Operation Thunderbolt, the raid on Entebbe was a hostage-rescue mission carried out by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at Entebbe Airport in Uganda on July 4, 1976. A week earlier, on June 27, an Air France plane with 300 passengers was hijacked by Arab and German terrorists and flown to Entebbe, near Kampala, the capital of Uganda. Shortly after landing, all non-Jewish passengers were released.
Several movies were made about the mission
The IDF acted on intelligence provided by the Israeli agency for intelligence, the Mossad. In the wake of the hijacking by members of the militant organizations Revolutionary Cells and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, along with the hijackers' threats to kill the hostages if their prisoner release demands were not met, the rescue operation was planned. These plans included preparation for armed resistance from Ugandan military troops.
The operation took place under cover of darkness, as Israeli transport planes carried 100 IDF commandos over 2,500 miles (4,000 km) to Uganda for the rescue operation. The operation, which took a week of planning, was carried out in 90 minutes and...
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