Israel crack commandos

January 13, January 11, January 7, January 5, January 3, This military operation to overcome terrorism, shaped my view deep down of what I wanted to do later in life. Forty-four years to the day, about miles from where my family were in Kenya, Israeli commandos who were part of the elite Sayeret Matkal unit landed in Entebbe airport, in the Ugandan capital of Kampala.

Their job was to neutralise and kill terrorists who had held Jewish hostages captive for a week and who under the control of Wadi Haddad, who had recently splintered the violent extremist group called the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

The two individuals involved were Wilfried Bose and Brigitte Kuhlmann. At the time security in Athens airport was virtually non-existent and so was it was an easy target for a terrorist group looking to take hostages.

The Islamist Government of Sudan gave him up because he was of no use to them and therefore became a bargaining tool for them. The female hijacker, Kuhlmann, was particularly violent and spouted antisemitic statements against passengers as the hijackers re-routed the Air France flight towards Libya and then onto Entebbe in Uganda. It landed, only for Jewish and non-Jewish passengers to be separated and with the subsequent release of the non-Jewish passengers. Two days ago, I asked former commandos in Sayeret Matkal why Amin had allowed the flight to land in Entebbe.

There were two views; one that Amin had asked the Israeli Government for help in attacking Kenyan air force units who wanted to oust Amin from East Africa and he was turned down, and the second was that Amin was looking for help and resources from the Middle East and therefore saw an opportunity to align himself with the Palestinian cause.

The fact was that he was in cahoots with the terrorists, who wanted to use the hostages to ensure the release of Palestinian and far left militants. On the 3 rd of July , about Israeli commandos were in the air circling Israeli airspace. They were waiting for the green light from Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin who was weighing up options; the two options were, continue negotiating as the situation dragged on and Amin became more erratic or send in the commandos. When the final decision from Rabin came, it came with a proviso.

If the military raid led to the killings of thirty or more hostages, Rabin would resign. He was therefore approving Operation Thunderbolt and the military rescue of Jewish hostages. Tel Aviv is not happy with New Delhi's rejection of its offer to send its elite commando force to rescue hostages trapped in Mumbai's luxury hotels and in Nariman House, reliable sources said. The Israeli defence minister also expressed concerns over the fate of Israelis caught up in the attacks.

He also thanked the Indian government for its efforts to trace the missing Israeli nationals visiting Mumbai. Home » News » India » Israeli media calls India's reaction 'slow, confused'.