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  • Israel marks 30th anniversary of Entebbe

    07/04/2006 8:15:06 PM PDT · by garbageseeker · 16 replies · 458+ views
    Tahhoo News ^ | 07/04/06 | By Ramit Plushnick-Masti
    JERUSALEM - Israel, awaiting word of the fate of a captured soldier, marked the 30th anniversary Tuesday of its dramatic rescue of dozens of hostages from hijacked plane in the African nation of Uganda. In the Entebbe raid on July 4, 1976, Israeli commandos and paratroopers carried out the hastily planned military operation in 99 minutes, whisking more than 100 hostages out of a terminal at Uganda's international airport and into waiting Hercules military aircraft. For some Israelis, the anniversary brought back memories of a seemingly lost era of daring, successful Israeli military operations. For others, it served as a...