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Beyond the Headlines: Fifty years since the Entebbe rescue - opinion

A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news.

Captives returning after the Entebbe Operation.
Israel Air Force fighter jets participate in a Remembrance Day flyover, April 2026.

WATCH: Israel's Remembrance Day ceremony begins at Mt. Herzl

Last known picture of Yoni Netanyahu

Uganda to build statue in memory of Yoni Netanyahu at site of daring hostage rescue - report

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the grave of his brother Yonatan "Yoni" Netanyahu on Wednesday, July 2, 2025.

Netanyahu visits grave of brother Yoni, killed during 1976's Operation Entebbe


Israel steps up Damascus Gate security following Jerusalem attack

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Damascus Gate both a symbol of terrorism and the fight against it.

BORDER POLICE frisk a Arab man in front of Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate, the scene of much recent violence.

Books: Unstoppable Bibi?

The first English biography of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spills the beans on the longtime statesman.

PM Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, wave as they celebrate his election victory on June 2, 1996

National ceremony commemorates Operation Entebbe – 40 years later

The evening was especially symbolic for Netanyahu whose older brother Yonatan “Yoni” was killed while leading the Entebbe raid.

A police officer clears the way for rescued Air France hostages arriving in Tel Aviv after returning from Entebbe

Comment: Commemorating, not celebrating the Entebbe Operation

Four decades later, terrorism is no less a scourge than it was then.

A police officer clears the way for rescued Air France hostages arriving in Tel Aviv after returning from Entebbe

Yoni Netanyahu's childhood friends plan Entebbe event in Philadelphia

The Netanyahu brothers went to Cheltenham High School outside Philadelphia before returning to Israel.

Last known picture of Yoni Netanyahu

Entebbe thrust Benjamin Netanyahu onto trajectory leading to politics

Over the years some of Netanyahu's detractors have accused him of using his brother's story for his own political benefit.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a visit to Hatzerim air base exits a C-130 Hercules aircraft used in the rescue of Israeli hostages at Entebbe in 1976.

Analysis: The legacy of Entebbe - Israel's last heroic hurrah

Surely in the second decade of the 21st century, when the world is infested with all sorts and forms of terrorists, the lessons of Entebbe are needed even more.

A police officer clears the way for rescued Air France hostages arriving in Tel Aviv after returning from Entebbe

Netanyahu attends annual ceremony commemorating fallen brother

The ceremony marks 39 years since Yoni Netanyahu's fall in a courageous effort to save the live of hostages held in Entebbe, Uganda.

PM Netanyahu Attends Annual Memorial Ceremony for the Late Lt.-Col. Yoni Netanyahu.

Netanyahu: The knock on the door after my brother was killed was the worst moment of my life

“To receive the ‘knock on the door’ about my brother and then to be the one who knocked on my parents door, made it seem as if Yoni had died twice.”

Last known picture of Yoni Netanyahu

Profiles in courage

The Jewish Eye film fest unveils its lineup for Ashkelon.

'Dreamers'