Operation Entebbe
Once in Entebbe, the terrorists divided the Jewish and Israeli passengers from the rest, keeping the Jews hostages and freeing the others. Obviously, every hijacker has a demand. Theirs was $5 million and the release of several Palestinian militants from Israeli and other countries’ prisons.
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Otherwise, they would start killing off the hostages. On July 4, about a week after the hijacking, the Israeli forces sent a unit to free the passengers in a mission dubbed “Operation Entebbe.” The Israeli forces managed to free all passengers, except for three who were killed in the crossfire.