Entebbe Survivor Marks 50 Years With Hostage-Rescue Plea

Ella Rosenkovitch, five and a half when Palestinian and German terrorists hijacked Air France Flight 139 to Entebbe, said the memory now pushes her to speak for Israel's hostages. She described the week in Uganda, the Hebrew shouts during the IDF rescue and her belief that the state must never give up on its people. The July 4, 1976 raid stands as Israel's promise to defend Jews wherever they are, while an official IDF commemoration marks 50 years since the mission. The lesson remains Zionist and moral: negotiate when it protects life, but keep the courage and reach to rescue Jews from terror.