On June 27, 1976, Air France's A300 Airbus AF-139, which departed from Israel's Lod airport at 12:30 am and headed to Paris, landed in Athens, the stopover place. The security of Athens Airport was poor, so there was no monitoring staff on the metal detector. And AF-137, which carried 56 passengers in Athens, was abducted three minutes after takeoff. There was a mix of terrorists among the passengers.
There were 254 passengers on board, of which one-third were Israeli citizens. The terrorists who kidnapped the passenger plane were four, two were German terrorists belonging to revolutionary divisions and two were Arab terrorists belonging to the Palestinian People's Liberation Front (PFLP). In particular, Germans were men and women couples, and men were Wilfried Böse, a famous terrorist terrorist.
The Israeli government anticipated the airliner abduction and ordered the top elite unit, Sayeret Matkal, to wait. Caret Matt Knife is a "reconnaissance unit," which is actually called a counter-terrorist unit.
Terrorists have often been tempted to bring airliners to Israel and make political demands. In 1972, Arab terrorists abducted the Sabena airliner from Belgium and drove them to Rhodes airport, where they listed requirements before the international press. In anticipation of the same situation, Israel planned to rescue the hostages by waiting at the airport for Caret Matt Khalil. However, the hijacker did not head to Israel, but turned his nose to the south and settled in Benghazi, Libya. The crate mat knife went back to the base and waited for the next order.
Like Moses, who led the exodus of the Israelites, the Israeli special forces succeeded in the greatest rescue operation of the 20th century. As a result of the operation, seven terrorists and 45 Ugandans were killed, four hostages were killed, 10 wounded, one rescuer killed and five wounded. The only person who died in the largest hostage rescue operation ever was the commander of the rescue unit, Jonny Netanyahu. Lt. Col. Jonny, a promising officer, had fiercely accepted the tradition of a strong military Israeli Defense Forces whose commander led the forefront.
It is hard to judge whether the Israeli government and the armed forces should have undertaken this dangerous operation. At that time, the Israeli army was scammed by the disappointing performance of the Yom Kippur war. Especially in the anti-terrorist operation, 23 elementary students were killed in the rescue operation of Maalat Elementary School in 1974, and in the 1975 Tel Aviv Savoy Hotel, the hostage had lost 8 men and 3 men. Given the worst-case scenario of an operational failure, the Israeli army had to go into gambling that should never be done.
But young Israeli special forces, armed with great leadership and creativity, strong combat strength, and strong patriotism, did not fear the greatest possible hostage rescue operation that could have been the worst disaster ever, and they have done it courageously and successfully. Above all, the operation would not even have been possible without leadership confidence in outstanding specialist power. The idea of creating the best troops is not just a matter of budget or manpower, but the issue of how the leadership firmly trusts the front line.
[Sayeret Matkal]
The Israeli army is the ultimate terrorist special unit, performing special missions such as special reconnaissance, counter-terrorism, and rescue of hostages. Sireet means "Scout" in Hebrew, and Sirelet Madkar was created by imitating SAS, a British Special Forces. Including the Entebbe Operation in 1976, the Shirakak Operation in the War of 1964 6, the Yom Kippur War in 1973, the Savoy Operation, and the 1982 Lebanon War.
On the other hand, Carett Matkal secretly selected his crew for a long time, but since the 1980s he has begun receiving candidates. At Carett Mat Karl, prominent politicians including Prime Minister Netanyahu, former Prime Minister Ehud Barak, Israeli Defense Minister Moses Yalon, and Danish Prime Minister Danny Yatom, head of the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad, were released.
