Yesterday our KIP leaders hosted a screening of Operation Thunderbolt on campus. As I hadn't been born before the event it was interesting to watch a film on it. For those who were unable to make it:Operation Entebbe
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Operation Entebbe (also known as the Yonatan Operation (Hebrew: מבצע יונתן), the Entebbe Raid or Operation Thunderbolt) was a counter-terrorismIsrael Defense Forces (IDF) at Entebbe Airport in Uganda on the night of 3 July and early morning of 4 July 1976. IDF acted on intelligence provided by Israeli secret agency Mossad. In the wake of the hijacking of Air France Flight 139 by members of the militant organizations Revolutionary Cells and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - External Operations and the hijackers' threats to kill the hostages if their prisoner release demands were not met, a plan was drawn up to airlift the hostages to safety.[2] These plans took into account the likelihood of armed resistance from Ugandan military troops.[3]
All the hijackers, three hostages and 45 Ugandan soldiers were killed, and five Israeli commandos were wounded.[5] A fourth hostage was murdered [6] by Ugandan army officers at a nearby hospital.
It was an interesting film, and brings a lot of prospective to the IDF (which we will learn about in further detail over the next few weeks) and some of the plight of Jews in more recent times.
