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TIME spoke to historian Saul David, author of the leading book about the Entebbe raid, to sort the fact from the fiction. In 1976, an Air France airplane carrying 250 passengers to Paris from Tel Aviv ...

On June 27, 1976, a group affiliated with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine hijacked an Air France plane carrying 248 passengers and crew from Tel Aviv to Paris. Their plan was to ...

Have you ever come out of a movie and wanted to go right to the ticket counter to get your money back? That was my first reaction after paying too much, or for that matter, paying anything, to see the ...

A newly donated ultrasound machine and other medical equipment are set to improve healthcare services for expectant mothers ...

On June 27, 1976, on Air France Flight 139 en route from Tel Aviv to Paris, four hijackers from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – including two German revolutionaries – took guns out ...

Rotarians are calling for more collaborators to ensure proper sanitation in public schools in Entebbe. According to the Rotarians, some schools have old, dilapidated latrines that could compromise ...

Operation Thunderbolt: Flight 139 and the Raid on Entebbe by noted historian Saul David keeps readers glued to the page in a definitive account of the IDF operation. Mention the name Entebbe and the ...

“7 Days in Entebbe” is, as its name suggests, a pretty conventional ticktock of the 1976 hijacking of an Air France jetliner en route from Tel Aviv to Paris by members of the Popular Front for the ...

The gripping political thriller “7 Days in Entebbe” — based on true events and directed by Brazilian filmmaker José Padilha — opens surprisingly with a modern dance performance. It’s a captivating ...