Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lost his own brother who was the commander who led Israeli raid in Uganda to save Israeli hostages. Netanyahu is coming to East African and Israeli forces have staged another of Entebbe raid.
Netanyahu is expected to land at Entebbe International Airport any time now. He will join host President Yoweri Museveni, Uhuru Kenyatta, and the leaders of Rwanda, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Zambia and Malawi, in a regional anti-terrorism summit before flying to Kenya for an official state visit.
Israeli commandos have put on display the C130 Herculean plane that rescued Israeli hostages 40 years ago at Entebbe airport ahead of Netanyahu’s visit.
Netanyahu lost his brother, Lt. Col. Yonatan Netanyahu, who was killed during an Israeli operation to rescue hostages held at Entebbe airport by Palestinian terrorists.
The Palestinian terrorists hijacked Air France plane leaving Tel Aviv for Paris and flew it to Uganda with 248 passengers on board, mostly Israelis.
Israel led a successful operation which rescued its citizens with minimum casualties on their side. Below are photos of the C130 Herculean plane that rescued Israeli hostages on display at Entebbe Airport.
