1976 ⟶ Israeli Commando Raid at Entebbe Airport

July 4: Operation Entebbe, a successful counter-terrorist ho...
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🪢 Israeli Spy Eli Cohen Executed in Damascus

May 18: Israeli spy Eli Cohen is hanged in Damascus.⟶
Israeli Spy Eli Cohen Executed in Damascus (1965)
EspionageCold WarArab-Israeli ConflictMilitary HistoryMiddle East HistoryPolitical Intrigue
IsraelIsraelSyriaSyria

✈️ Lod Airport Massacre

May 30: Lod Airport massacre.⟶
Lod Airport Massacre (1972)
TerrorismAviationPLOInternational Relations
IsraelIsraelJapanJapan

🪖 Israeli Commando Raid at Entebbe Airport

July 4: Operation Entebbe, a successful counter-terrorist hostage-rescue mission carried out by commandos of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at Entebbe Airport in Uganda.⟶
Israeli Commando Raid at Entebbe Airport (1976)
Military HistoryTerrorismCold WarIsraeli-Palestinian conflictInternational RelationsAviation
UgandaUgandaIsraelIsraelFranceFrance

🛬 Israeli Airstrike on Iraqi Nuclear Reactor

June 7: Operation Opera, a surprise airstrike conducted by the Israeli Air Force on an unfinished Iraqi nuclear reactor near Baghdad.⟶
Israeli Airstrike on Iraqi Nuclear Reactor (1981)
Military HistoryCold WarNuclear ProliferationMiddle East ConflictIntelligenceWeapons of Mass Destruction
IsraelIsraelIraqIraq

✈️ U.S. Air Strikes Against Libya

April 15: U.S. planes bomb Libya in Operation El Dorado Canyon.⟶
U.S. Air Strikes Against Libya (1986)
Cold WarMilitary InterventionReagan AdministrationInternational RelationsTerrorismGeopolitics
LibyaLibyaUnited StatesUnited States

💣 Wave of Terrorist Attacks in Israel

Increasing terrorist attacks in Israel.⟶
TerrorismIsraeli-Palestinian conflictIntifadaHamasSuicide BombingsPolitical ViolenceSecurity
IsraelIsraelPalestinePalestine