Entebbe Mpigi Uganda

...Entebbe, Uganda.

Here, the hijackers, two of whom are members of Red Army faction (a.k.a. the Baader-Meinhof gang) free those of the two hundred and fifty-eight passengers who do not appear to be Israeli and hold hostage the remaining one hundred and three for the release of fifty-three fellow terrorists imprisoned in Israel, Kenya, West Germany, and elsewhere.

The Palestinians are PFLP members who have by this act broken a PLO agreement to end terrorism outside Israeli-held territory.

...Uganda, the Mossad commandos, possessing reliable information on the exact location of the buildings at the airport, of the roads leading to Entebbe, and of military bases in the region, are able to land the transport planes.

They destroy eleven MiG fighters supplied to Uganda by the Soviet Union, kill all seven of the hijackers, and depart with most of the hostages before the Ugandan military can react.

The Israelis lose one soldier (the raid's leader, Jonathan Netanyahu, brother of future Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu) and three hostages during the operation.

On the return trip, ...