Speaking shortly after his arrival in Uganda, Netanyahu praised Israel's commando raid on the airport which freed Israeli hostages from a hijacked plane. Updated Tue, July 5th 2016 at 00:03 GMT +3Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country's raid on Uganda's Entebbe Airport 40 years ago, in which his brother was killed, "changed the course" of his life. "After many decades, I can say unequivocally Israel is coming back to Africa and Africa is coming back to Israel. A relative of one of the hostages lit a memorial flame as Netanyahu and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni stood in silence. The Entebbe rescue is a seminal event in Israeli history and is widely seen as one of the country's greatest military successes.

Source: Standard Digital July 04, 2016 21:00 UTC