Operation Thunderbolt

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Operation Thunderbolt was the 1976 Israeli commando raid on Entebbe Airport in Uganda to rescue hostages from a hijacked Air France flight.

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Operation Thunderbolt canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf commando raid
hostage rescue mission
military operation
aircraftDestination Paris
aircraftOrigin Ben-Gurion Airport
surface form: Ben Gurion Airport
aircraftStopover Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos
surface form: Athens International Airport
alsoKnownAs Operation Entebbe
surface form: Entebbe raid

Operation Entebbe
commander Yonatan Netanyahu
country Israel
distanceFlownOneWay_km ~4000
endDate 1976-07-04
hasCause Hijacking of Air France Flight 139
hostagesSeparatedBy Nationality
hostageTakers Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
surface form: Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – External Operations

Revolutionary Cells (RZ)
hostageTakersNationality German
Palestinian
legacy Became model for future counter-terrorism operations
location Entebbe
Entebbe
surface form: Entebbe Airport

Uganda
namedAfter Yonatan Netanyahu (informally: Operation Yonatan in Israel)
notableFatality Yonatan Netanyahu
notableFeature Long-range hostage rescue operation
Use of black Mercedes to mimic Idi Amin’s motorcade
numberOfHostagesKilled 4
numberOfHostagesRescued 102
numberOfIsraeliSoldiersKilled 1
numberOfIsraeliSoldiersWounded 5
objective Rescue hostages from hijacked Air France Flight 139
operator Israel Defense Forces
Israeli Air Force
Sayeret Matkal
opposingCommander Idi Amin
opposingForce Uganda
Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces
surface form: Ugandan Armed Forces
partOf Arab–Israeli conflict
planningBy Dan Shomron
Ehud Barak
Shimon Peres
Yitzhak Rabin
precededBy Hijacking of Air France Flight 139
result Israeli victory
Most hostages rescued
startDate 1976-07-03
timeOnGround_minutes ~53
usedAircraft Boeing 707
Lockheed C-130 Hercules

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Entebbe alsoKnownAs Operation Thunderbolt
subject surface form: Operation Entebbe
Operation Entebbe alsoKnownAs Operation Thunderbolt
Menahem Golan notableWork Operation Thunderbolt
Assi Dayan notableWork Operation Thunderbolt