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==Raid planning==

==Raid planning==

The woman released at Benghazi was actually an Israeli, known only as Patricia, travelling on a [[Britain|British]] passport, and had caused herself a deliberate injury to fake her miscarriage. [[Mossad]] immediately sent agents to [[London]] to interview her, gaining important information about the terrorists.<ref>'''Roffe-Ofir, Sharon''' ''Special: Mossad took photos, Entebbe Operation was on its way'' [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3269662,00.html Y Net News] Accessed July 3, 2007</ref> [[Ehud Barak]]at the time the Colonel and assistant to the head of intelligence for research and special operations, had spent four months in Uganda and was able to give valuable intelligence about the capabilities of the Ugandan troops guarding the airport. The intelligence gathering was also greatly assisted by the fact that Entebbe airport had been built by an Israeli construction company who still kept the blueprints in Israel.<ref>'''Roffe-Ofir''' op cit</ref> One of the most daring stages of the intelligence gathering involved an unnamed Mossad agent who flew from London to [[Nairobi]] in [[Kenya]]. "At Nairobi, he rented a light airplane, flew to Entebbe, and then informed the control tower he had a technical malfunction and had to perform some aerial roundabouts in the air. The Ugandans did not suspect a thing, despite the hijack drama that was unfolding at the airport. The Mossad operative made a couple of rounds and photographed the  airport and terminal. Afterwards he told the control tower that he could not land, went back to Nairobi and sent the photos to Israel.<ref>'''Roffe-Ofir''' op cit</ref> The photos arrived only a few hours before the Israeli   

The woman released at Benghazi was actually an Israeli, known only as Patricia, travelling on a [[Britain|British]] passport, and had caused herself a deliberate injury to fake her miscarriage. [[Mossad]] immediately sent agents to [[London]] to interview her, gaining important information about the terrorists.<ref>'''Roffe-Ofir, Sharon''' ''Special: Mossad took photos, Entebbe Operation was on its way'' [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3269662,00.html Y Net News] Accessed July 3, 2007</ref> [[Ehud Barak]], at the time the Colonel and assistant to the head of intelligence for research and special operations, had spent four months in Uganda and was able to give valuable intelligence about the capabilities of the Ugandan troops guarding the airport. The intelligence gathering was also greatly assisted by the fact that Entebbe airport had been built by an Israeli construction company who still kept the blueprints in Israel.<ref>'''Roffe-Ofir''' op cit</ref> One of the most daring stages of the intelligence gathering involved an unnamed Mossad agent who flew from London to [[Nairobi]] in [[Kenya]]. "At Nairobi, he rented a light airplane, flew to Entebbe, and then informed the control tower he had a technical malfunction and had to perform some aerial roundabouts in the air. The Ugandans did not suspect a thing, despite the hijack drama that was unfolding at the airport. The Mossad operative made a couple of rounds and photographed the  airport and terminal. Afterwards he told the control tower that he could not land, went back to Nairobi and sent the photos to Israel.<ref>'''Roffe-Ofir''' op cit</ref> The photos arrived only a few hours before the Israeli   

[[commando]] unit took off to commence the rescue.

[[commando]] unit took off to commence the rescue.

==References==

==References==