Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PASSENGERS RESCUED in the Entebbe raid are welcomed home by loved ones at Ben-Gurion Airport in July 1976. (photo credit: REUTERS) ...

Skimming above the choppy waves through the dark the four planes swooped in low over Lake Victoria, packed with more than 200 elite Israeli commandos on a daring raid to free hijacked hostages.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Electronics expert Sid Hurwich; Invention used in Entebbe raid (Photo by Dave Norris/Toronto Star via Getty Images) In 1976, ...

JERUSALEM — Israel on Friday released a cache of previously classified documents that outline in detail the decisions behind a daring 1976 raid to free more than 100 hostages held captive in Uganda.

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 ...

Dozens of veterans of the 1976 rescue operation at Entebbe have announced that they will boycott a state ceremony next week slated to mark 50 years since the daring IDF raid, in protest of the current ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu memorialized his brother, Yoni Netanyahu, who was killed in a 1976 mission rescuing Israelis held hostage after a hijacked flight. On July 4, Israel marks 50 years ...

Israel Releases Classified Documents Detailing 1976 Entebbe Raid to Free More Than 100 Hostages JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Friday released a cache of previously classified documents that outline in ...