Operation Entebbe (1976)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:aircraftHijacked gptkb:Air_France_Flight_139
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Operation_Thunderbolt
gptkbp:casualtiesHijackers all but one killed
gptkbp:casualtiesHostages 1 killed by Ugandan army after operation
3 killed during operation
gptkbp:casualtiesIDF 1 killed
gptkbp:casualtiesUgandanSoldiers 45 killed
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Yonatan_Netanyahu
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Yoni_Netanyahu_memorial
annual ceremonies in Israel
gptkbp:conductedBy gptkb:Israel_Defense_Forces
gptkbp:date July 4, 1976
gptkbp:distanceFlown approximately 4,000 km
gptkbp:duration approximately 90 minutes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Operation Entebbe (1976)
gptkbp:inspiredBy gptkb:7_Days_in_Entebbe_(2018)
gptkb:Operation_Thunderbolt_(1977)
gptkb:Raid_on_Entebbe_(1977)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Entebbe,_Uganda
gptkbp:notableParticipant gptkb:Dan_Shomron
gptkb:Matan_Vilnai
gptkb:Ehud_Barak
gptkb:Shimon_Peres
gptkb:Yitzhak_Rabin
gptkbp:numberOfHostages gptkb:Popular_Front_for_the_Liberation_of_Palestine_–_External_Operations
gptkb:Revolutionary_Cells_(RZ)
106
gptkbp:numberOfRescuedHostages 102
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Ugandan_government
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:hijacking_of_Air_France_Flight_139
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Dawson's_Field_hijackings
gptkb:Sabena_Flight_571_hijacking
gptkbp:result successful rescue
gptkbp:significance one of the most successful hostage rescue missions in history
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:Kenya
gptkbp:target rescue of hostages
gptkbp:UgandanLeader gptkb:Idi_Amin
gptkbp:usedInAircraft gptkb:Israeli_Air_Force_C-130_Hercules
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:El_Al
gptkb:Entebbe,_Uganda
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5