Mrs. Levanah Elkasli took advantage of Binyamin Netanyahu\'s recent visit to the Orot College in Elkanah (western Shomron) to close a circle that began with the Entebbe rescue in 1976.
In late June of that year, an Air France plane on its way to Israel was hijacked by Palestinian terrorists and forced to land in Entebbe, Uganda. In a daring rescue operation, IDF forces under the command of Yoni Netanyahu, brother of the former Prime Minister, rescued the some 100 hostages, although four people - including Col. Netanyahu - were killed. Among the rescued was Heftzibah Elkasli, Levanah\'s mother-in-law, who kept a diary of what she called the \"positive events\" that accompanied the hostages during their eight days in Entebbe. Heftzibah, who died two years ago, dedicated the diary to the memory of Col. Netanyahu, and asked her daughter-in-law to give it to his brother Binyamin. Levanah in fact did so this week, receiving the warm thanks of a noticeably moved Binyamin Netanyahu.
In late June of that year, an Air France plane on its way to Israel was hijacked by Palestinian terrorists and forced to land in Entebbe, Uganda. In a daring rescue operation, IDF forces under the command of Yoni Netanyahu, brother of the former Prime Minister, rescued the some 100 hostages, although four people - including Col. Netanyahu - were killed. Among the rescued was Heftzibah Elkasli, Levanah\'s mother-in-law, who kept a diary of what she called the \"positive events\" that accompanied the hostages during their eight days in Entebbe. Heftzibah, who died two years ago, dedicated the diary to the memory of Col. Netanyahu, and asked her daughter-in-law to give it to his brother Binyamin. Levanah in fact did so this week, receiving the warm thanks of a noticeably moved Binyamin Netanyahu.