A museum may be built at the site of the Entebbe rescue of Israeli hostages. Ignatius Igundura, spokesman for Uganda’s Civil Aviation Authority, said this week that the government is considering creating a museum at the Entebbe airport, where some 100 Israelis were rescued from Palestinian and German hijackers in the July 4, 1976, raid.
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