Operation Entebbe: The 90-Minute Raid That Changed Hostage Rescue

In 1976, more than 100 hostages were being held thousands of miles from Israel at Uganda’s Entebbe Airport. Israeli planners faced extraordinary problems involving distance, intelligence, surprise, transportation and the possibility that the hostages could be killed before rescuers reached them. The resulting raid became one of history’s most studied long-range hostage-rescue operations.