Editing Entebbe raid (section)

===Egyptian–PLO involvement and failure of diplomacy===
As the crisis unfolded, attempts were made to negotiate the release of the hostages. According to declassified diplomatic documents, the Egyptian government under Sadat tried to negotiate with both the PLO and the Ugandan government.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aad.archives.gov/aad/createpdf?rid=172177&dt=2082&dl=1345 |title=Herman Eilts (US Ambassador to Egypt) to Secretary of State, 6 July 1976 |access-date=24 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://aad.archives.gov/aad/createpdf?rid=181803&dt=2082&dl=1345 |title=Herman Eilts (US Ambassador to Egypt) to Secretary of State, 9 July 1976 |access-date=24 July 2011}}</ref> PLO chairman [[Yasser Arafat]] sent his political aide [[Hani al-Hassan]] to Uganda as a special envoy to negotiate with the hostage takers and with Amin.<ref name="Hartuv"/> However, the PFLP-EO hijackers refused to see him.<ref name=NouvelObs>{{cite news |last1=Chabalier|first1=Hervé|title=Israël: le prix d'un exploit |newspaper=Le Nouvel Observateur |date=12 July 1976 |page=25 |url=http://referentiel.nouvelobs.com/archives_pdf/OBS0609_19760712/OBS0609_19760712_025.pdf |language=fr}}</ref>