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- President Isaac Herzog held a ceremony in Jerusalem on July 12, 2026 marking Entebbe’s 50th anniversary and tying it to the Israel-Iran war.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel is dismantling the Iranian axis of evil.
- IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir said the Entebbe legacy guides Israel’s response since the October 7 attacks.
- The ceremony recalled the rescue of 102 hostages from a hijacked Tel Aviv-Paris flight in 1976.
