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Setting the Record Straight: Entebbe Was Not Auschwitz

On the anniversary of the daring Israeli raid to save hostages from the Air France plane hijacked to Uganda, survivor Ilan Hartuv seeks to set the record straight.

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July 4 marked the 35th anniversary of Operation Thunderbolt - the daring operation undertaken by the Israel Defense Forces in Entebbe, Uganda, to free hostages hijacked by Palestinian and German terrorists from Air France flight No. 139.

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