“In new film, Jewish director challenges Israeli version of 1976 Entebbe rescue”
https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-new-film-jewish-director-challenges-israeli-version-of-1976-entebbe-rescue/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076398/?ref_=nv_sr_3

It’s hard to find, but you can watch the whole thing on Youtube here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFeDt0eVcTE&t=12s

That movie does its best to get everything right, including the languages (Hebrew, English, French, Greek, German, and others); use of actual footage of the Israeli politicians; and much more. (Example: in order for the scenes in an Israeli paratroopers’ base to look authentic, they simply used a real one.)

About ten years later, in 1986, I was a young IDF soldier, and got to hear a brief talk by one of the pilots who went to Entebbe. He confirmed that they flew the Hercules transports low enough to get the planes’ undersides wet… and that, to his amusement, the tough paratroopers and Golani elite forces, riding in the planes, were “puking their guts out” (paraphrased).

I’ll be pleasantly surprised if the new movie is worth watching.

That made me laugh but I wondered how many young people would remember Entebbe or get the reference.

Way back when I read a book on the Mossad and according to the author, before the Israeli commandoes even got to Africa, the Mossad had people right at the airport. When “go time” happened, the Mossad agents just stepped out of whatever shadows they were lurking in, and killed the terrorists before the commandoes could even get to them. Pretty impressive, if true.

Re the earlier movie about Entebbe, as I recall two networks had dueling made-for-tv Entebbe movies. The one I saw had Charles Bronson as the leader of the assault force. If I’d been held hostage by terrorists, I’d have wanted Charles Bronson to come to my rescue, too.

Personal note: I once had some work for an engineering firm in Tel-Aviv. On the wall in the front office was a scale model of an airport. It turned out to be the airport at Entebbe. It was that firm who built the airport and was able to provide the layout to the IDF.

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I once attended a lecture by an Entebbe hostage who was accidentally released with the non-Israelis and may have participated in the rescue. He stated Israelis casualties were higher than stated.