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Israel Declassifies Entebbe Raid Files on 50th Anniversary

6/27/2026

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Israel released classified Entebbe-raid documents on June 26, timed for the 50th anniversary.
The files show Israel’s 1976 planning, French talks with Idi Amin and a raid with Kenyan planes.
The raid rescued but three of the 106 hostages and killed Yonatan Netanyahu.
Idi Amin and Organization of African Unity condemned the raid as a breach of Uganda’s sovereignty, prompting Yitzhak Rabin to write that success did not end terrorism threat.

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Israel released classified Entebbe-raid documents on June 26, timed for the 50th anniversary.
The files show Israel’s 1976 planning, French talks with Idi Amin and a raid with Kenyan planes.
The raid rescued but three of the 106 hostages and killed Yonatan Netanyahu.
Idi Amin and Organization of African Unity condemned the raid as a breach of Uganda’s sovereignty, prompting Yitzhak Rabin to write that success did not end terrorism threat.