40 Years Since the 1976 Entebbe hostage rescue in Uganda July 04,1976 - July 04,2016

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is due to visit the scene of the 1976 Entebbe hostage rescue in Uganda, in which his brother, who led the raid, was killed.

Four hostages, at least seven hostage-takers and 20 Ugandan troops who were guarding the old terminal were also killed.

Almost all those freed were Israeli and non-Israeli Jews, who had been separated from other passengers by the hostage-takers. The Air France captain and his 12-strong crew were also rescued.

The non-Jewish passengers had been released by the hostage-takers earlier in the week.

Benjamin Netanyahu has called the operation "a very dramatic national experience" and one that had "great personal consequence" for his family.

Israeli commandos freed more than 100 hostages held for a week at an airport terminal, in a daring operation.

They returned to Israel on July 04,1976

Benjamin Netanyahu will be the first Israeli prime minister to visit Sub-Saharan Africa since Yitzhak Shamir in 1987.

His elder brother, Jonathan, was shot dead as he led the operation to free hostages, who had been taken captive on an Air France flight by Palestinian and German militants.

A statue in Uganda of Benjamin Netanyahu's brother Jonathan, who was killed in the Entebbe raid