Hi Everyone! On June 27 1976, an Air France flight from Tel-Aviv to Paris via Athens was hijacked and forced to land in Entebbe, Uganda. The Jewish passengers were separated and held hostage in demand to release many terrorists held in Israeli prisons. After much debate, the Israeli government sent an elite commando unit to raid the airfield and release the hostages. The commando unit, aircraft crews and the rescued hostages landed in Israel on July 4, 1976. Yonatan Netanyahu, the commander of the first aircraft´s Sayeret Matkal rescue unit, was shot and killed while helping hostages return to the aircraft.
"Operation Entebbe" was later named "Operation Yonatan" in honor of Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Netanyahu z"l. I created a page with images, newspaper headlines, videos and articles about the historic Israeli rescue. jr.co.il/mivtsa-yonatan.htm May the memory of Yoni Netanyahu be for a blessing, ------------------ Today, I took a long walk in Ma'ale Adumim and took photos of flora. I posted them at: jr.co.il/ma/pic/2023/ma1533.htm Enjoy the photos! ------------------ In honor of the United States of America Independence Day, I created a page with 13 unique videos and 10 cool USA maps. jr.co.il/videos/happy-birthday-america-4th-of-july-videos.htm Enjoy! Please share the pages. Thank you! Happy 4th of July! Happy Birthday America! Happy Entebbe Day! Jacob Richman jrichman @ jr.co.il __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) ================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran@lists.osu.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.osu.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.osu.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran