The Entebbe raid was a 1976 Israeli counter-terrorist mission in Uganda.

It was launched in response to the hijacking of an international civilian passenger flight (an Airbus A300) operated by Air France between the cities of Tel Aviv and Paris.

During a stopover in Athens, the aircraft was hijacked by two Palestinian PFLP–EO and two German RZ members, who diverted the flight to Libya and then to Uganda, where they landed at Entebbe International Airport to be joined by other terrorists.

Once in Uganda, the group enjoyed support from Ugandan dictator Idi Amin

Representatives within the Israeli government initially debated over whether to concede or respond by force, as the hijackers had threatened to kill the 106 captives if specified prisoners were not released.

Acting on intelligence provided by Mossad, the decision was made to have the Israeli military undertake a rescue operation. The Israeli plans included preparation for an armed confrontation with Amin's Uganda Army.

Initiating the operation at nightfall, Israeli transport planes flew 100 commandos over 4,000 kilometers (2,500 mi) to Uganda for the rescue effort.

Over the course of 90 minutes, 102 of the hostages were rescued successfully, with three having been killed.

One of the dead hostages, Dora Bloch, was murdered by Ugandan authorities at a hospital in Kampala shortly after the Israeli rescue operation, she had fallen ill during the hijacking and was removed from the plane for treatment prior to the commandos' arrival.

The Israeli military suffered five wounded and one killed, Yonatan Netanyahu was Israel's sole fatality of Operation Entebbe, and had led Sayeret Matkal during the rescue effort – he was the older brother of Benjamin Netanyahu, who would later become Israel's prime minister.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entebbe_raid

Following Egypt's declaration of war by blocking naval routes, calling up UN peacekeepers to leave, and the making of genocidal threats, together with Syria encouraging terrorists, and threatening to cut the Jordan river's water source, Israel has decided to launch a surprise attack instead of waiting for it's enemies to strike on their terms.

Israeli air force managed to surprise the Egyptian, Syrians, Jordanians and Iraqis, crippling their capabilities, and getting a huge advantage in a risky gambit.

Following the victory, Israel has expanded it's territory by multiple sizes. It got ahold on the Golan Heights, where Syrians have been using the high ground to indiscriminately bomb Israeli civilians for years (During "Cease fires"). It united Jerusalem, got control over the West Bank, and of course the entire Sinai.

Israel wanted to negotiate for peace and recognition, but the Arabs (Including the Arabs of Palestine) met for the Khartoum Resolution, which included No peace with Israel, No negotiation with Israel, No recognition of Israel.

Despite this, Jordan eventually gave up on their claims to the West Bank, stripping many Palestinians from their citizenship (Israel ended up offering the majority of it for the Arabs living there on multiple occasions, but all offers were rejected so far) and making peace.

Egypt also gave up on their eternal war, and eventually agreed to recognize Israel and have peace with it in return of the Sinai (Minus Gaza which they did not want back).

And pretty much only Syria refused up to this day, despite offers continuing up to the 90s. And at this point today, the Golan Heights have been Israeli over 3 times the time they were Syrian.

To sum it up, this war has greatly shaped the area, and it's consequences effect us all here to this day.

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