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==The hijack==

==The hijack==

The crisis began six days earlier, when two [[Arab|Palestinians]] and two [[Germany|Germans]] (Wilfried Böse and Brigitte Kuhlmann) hijacked an Air France Airbus en route to [[Paris]] from [[Athens]]. The flight had originated in Lod, Israel, and nearly a third of its passengers were Israeli or non-Israeli [[Judaism|Jews]]. Eight minutes after departing from Athens, At 12:20 the flight was airborne and climbing steadily to its cruising height of 31,000 feet. The stewards and stewardesses were already busy in the galleys preparing lunch for the 246 passengers. Eight minutes after takeoff, the terrorists made their move. One took up station at the front of the first class cabin, two in the tourist compartment, and the fourth, a revolver in one hand and a grenade in the other, entered the flight deck through the unlocked cockpit door. They ordered the pilot to divert the flight to Benghazi, [[Libya]] for refueling, where one passenger, a young worman, convinces the hijackers that she is pregnant and miscarrying, and is released. The plane then took off again and flew south to Entebbe, Uganda, where the plane landed at 0315hrs local time on the morning of June 28. Upon arrival, the four terrorists (two of whom were members of the '''Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine''', while the two Germans belonged to the [[Baader-Meinhof Gang]]) were joined by three other Arab terrorists. The passengers were kept on the aircraft until 1200hrs, at which point they were transported to the airfield's  terminal building.

The crisis began six days earlier, when two [[Arab|Palestinians]] and two [[Germany|Germans]] (Wilfried Böse and Brigitte Kuhlmann) hijacked an Air France Airbus en route to [[Paris]] from [[Athens]]. The flight had originated in Lod, Israel, and nearly a third of its passengers were Israeli or non-Israeli [[Judaism|Jews]]. Eight minutes after takeoff, the terrorists made their move. One took up station at the front of the first class cabin, two in the tourist compartment, and the fourth, a revolver in one hand and a grenade in the other, entered the flight deck through the unlocked cockpit door. They ordered the pilot to divert the flight to Benghazi, [[Libya]] for refueling, where one passenger, a young worman, convinces the hijackers that she is pregnant and miscarrying, and is released. The plane then took off again and flew south to Entebbe, Uganda, where the plane landed at 0315hrs local time on the morning of June 28. Upon arrival, the four terrorists (two of whom were members of the '''Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine''', while the two Germans belonged to the [[Baader-Meinhof Gang]]) were joined by three other Arab terrorists. The passengers were kept on the aircraft until 1200hrs, at which point they were transported to the airfield's  terminal building.

Idi Amin visited the hostages in the terminal and told them he was working to achieve their release, and that Ugandan soldiers would remain at the terminal to ensure their safety. The following day at 1530hrs, the leader of the terrorists announced the group's demands: fifty-three terrorists<ref>''The Entebbe Rescue Mission'' [http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Terrorism/entebbe.html Jewish Virtual Library] Accessed July 3, 2007</ref> (thirteen held in prisons in [[France]], Germany, [[Kenya]] and [[Switzerland]] and forty in Israeli prisons) were to be released. If they were not, the hostages would be executed starting at 1400hrs on July 1.  

Idi Amin visited the hostages in the terminal and told them he was working to achieve their release, and that Ugandan soldiers would remain at the terminal to ensure their safety. The following day at 1530hrs, the leader of the terrorists announced the group's demands: fifty-three terrorists<ref>''The Entebbe Rescue Mission'' [http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Terrorism/entebbe.html Jewish Virtual Library] Accessed July 3, 2007</ref> (thirteen held in prisons in [[France]], Germany, [[Kenya]] and [[Switzerland]] and forty in Israeli prisons) were to be released. If they were not, the hostages would be executed starting at 1400hrs on July 1.

==Raid planning==

==Raid planning==