and landed. The hijacking led to a commando raid by [[Israel|Israeli]] forces to rescue the hostages.[^1]
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### Footnotes
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[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992.
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