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The terrorists freed the 148 non-Jewish passengers, and offered to release Bacos and his crew. They felt duty-bound to remain on the plane, and refused to leave. They stayed behind with the Jewish hostages. The captives were freed in an
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when it was hijacked on 27 June 1976 by terrorists belonging to the German
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Liberation of Palestine – External Operations
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The
Israeli Secret Services and the Struggle Against Terrorism
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Middle
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Entebbe: The Most Daring Raid of Israel's
Special Forces
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Bacos appeared as himself in the 2000 documentary film
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1053:Operation Thunderbolt: Entebbe
912:Roberts, Sam (28 March 2019).
542:. Twenty-First Century Books.
508:. The Rosen Publishing Group.
350:Operation Thunderbolt: Entebbe
194:Life and career before Entebbe
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818:Philip Ross (2 August 1976).
750:. Columbia University Press.
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186:Bacos was a recipient of the
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621:. 17 July 1976. p. 122
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300:Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
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198:Michel Bacos grew up in
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