Editing Entebbe raid (section)

====Mossad intelligence====
Mossad built an accurate picture of the whereabouts of the hostages, the number of hijackers, and the involvement of Ugandan troops, based on information from the released hostages in Paris.<ref name="TimeMagazine">{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,914272,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050114102848/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,914272,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 January 2005|title=The Rescue: 'We Do the Impossible' |date=12 July 1976|magazine=Time|access-date=26 July 2009}}</ref> Further, Israeli firms had been involved in construction projects in Africa during the 1960s and 1970s: while preparing the raid, the Israeli army consulted with [[Solel Boneh]], a large Israeli construction firm that had built the terminal where the hostages were held.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wars and Operations: Operation Thunderball ("Entebbe")|url=http://www.iaf.org.il/4694-33040-he/IAF.aspx|publisher=[[Israel Air Force]](official website)|language=he}}</ref> While planning the military operation, the IDF erected a partial replica of the airport terminal with the assistance of civilians who had helped build the original.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

IDF major [[Muki Betser]] later remarked in an interview that Mossad operatives extensively interviewed the hostages who had been released. He said that a French-Jewish passenger who had a military background and "a phenomenal memory" had provided detailed information about the number of weapons carried by the hostage-takers.<ref name="betzer">{{Cite news |date=4 July 2006 |title=Israel marks 30th anniversary of Entebbe |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-07-04-palestinian-pressure_x.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060706021957/https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-07-04-palestinian-pressure_x.htm |archive-date=6 July 2006 |work=USA Today |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>