Uganda: Colonel Magezi Describes 1976 Entebbe Hijacking As Terror Act During Visit By Former Hostages

Uganda: Colonel Magezi Describes 1976 Entebbe Hijacking As Terror Act During Visit By Former Hostages

The Acting Director of Defence Public Information (DDPI), Colonel Chris Magezi, has described the 1976 Entebbe hijacking incident as a terrorist act against innocent civilians, saying such an episode must never be repeated, as Uganda hosted a delegation of former Israeli and Belgian hostages who returned to the country nearly 50 years later to revisit the old terminal at Entebbe International Airport.

Entebbe Old Terminal Ordeal: Museveni Hosts Former Israeli Hostage

ENTEBBE – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has hosted Mr Gilbert Weill, one of the survivors of the 1976 Entebbe Airport hijacking, together with his family and friends at State House Entebbe, in a symbolic return to Uganda nearly five decades after the historic ordeal. Mr Weill, now 78, was received by President Museveni on a special invitation as part of a return visit by former hostages to the scene of the 1976 hijacking and rescue operation …

Entebbe Old Terminal Ordeal: President Museveni Hosts Former Israeli Hostage

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni today hosted Mr. Gilbert Weill, one of the survivors of the 1976 Entebbe Airport hijacking incident, together with his family and friends at State House, Entebbe, in a symbolic return to Uganda nearly 50 years after the historic ordeal. Mr. Weill, now 78, was received by President Museveni on special invitation as part of a return visit by former hostages to the scene of the 1976 hijacking and rescue operation th…