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
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 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
French pilot who remained with Israeli and Jewish hostages at Entebbe dies at 95 Michel Bacos, the Air France pilot who, along with his crew, stayed with Israeli and Jewish hostages during the July 1976 hijacking that diverted the plane to Uganda’s Entebbe Airport, has died in Nice at the age of 95. March 27, 2019
A need to reconnect the Diaspora with Israeli Jews As my family made it into the absorption center of Netanya later that afternoon, they heard the announcement that Lt. Col. Yonatan (“Yoni”) Netanyahu had succumbed to his wounds on the plane. It was that same day when my father chose that name for me. Yoni Michanie July 5, 2018
Miracles at Entebbe I remember the operation as if it were yesterday. It represented a combination of human bravery, imagination, the will to fight and overcome terrorists, and many instances of God’s protection. Jonathan Feldstein July 4, 2018
