Simon Dunstan
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The Israeli Special Forces' operation at Entebbe goes down in history as one of the most audacious counter-terrorist assaults ever conducted. On 27 June 1976, four terrorists - two of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and two of the German Baader-Meinhof terrorist group - highjacked a passenger jet and forced a landing in Entebbe, Uganda. Here they were met by reinforcements, and - although releasing a few hostages - transferred all the Jewish and Is... >Voir plus
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As so eloquently expressed by Iddo Netanyahu, the brother of Yoni: ‘The raid on Entebbe touched the souls of men and women across the globe in the most fundamental way possible. For it proved that at least once, even against inconceivable odds, justice could be done and right could win.’
Kafri later recounted his rather low opinion of the vehicle in question:
It was a lousy, stupid car that didn’t work and it was white [...] we went to a friend’s tyre shop in Jaffa at 0100hrs to replace the four bald tyres. He didn’t know why and I think we might still owe him money.
It was a lousy, stupid car that didn’t work and it was white [...] we went to a friend’s tyre shop in Jaffa at 0100hrs to replace the four bald tyres. He didn’t know why and I think we might still owe him money.
Dr Ephraim Sneh remembers being accosted by a well-proportioned lady with the words:
‘Major! Major! I’m afraid I’m sitting on some military thing.’ (He was in fact a colonel.) ‘She takes from under her arse a mini-hand grenade.’
‘Major! Major! I’m afraid I’m sitting on some military thing.’ (He was in fact a colonel.) ‘She takes from under her arse a mini-hand grenade.’
The latter called to Muki Betser to ask how Yoni Netanyahu had been killed. His reply was succinct: ‘He went first. He fell first.’
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