Operation Entebee (part II)....

continued from Operation Entebee (part I)....

In part I, I have narrated the events taking place during the mission of the IDF-Mossad; I have mentioned few tactical points which were shared by Shri. Avinash Dharmadhikari but are not easily found in literature available on the internet. These points infact, would be helping us the most as far as understanding is concerned. Men acted in the way they did during these tense days and they have left behind wisdom for all of us to gather - similar to plucking fruits of a big tree.

Operation Entebee (part I)....

4th of July is a day globally remembered as the Independence day of USA; 4th of July was also the day when the world learnt one of its best lessons ever from the land of Israel. A day prior, late night 3rd July 1976, Israeli commandos flew over 4000 kms into Africa to execute one of the best hostage rescue missions ever - Operation Entebee (also known as Operation Thunderbolt or retroactively as Operation Jonathan in the memory of KIA that night - the older brother of current Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu,  Lt. Col. Yonatan Netanyahu who was also the commander of the ground troups). That was the day when Israel reminded the world that it will not take any aggression upon its freedom lying down. It will strike back and it will also strike first if need be. The raid speaks volumes of what a nation possessed can do. I heard this daring raid as part of Shri. Avinash Dharmadhikari's lecture series on eprasaran.com. It touched a core part within me and I thought it would be a great way to terminate my 52 day hiatus from Livin' Free - a celebration of sort for the end of one of the most difficult academic phases of my life. It brought back the bitter memories when we kneeled before terrorism in a similar scenario - IC 814, Kandahar 1999/2000. I draw inspiration from the dagger like nation of Israel (both literally and figuratively) and in a hope that it does the same to my countrymen, to my readers - I present what I gained from Shri. Avinash Dharmadhikari.