Netanyahu honors brother Yoni, who fell rescuing hostages at Entebbe Lt. Col. Yoni Netanyahu was killed during "Operation Thunderbolt" to rescue 102 hostages at Entebbe, Uganda, on July 4, 1976. July 5, 2024
‘For someone who’s been a hostage, it’s not easy to come back’ Shay Gross, who was taken hostage by the PFLP in 1976 and freed during the Entebbe Raid, says the freed Oct. 7 hostages have a long road ahead of them. Amelie Botbol Nov. 28, 2023
July 4 also marks Entebbe raid anniversary "That’s a very Texan foreign policy," Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) tweeted of the raid, which happened 47 years ago. July 4, 2023
A half-shekel, a whole people Whether in Israel or the Diaspora, we are one community, and if we don’t look after each other, who will? Rabbi Yossy Goldman Feb. 15, 2023
Jewish Museum of Oporto opens permanent exhibit on historic Entebbe raid The exhibit shows that “neither distance, logistics nor any other challenge would ever prevent Israel from doing the utmost to save the lives of its citizens,” says Israeli Ambassador to Portugal Raphael Gamzou. July 25, 2021
The enduring message of the rescue at Entebbe Forty-five years on, the memory of those two overwhelmingly intense July days needs to be conveyed to new generations as an object lesson in Zionism and the need for a Jewish state. Daniel S. Mariaschin July 1, 2021
Israel’s evolution into a US force multiplier If there were an Israel-like entity in the Persian Gulf, the United States could terminate its military presence in the region. Yoram Ettinger June 20, 2021
Israeli President-elect: ‘Yoni Netanyahu has become a symbol of courage and heroism’ Forty-five years after the Entebbe rescue operation, friends and family gather at the gravesite of Lt. Col. Yonatan Netanyahu, who lost his life leading the mission. Yehuda Shlezinger June 17, 2021
The French pilot who stayed with his Jewish passengers at Entebbe The death of Air France pilot Michael Bacos, whose plane from Israel was hijacked to Uganda, reminds us that the anti-Semitism is a choice that the righteous can choose to reject. Jonathan S. Tobin March 27, 2019
