Operation Thunderbolt

The Entebbe Raid – The Most Audacious Hostage Rescue Mission in History

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  • *By
  • the
  • historical
  • consultant
  • to
  • the
  • major
  • motion
  • picture
  • Entebbe*'The
  • definitive
  • work
  • on
  • the
  • subject....This
  • is
  • the
  • achievement
  • of
  • a
  • masterly,
  • first-rate
  • historian'
  • New
  • York
  • Times
  • Book
  • Review'It's
  • a
  • brilliantly
  • orchestrated
  • book,
  • wonderfully
  • rich
  • in
  • detail,
  • but
  • at
  • the
  • same
  • time
  • roaring
  • along
  • at
  • a
  • heart-thumping
  • pace...'
  • Mail
  • on
  • Sunday'A
  • brilliant,
  • breathless
  • account
  • that
  • reads
  • like
  • the
  • plot
  • of
  • an
  • action
  • movie.'
  • Sunday
  • TelegraphThis
  • edition
  • is
  • updated
  • with
  • new
  • material
  • on
  • recent
  • discoveries.On
  • 3
  • July
  • 1976
  • Israeli
  • Special
  • Forces
  • carried
  • out
  • a
  • daring
  • raid
  • to
  • free
  • more
  • than
  • a
  • hundred
  • Israeli,
  • French
  • and
  • US
  • hostages
  • held
  • by
  • German
  • and
  • Palestinian
  • terrorists
  • at
  • Entebbe
  • Airport,
  • Uganda.
  • The
  • legacy
  • of
  • this
  • mission
  • is
  • still
  • felt
  • today
  • in
  • the
  • way
  • Western
  • governments
  • respond
  • to
  • terrorist
  • blackmail.Codenamed
  • Thunderbolt,
  • the
  • operation
  • carried
  • huge
  • risks.
  • The
  • flight
  • was
  • a
  • challenge:
  • 2,000
  • miles
  • with
  • total
  • radio
  • silence
  • over
  • hostile
  • territory
  • to
  • land
  • in
  • darkness
  • at
  • Entebbe
  • Airport
  • in
  • Idi
  • Amin's
  • Uganda.
  • On
  • the
  • ground,
  • the
  • Israeli
  • commandos
  • had
  • just
  • three
  • minutes
  • to
  • carry
  • out
  • their
  • mission.
  • They
  • had
  • to
  • evade
  • a
  • cordon
  • of
  • élite
  • Ugandan
  • paratroopers,
  • storm
  • the
  • terminal
  • and
  • free
  • more
  • than
  • a
  • hundred
  • hostages.
  • So
  • much
  • could
  • have
  • gone
  • wrong:
  • the
  • death
  • of
  • the
  • hostages
  • if
  • the
  • terrorists
  • got
  • wind
  • of
  • the
  • assault;
  • or
  • the
  • capture
  • of
  • Israel's
  • finest
  • soldiers
  • if
  • their
  • Hercules
  • planes
  • could
  • not
  • take
  • off.
  • Both
  • would
  • have
  • been
  • a
  • human
  • and
  • a
  • PR
  • catastrophe.Now,
  • with
  • the
  • mission
  • largely
  • forgotten
  • or
  • even
  • unknown
  • to
  • many,
  • Saul
  • David
  • gives
  • the
  • first
  • comprehensive
  • account
  • of
  • Operation
  • Thunderbolt
  • using
  • classified
  • documents
  • from
  • archives
  • in
  • four
  • countries
  • and
  • interviews
  • with
  • key
  • participants,
  • including
  • Israeli
  • soldiers
  • and
  • politicians,
  • hostages,
  • a
  • member
  • of
  • the
  • Kenyan
  • government
  • and
  • a
  • former
  • terrorist.Both
  • a
  • thrilling
  • page-turner
  • and
  • a
  • major
  • piece
  • of
  • historical
  • detective
  • work,
  • Operation
  • Thunderbolt
  • shows
  • how
  • the
  • outcome
  • of
  • Israel's
  • most
  • famous
  • military
  • operation
  • depended
  • on
  • secret
  • diplomacy,
  • courage
  • and
  • luck-and
  • was
  • in
  • the
  • balance
  • right
  • up
  • to
  • the
  • very
  • last moment.
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