This is the 49th anniversary of Yoni's death, after he was killed in action during Operation Entebbe in 1976, a hostage ...

Yet what took place last Saturday night in Iran makes Operation Thunderbolt seem like The Hobbit compared to Operation Midnight Hammer’s The Lord of the Rings. This was the U.S. military’s ...

Ami Eden Ami Eden As expected, on July 4, 1976, the United States celebrated its bicentennial with a flurry of patriotic pride and hype. The surprise was that the day also brought one of the most ...

Rabin shot back that without a plan, there was no choice. “You know as well as I do that the relatives of the hostages are stalking us day and night,” Rabin continued.

Rabin pressed the IDF chief of staff, Mordechai “Motta” Gur, asking if Israel had a viable military option for saving the hostages. Working on it, but not yet, was the gist of the general’s ...

The raid, codenamed Operation Thunderbolt, has been immortalised in print and endlessly recalled in film since. Saul David’s retelling of the story is intensely interesting not least because his ...

Bullet scars preserved Netanyahu will visit the old terminal at Entebbe - still the airport for the capital Kampala - where the walls are still scarred by bullet holes. Last month, some of the retired ...

Michaeli added that "the real courage in the Entebbe operation was Rabin's decision. A great and brave Israeli leader who led Israel to great achievements and peace." ...