TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — It was perhaps the most daring Israeli military exploit ever — a rescue raid in Africa that inspired Hollywood films and became etched in Israeli history. Nearly four decades ...

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 ...

TIME spoke to historian Saul David, author of the leading book about the Entebbe raid, to sort the fact from the fiction. In 1976, an Air France airplane carrying 250 passengers to Paris from Tel Aviv ...

Operation Thunderbolt ranks as one of the most dramatic events in the brief history of the State of Israel. The miraculous story of Israeli commandos flying literally under the radar to liberate ...

A dance piece by Israeli choreographer Ohad Naharin opens 7 Days in Entebbe and resurfaces in rehearsal or performance interludes throughout. Batsheva Dance Company members are arranged on chairs in a ...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s current tour of East Africa- Kenya included- was meant to coincide with the 40th anniversary of ‘Operation Entebbe’ which inspired many celluloid offerings, ...

The gripping political thriller “7 Days in Entebbe” — based on true events and directed by Brazilian filmmaker Jose Padilha — opens, somewhat surprisingly, with a modern dance performance. It’s a ...

The gripping political thriller “7 Days in Entebbe” — based on true events and directed by Brazilian filmmaker José Padilha — opens surprisingly with a modern dance performance. It’s a captivating ...

In this photo taken Wednesday, July 8, 2015, Avner Avraham, the curator of an exhibition showcasing the 1976 Israeli commando rescue raid that freed hostages from a hijacked plane at Entebbe, Uganda, ...