Editing Entebbe raid (section)

===Attack route===
Taking off from [[Sharm el-Sheikh]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.knesset.gov.il/lexicon/eng/entebbi_eng.htm|title=Operation Entebbe}}</ref> the task force flew along the international flight path over the [[Red Sea]], mostly flying at a height of no more than 30&nbsp;m (100&nbsp;ft) to avoid radar detection by Egyptian, Sudanese, and Saudi Arabian forces. Near the south outlet of the Red Sea the C-130s turned south and crossed into Ethiopian territory, passing west of [[Djibouti]]. From there, they went to a point northeast of Nairobi, Kenya. They turned west, passing through the [[East African Rift|African Rift Valley]] and over [[Lake Victoria]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.historynet.com/rescue-at-entebbe.htm |title=Rescue at Entebbe |publisher=HistoryNet |date= 2 April 2018|access-date=17 April 2021}}</ref><ref name="Ninety Minutes at Entebbe">{{Cite book|last=Stevenson|first=William|title=Ninety Minutes at Entebbe|publisher=[[Bantam Books]]|location=New York|year=1976|page=[https://archive.org/details/90minutesatenteb00stev/page/100 100]|isbn=978-0-553-10482-0|url=https://archive.org/details/90minutesatenteb00stev/page/100}}</ref>

Two [[Boeing 707]] jets followed the cargo planes. The first Boeing contained medical facilities and landed at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya. The commander of the operation, General Yekutiel Adam, was on board the second Boeing, which circled over Entebbe Airport during the raid.<ref name="ediary" />

The Israeli forces landed at Entebbe on 3 July at 23:00 [[Israel Standard Time|IST]], with their [[cargo bay]] doors already open. Because the proper layout of the airport was not known, the first plane almost taxied into a ditch.<ref name="Telegraph_David" /> A black [[Mercedes-Benz 600|Mercedes]] car that looked like President Idi Amin's vehicle and Land Rovers that usually accompanied Amin's Mercedes were brought along. The Israelis hoped they could use them to bypass security checkpoints. When the C-130s landed, Israeli assault team members drove the vehicles to the terminal building in the same fashion as Amin.<ref name="Back to Entebbe" /><ref name="Larry Domnitch">{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishpress.com/pageroute.do/39910/ |title=Remembering Entebbe, Larry Domnitch |date=1 July 2009 |publisher=The Jewish Press |access-date=4 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110323123727/http://www.jewishpress.com/pageroute.do/39910 |archive-date=23 March 2011}}</ref> As they approached the terminal, two Ugandan sentries, aware that Idi Amin had recently purchased a white Mercedes, ordered the vehicles to stop.<ref>{{cite web |author=Kaplan |first=David E. |date=27 December 2012 |title=A historic hostage-taking revisited |url=http://www.jpost.com/LandedPages/PrintArticle.aspx?id=30529 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002150201/http://www.jpost.com/LandedPages/PrintArticle.aspx?id=30529 |archive-date=2 October 2013 |access-date=27 December 2012 |work=The Jerusalem Post}}</ref> The first commandos shot the sentries using silenced pistols.<ref name="Back to Entebbe" /> This was against the plan and against the orders – the Ugandans were to be ignored, as they were believed not to be likely to open fire at this stage.<ref name="Telegraph_David" /> An Israeli commando in one of the following Land Rovers opened fire with an unsuppressed rifle.<ref name="Back to Entebbe" /> Fearing the hijackers would be alerted prematurely, the assault team quickly approached the terminal.<ref name="Larry Domnitch" />