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Landmark | 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. |
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 forces to rescue the hostages.1
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Ben-Menashe, Ari. Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network. Sheridan Square Press, 1992 (TrineDay reprint, 2015). ↩︎