Entebbe Rescue Operation

Sorin Hershko, soldier most severely wounded in Entebbe, honored on operation's 50th anniversary

The recognition was awarded by the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation, whose chairman is Chemi Peres, son of former prime minister Shimon Peres.

|ByMAARIV
An Israeli hostage is greeted on her return to Israel after Operation Entebbe on 3rd July 1976, in which, Israeli special forces rescued 100 hostages held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine following their hijack of Air France Flight 139.
A police officer clears the way for rescued Air France hostages arriving in Tel Aviv after returning from Entebbe

State Archives releases thousands of documents for Entebbe rescue's 50th anniversary

Alongside previously released materials, the State Archives is publishing in full the files related to the Entebbe operation, some of which had already been partially disclosed.

|ByMOSHE COHEN
Captives returning after the Entebbe Operation.

Beyond the Headlines: Fifty years since the Entebbe rescue - opinion

A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news.

|BySIVAN RAHAV MEIR
Muhoozi Kainerugaba of the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF), the son of Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, who leads the Ugandan army's land forces, looks on during his birthday party in Entebbe, Uganda May 7, 2022.

Uganda will join Iran war 'on the side of Israel,' military chief warns

"Israel has a right to exist and attacks against her must stop," Uganda’s Chief of Defense Forces Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba said during a series of X/Twitter posts expressing his support.

|ByARIELLA ROITMAN

Peres’s new autobiography looks back at decades of accomplishments

Shimon Peres endured several defeats and disappointments in his lifetime, but generally preferred to come up with new ideas and look forward rather than brood over what was or what might have been.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Shimon and Sonia Peres with their three children on November 15, 1958