On June 27, 1976, an Air France flight from Tel Aviv was headed to Paris. The plane was hijacked by Palestinian and German terrorists and forced to land at an airport in Entebbe, Uganda.

The 248 passengers and 12 French crew members were held hostage in a terminal until Israeli commandos pulled off a daring raid that has assumed mythical proportions and became the subject of numerous books and movies.

The raid is considered one of Israel’s great military feats, and the event has forever changed the way governments confront terrorists.

The only Israeli soldier killed in the rescue was Netanyahu’s brother, Colonel Yonatan “Yoni” Netanyahu. The operation was renamed from Operation Thunderbolt to Operation Yonatan in his honor.

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