Entebbe Raid (Operation Thunderbolt)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Entebbe_Raid_(Operation_Thunderbolt)
GPTKB entity
Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:aircraftHijacked gptkb:Air_France_Flight_139
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Operation_Entebbe
gptkb:Operation_Thunderbolt
gptkbp:codename gptkb:Operation_Thunderbolt
Operation Yonatan
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Yonatan_Netanyahu
gptkbp:commemoratedBy July 4 (in Israel)
gptkbp:date July 4, 1976
gptkbp:depictedIn film '7 Days in Entebbe' (2018)
film 'Operation Thunderbolt' (1977)
film 'Raid on Entebbe' (1977)
gptkbp:distanceFromIsrael approximately 4,000 km
gptkbp:duration approximately 90 minutes
gptkbp:followedBy international anti-terrorism efforts
gptkbp:hijackers gptkb:Popular_Front_for_the_Liberation_of_Palestine_–_External_Operations
gptkb:Revolutionary_Cells_(West_Germany)
gptkbp:hostageRescueSuccess yes
gptkbp:hostagesRescued Israeli and non-Israeli civilians
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Entebbe Raid (Operation Thunderbolt)
gptkbp:influenced counter-terrorism tactics
gptkbp:internationalResponse widespread praise
gptkbp:location gptkb:Entebbe,_Uganda
gptkbp:notableFor long-range hostage rescue
gptkbp:notableParticipant gptkb:Dan_Shomron
gptkb:Matan_Vilnai
gptkb:Ehud_Barak
gptkb:Shimon_Peres
gptkb:Yitzhak_Rabin
gptkbp:numberOfHijackersKilled 7
gptkbp:numberOfHostages over 100
gptkbp:numberOfIsraeliCommandosKilled 1
gptkbp:numberOfRescuedHostages 102
gptkbp:numberOfUgandanSoldiersKilled dozens
gptkbp:operator hostage rescue
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Ugandan_Army
gptkbp:organizedBy gptkb:Israel_Defense_Forces
gptkbp:plannedBy gptkb:Israeli_military_intelligence
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:hijacking_of_Air_France_Flight_139
gptkbp:result hostages freed
aircraft destroyed
hijackers killed
Ugandan military casualties
gptkbp:supports gptkb:Kenya
gptkbp:target rescue of hostages
gptkbp:UgandanLeader gptkb:Idi_Amin
gptkbp:usedInAircraft gptkb:Hercules_C-130
gptkbp:Yonatan_Netanyahu killed in action
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Israeli_Navy_Shayetet_13
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7