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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TIME spoke to historian Saul David, author of the leading book about the Entebbe raid, to sort the fact from the fiction. In 1976, ...

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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Daniel Bruhl and Rosamund Pike play German radicals in Jose Padilha's thriller '7 Days in Entebbe,' about the 1976 Israeli rescue of hostages from a hijacked Air France flight diverted to Uganda. By ...

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 ...

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, ...