Editing Entebbe raid (section)

===Situation at Uganda's Entebbe International Airport===
At Entebbe, the four hijackers were joined by at least four others, supported by the forces of Uganda's president, [[Idi Amin]].<ref name="auto">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/4/newsid_2786000/2786967.stm |title=1976: Israelis rescue Entebbe hostages |work=BBC News |access-date=27 December 2012 |archive-date=23 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023233100/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/4/newsid_2786000/2786967.stm |url-status=live |date=4 July 1976}}</ref> The hijackers transferred the passengers to the transit hall of the disused former airport terminal where they kept them under guard for the following days. Amin came to visit the hostages almost on a daily basis, updating them on developments and promising to use his efforts to have them freed through negotiations.<ref name="Rosenkovitch"/>

On 28 June, a PFLP-EO hijacker issued a declaration and formulated their demands. In addition to a ransom of US$5&nbsp;million for the release of the airplane, they demanded the release of 53 Palestinian and pro-Palestinian militants, 40 of whom were prisoners in Israel.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Dunstan|first1=Simon|title=Entebbe: The Most Daring Raid of Israel's Special Forces|date=2011|publisher=Rosen|location=New York|pages=17–18}}</ref> They threatened that if these demands were not met, they would begin to kill hostages on 1 July 1976.<ref name="Detailed Story">{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19760713&id=7-QhAAAAIBAJ&pg=3641,5254231|title=Detailed Story Of Dramatic Israeli Raid|work=Sarasota Herald-Tribune|date=13 July 1976|access-date=22 September 2014}}</ref>