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The lead calls it a “Palestinian-led hijacking”, but the text says there were four hijackers, of whom two were German and two Palestinian. Calling it a “Palestinian-led hijacking” in the lead therefore seems misleading, to say the least… 176.12.140.121 (talk) 19:22, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Their aim was the release of Palestinian prisoners, and the Palestinian hijackers appear to have been the leaders. (Hohum ^@) 19:58, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Fixed. I just removed "Palestinian-led"; I agree it's misleading and the hijackers are described in the next sentence anyway. –CWenger (^ • @) 20:03, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Change "One of the dead hostages, Dora Bloch, had been murdered" To "One of the dead hostages, Dora Bloch, was murdered" The first sentence gives the impression that she was already dead when the raid happened, which is false.--HeloPait (talk) 19:15, 20 April 2024 (UTC) HeloPait (talk) 19:15, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done. –CWenger (^ • @) 19:26, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Add ISBN to reference 4 Entebbe: The Most Daring Raid of Israel's Special Forces, The Rosen Publishing Group, 2011, by Simon Dunstan, p. 58 [ISBN 9781448818686] Awilling (talk) 06:16, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done —Sirdog (talk) 06:38, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete portion of Aircraft refueling section that goes as follows: "While several East African nations, including the logistically preferred choice Kenya, were sympathetic, none wished to incur the wrath of Amin or the Palestinians by allowing the Israelis to land their aircraft within their borders." Cannot find a reasonable reliable source that claims this; books like 90 Days in Entebbe seem to say the exact opposite, mentioning that Kenya was the only country in East Africa with leadership sympathetic to the raid operation. Thanks. SunTunnels (talk) 19:14, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The name "raid" in the title is not accurate and should be "operation." The raid to release the hostages was one aspect of the larger operation, but it was not the only event. Additionally, it is reffered to as an operation in several places in the article itself, including when linking to official Israel documents. 5.28.189.222 (talk) 23:25, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]