ToI's movie maven and deputy editor discuss the 1977 Israeli adventure film based on the real-life daring IDF rescue of over ...

Israel releases classified documents detailing 1976 Entebbe raid to free more than 100 hostages - Israel has released ...

Alongside previously released materials, the State Archives is publishing in full the files related to the Entebbe operation, ...

The Entebbe rescue operation, whose 50th anniversary is approaching, is the stuff of Israeli legend. A new trove of archival ...

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Michel Cojot, the unsung hero of the Entebbe hostage crisis, finally gets the recognition he deserves in Boaz Dvir's new ...

Today, 6 Tammuz 5786, marks 50 years since the miraculous rescue at Entebbe in 5736 (1976)—one of the most remarkable events ...

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.

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 ...