Yoni's last Battle
Buch in deiner Nähe kaufen
Beschreibung
During the first hot days of July 1976, the world watched a tense hostage situation unfold in Uganda. Palestinian and German terrorists had hijacked an Air France jet in Athens, then surprised everyone by flying to sanctuary in Idi Amin's African dictatorship.
The airport at Entebbe provided the perfect haven for the hijackers, and a hellish wait for the 106 captives, who were threatened with execution if certain demands were not met. Israel's government declared its willingness to negotiate. The situation seemed deadlocked.
It wasn't nearly as dramatic as what happened next.
At midnight on July 4, Hercules transport planes loaded with Israeli commandos landed at Entebbe Airport. Traveling 2,500 miles in eight hours had given them the element of surprise. Within minutes, the most dramatic hostage rescue of all time was part of history.
This is the story of the rescue at Entebbe, and the planning of the operation by the commander of the rescue force, Jonathan Netanyahu. Interviews with the members of the force, and the author's gripping narrative, make this extraordinary story impossible to lay aside.
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Iddo Natanyahu
Iddo Netanyahu, born in Jerusalem in 1952, spent his childhood and youth in Israel and the United States. He completed his military service in the elite Sayeret Matkal unit, where his brothers, Yonatan (“Yoni”) and Benjamin (“Bibi”) Netanyahu, also served.
A physician by training, Netanyahu now devotes himself primarily to writing. In addition to the novel Itamar K., a collection of short stories, and two works of historical nonfiction, he has published six plays. Five have been staged in several countries, while the sixth received the Polish literary award Nagroda Prezydenta Miasta Warszawy.
Iddo Netanyahu lives in Israel with his wife. This new edition of Yoni’s Last Battle marks the 50th anniversary of the Entebbe rescue operation.