President Shimon Peres on Monday, 15 Tishrei 5773 took part in the 19th Storytellers Festival, providing those present with a rare look into the behind the scenes workings of the government. In his ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PASSENGERS RESCUED in the Entebbe raid are welcomed home by loved ones at Ben-Gurion Airport in July 1976. (photo credit: REUTERS) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - A mother and her daughter embrace when the latter arrived at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport after Israeli paratroopers freed ...

Before the raid in Uganda, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Defense Minister Shimon Peres argued over whether to negotiate with terrorists. As expected, on July 4, 1976, the United States celebrated ...

Fifty years ago, Israeli commandos flew roughly 4,000 km to Uganda to rescue more than 100 hostages held after Palestinian and German terrorists hijacked an Air France flight. The daring Entebbe raid ...

Hercules No. 435 is parked on the flight line at the Israeli Air Force’s Nevatim base in southern Israel, waiting for its next mission. It is already in its sixth decade of service and still gets the ...

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JERUSALEM — Israel on Friday released a cache of previously classified documents that outline in detail the decisions behind a daring 1976 raid to free more than 100 hostages held captive in Uganda.