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Entebbe 'a stinging defeat' of terrorism

July 5, 2016 at 12:29AM

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, stand on the control tower at the old Entebbe airport, still bearing bullet holes, during a ceremony commemorating the 40-year anniversary of the Entebbe raid, in Uganda, July 4, 2016. His brother Yonatan, an Israeli commando, was killed in the raid. The prime minister set off early Monday to attend the ceremony, and to push Israel’s interests on a continent that is ripe for investment and that Israel sees as a much-needed ally in an increasingly hostile world. (Uriel Sinai/The New York Times) (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country's raid on Uganda's Entebbe airport 40 years ago, in which his brother was killed, "changed the course" of his life and had a lasting influence on his country's relations with Africa. Speaking shortly after his arrival in Uganda on Monday, Netanyahu, right, praised Israel's commando raid on the airport, which freed Israeli hostages from a hijacked plane. "International terrorism suffered a stinging defeat," he said of the mission in July 1976. Netanyahu was joined at the ceremony at the old Entebbe airport by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni at the old Entebbe airport, during a ceremony commemorating the 40-year anniversary of the Entebbe raid, in Uganda, July 4, 2016. His brother Yonatan, an Israeli commando, was killed in the raid. The prime minister set off early Monday to attend the ceremony, and to push Israel’s interests on a continent that is ripe for investment and that Israel sees as a much-needed ally in an increasingly hostile world. () (The Minnesota Star Tribune)