Netanyahu was studying in the United States when he learned that his older brother had been killed in the raid, and has since said the news changed his life forever. It is likely to be an emotional occasion. But Jonathan himself was killed during the rescue operation, by sniper fire from the airport control tower.īenjamin Netanyahu is expected to visit Uganda early next month to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the raid. On July 4th, nearly all the hostages were freed in an Israeli commando raid led by Jonathan Netanyahu, the brother of Israel’s current Prime Minister. In exchange for the freedom of the remaining hostages, the hijackers, who claimed to represent the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, demanded the release of fifty-three pro-Palestinian militants from Israeli and European jails. The passengers and crew were herded into a stuffy, mosquito-ridden airport building three days later, most of those hostages who were not Israeli were released.
Before it could reach its destination, in Paris, it suddenly veered south to Libya, where it refuelled and then headed toward the equator, finally landing in Entebbe, in the East African nation of Uganda. On June 27, 1976, an Air France jet carrying around two hundred and forty passengers, twelve crew members, and four hijackers took off from Athens Airport.
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