Uganda unveils statue of Israel PM's brother who died in Entebbe rescue mission
During the operation, three hostages - Jean-Jacques Mimouni, Pasco Cohen and Ida Borochovitch - also died, and Dora Bloch was later murdered in hospital in the capital, Kampala, while being treated there. The Airbus A300 then flew to Uganda, where Amin welcomed it as it landed.The hijackers demanded $5m and the freeing of 53 militants jailed in Israel, France, Germany, Switzerland and Kenya in return for the hostages.
- ▪During the operation, three hostages - Jean-Jacques Mimouni, Pasco Cohen and Ida Borochovitch - also died, and Dora Bloch was later murdered in hospital in the capital, Kampala, while being treated there.
- ▪The Airbus A300 then flew to Uganda, where Amin welcomed it as it landed.The hijackers demanded $5m and the freeing of 53 militants jailed in Israel, France, Germany, Switzerland and Kenya in return for the hostages.
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Uganda unveils statue of Israel PM's brother who died in Entebbe rescue missionImage source, GPO via Getty ImagesPublished8 minutes agoUganda has unveiled a statue of Yonatan Netanyahu, the older brother of Israel's prime minister, who was killed during the Entebbe hostage rescue mission 50 years ago.Uganda's army chief Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba said the monument honoured his courage and selfless service.Netanyahu was the only Israeli soldier killed in the raid, which rescued more than 100 hostages, after two Palestinians and two Germans hijacked an Air France flight that had taken off from Tel Aviv and diverted it to Uganda's international airport.Kainerugaba described the mission as "one of the most significant episodes in modern history" and spoke of the now close ties between the two…
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