A cheering crowd at Tel Aviv's Ben-Gurion Airport raises a member of the rescue squad which freed the hijack hostages from Uganda earlier in the day, July 4, 1976. (AP Photo/Pool) (AP Photo/Pool)
Uganda Hijacking Entebbe 1976

Forty-five years after Israel’s daring rescue mission in Entebbe, former Mossad director Tamir Pardo recounts the incredible operation.

It’s been 45 years since the IDF carried out Operation Entebbe, a daring mission to rescue took 102 Jews and Israelis who were taken hostage by terrorists after their flight was hijacked.

Former director of the Mossad Tamir Pardo served in the elite Sayeret Matkal unit and took part in the operation, led by hero Yoni Netanyahu, who lost his life in Uganda.

Pardo recounts the incredible story and his experiences defending the Jewish people and the State of Israel.


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