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Abu Aisha, Amar, 304

Abu Jihad (aka Khalil al-Wazir): assassination of, 258-64, 265

Abu Khdeir, Mohammed, 299

Abu Rahma, Fayez, 261

Abu-Sneina, Ali Taha, 141

Abuelaish, Izzeldin, 291, 324

Achmon, Arik, 186

Adam, Yekutiel “Kuti,” 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 24, 174

Adan, Avraham “Bren,” 180, 181, 188, 198

Adwan, Kamal, 165, 170

Ahdut HaAvoda party, 91

Air Force, U.S., 313-14

Air France Flight 139, hijacking of, 1-5.
See also
Entebbe

Akawi, Omar, 274

Akers (Norwegian firm), 116

Al-Ahram
newspaper (Cairo), 86

Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, 284

Al Ra'i
newspaper (Jordan): Crate Operation story in, 160

al-Wazir, Hanan, 259, 262, 263, 264

al-Wazir, Intisar.
See
Umm Jihad

al-Wazir, Khalil.
See
Abu Jihad

al-Wazir, Nadal, 259, 263

Alaluf (IDF soldier), 220-21

Aliya Bet, 52

Allem, Uataf (pseud.), 261

Allenby Camp: and War of Independence, 35

Allon, Yigal, 91

Almog, Ze'ev, 104, 106, 107, 109

Alon, Emmanuel, 310

Altnuder, Dieter, 168

Aman (IDF Intelligence Department), 233

Ambar, Ido, 25

Amer, Abdel Hakim, 53

Amer, Marshal, 58

American Armor Museum (Fort Knox, Kentucky), 205

Amin, Idi, 5, 6, 9, 10, 14, 15, 17, 21, 23

Amiot, Felix, 114, 117, 119

Ammunition Hill (Jerusalem), 92, 94-96

Ammunition Hill, Operation, 226, 228-32

Ankelevitz, Maurice, 67

Arab Legion.
See
Jordanian Legion

Arad, Yigal, 95

Arafat City: Cast Lead Operation and, 287

Arafat, Yasser

  
Abu Jihad and, 258

  
and assassination of Black September leaders, 175

  
Defensive Shield Operation and, 279, 284, 285

  
as Fatah leader, 240, 258

  
Mukataa as headquarters for, 278

  
Peace for Galilee Operation and, 240

  
as PLO leader, 139, 141, 164, 241

  
Umm Jihad in government of, 264

  
U.S. and, 274, 275

  
and weapons supplies for terrorist organizations, 269, 274, 275, 276

  
See also
Palestinian Authority

Arditi, Danny, 150

Argov, Shlomo, 241

Arieli (Israeli aircraft mechanic), 144

Arins, Jean-Pierre, 140

Arizona, Operation, 224, 232-35

Armored Corps (IDF), 84

Army, U.S., 31

Asgari, Ali Reza, 232-33

Ashkenazi, Gavriel “Gabi,” 242, 245-46, 303-4, 323

Ashkenazi, Giora, 93-94, 98

Ashkenazi, Marko, 152, 153

Assad, Hafez al-, 178, 236

Atar, Raed al-, 294

Atomic Energy Commission, Israeli, 46, 319

Atrash, Abd Aziz el, 140-41, 146, 147, 150

Atzmon, Ben-Zion, 198

Augusta Victoria compound: Six Day War and, 96, 98

Avinun, Dani, 109

Avishai (Flotilla 13 frogman), 172

Ayalon, Amichai “Ami,” 103, 107-8, 110-11, 321

Azout (IDF soldier), 221

Baader-Meinhof terrorist gang, 4, 8

Balata refugee camp, 281

Bamba (IDF reconnaissance unit), 200

Bar, Dov, 106-7, 108

Bar-Lev, “Borka”: Entebbe and, 9, 10, 21

Bar-Lev, Haim “Kidoni”

  
“Chinese Farm” and, 198, 200-201

  
Green Island raid and, 105-6

  
and hijacking of Sebana Airlines plane, 142

  
named chief of staff, 102

  
professional career of, 321

  
Ras Gharib raid and, 125, 129

  
War of Attrition and, 105-6, 125, 129

  
Yom Kippur War, 191, 198, 200-201

Bar-Lev, Omer, 20

Bar-Zohar, Michael, 181, 185

Barak Brigade.
See
188th Brigade (IDF)

Barak, Ehud

  
and Abu Jihad assassination, 259, 260, 261

  
and assassination of Black September leaders, 164, 165, 166, 168, 169-70, 171, 174-75

  
“Chinese Farm” and, 200

  
as commander of Sayeret Matkal, 144

  
Crate Operations and, 156, 157, 158

  
decorations for, 174

  
Entebbe and, 8, 20

  
and hijacking of Sabena Airlines plane, 148, 150, 153

  
personal and professional background of, 144, 322

  
Pillar of Defense Operation and, 295

  
and prisoner exchanges, 156, 157, 158

  
Spring of Youth Operation and, 164, 165, 166, 168, 169-70, 171, 174-75

  
Yom Kippur War and, 200

Barghouti, Marwan, 279

Barkai, Zvika, 239, 241, 242-43

Barkat, Yeshayahu, 124

Baruchin, Avinoam, 211

Bat Galim
(Israeli rescue ship), 311, 312

Baum, Shlomo, 41

“Bay of Pigs” plan, Israeli, 6-7

BBC

  
and “Boats of Cherbourg,” 119

  
Six Day War and, 97

Beaufort, battle for, 239-46

Be'eri (kibbutz), 39

Begin Doctrine, 231, 232

Begin, Menachem

  
Entebbe and, 10, 22, 24

  
and Government of National Unity, 76

  
and Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor, 226, 228

  
and Lebanon, 238, 240, 241, 245

  
and Likud party, 224

  
as minister without portfolio, 76

  
Opera Operation and, 224

  
Peace for Galilee Operation and, 238, 240, 241, 245

  
and rescue of Jews from Ethiopia, 310

  
Sinai Campaign and, 66

  
Six Day War and, 91, 97

Beirut, Lebanon

  
assassination of Black September leaders in, 162, 163-75

  
bombing of airport at, 114

Ben-Ari, Uri, 96

Ben Eliezer, Benyamin, 277

Ben Eliyahu, Eitan, 132

Ben-Gal, Yanosh, 8, 9, 204, 205, 209, 210, 211, 212

Ben-Gurion, David

  
Black Arrow Operation and, 37, 45

  
and Britain, 64

  
Eshkol and, 76

  
and Har-Zion arrest, 42

  
named defense minister, 37

  
proclaims Israeli independence, 28

  
and Rafi party, 76

  
resignations of, 37, 76

  
retaliation/reprisal strategy of, 37, 46

  
Sevres summit and, 63-66

  
Sharett and, 37

  
Sharon and, 42, 67, 180

  
Sinai Campaign and, 50, 61, 62, 63-66, 72

  
Six Day War and, 79

  
War of Independence and, 14, 29-30, 31, 32

Ben-Hanan, Yossi, 212

Ben-Menahem, Yitzhak “Gulliver,” 41

Ben-Natan, Arthur, 12

Ben-Nun, Avihu, 86-87, 136, 313, 321

Ben-Shoham, Yitzhak, 204

Ben Yair, Eliyahu, 265

Ben Yair, Frieda, 265

Ben Yair, Ilan, 265

Ben Yair, Miriam, 258, 264-65

Ben Yair, Rachel, 264-65

Bentzur (Israeli soldier), 98

Beth Zurif: raid on, 43

Bethlehem: and Defensive Shield Operation, 283-84

Betzer, Moshi “Muki,” 4, 17-18, 26, 159, 164, 169, 170, 171, 322

Bilby, Kenneth, 33

Bin-Nun, Avihu, 136

Black Arrow/Gaza Operation, 38-39, 42, 43-47

Black March (2002), 278-79

Black September (terrorist group)

  
assassination of leaders of, 162, 163-75

  
hijacking of Sabena Airlines plane by, 140-53, 164

  
and Munich Olympics massacre, 164

  
as strike force for PLO, 139

Bloc Etzion settlements: and War of Independence, 35, 182

Bloch, Dora, 20

Blutstein (IDF soldier), 221

“Boats of Cherbourg,” 113-21, 322

Bohbot, Amir, 288

Boneh, Solel, 32

Böse, Wilfried, 4

Botzer, Avraham “Cheetah,” 116

Bou Said, Sidi, 259

Bouillon, Godfrey de, 41

BourgΠs-Maunoury, Maurice, 63

Boussard, Charles, 168

Bravehearts, Operation, 179-90, 193

Britain.
See
Great Britain

British Army, 28, 182

Britton, Sara.
See
Tannous, Rima

Brosh, Elyashiv “Shibi,” 51, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58

Brothers, Operation, 311

Brunner, Danny, 150

Brzezinski, Zbigniew, 15-16

Buhris, Ilan, 311

Buhris, Ofek, 282

Bull, Odd, 89, 90

Burma Road, Israeli, 33-34, 35, 36

Bush, George H.W., 313, 314

Bush, George W., 233, 234, 275, 276

Camp David Accords, 189

Carlos (terrorist), 3, 4

Carter, Jimmy, 7-8, 15

Cast a Giant Shadow
(film), 35

Cast Lead, Operation, 287-93, 294, 295, 324

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 233

Chaban-Delmas, Jacques, 120

Challe, Maurice, 64

Cheney, Dick, 231

Cherbourg, Boats of, 113-21, 322

“Chinese Farm”: Yom Kippur War and, 186, 191, 192-201

Church of the Nativity (Bethlehem), 283

Coastal Road massacre, 258

Cohen, Eliezer “Cheetah,” 125-26

Cohen, Victor, 143, 144

Cohen, Yoram, 294

Cohen Family:, flag of, 92, 99

Columbia
(space shuttle), 230

Crate 1, Operation, 156

Crate 2, Operation, 156-57

Crate 3, Operation, 155, 158-61

Czechoslovakia: Egypt's arms deal with, 50, 62

Dabash, Hezi, 199

Dagan, Meir, 233, 323

Dagan, Nehemiah, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129-30, 322

Dahab, Zvi, 68

Dahari (IDF soldier), 221

Daily Express
(London): Ras Gharib raid story in, 128

Daoud, Abdallah, 283

Daughters of Jacob Bridge, 204

Daughters for Life, 324

David (Israeli language specialist), 132, 133

Davidi, Aharon

  
Black Arrow Operation and, 38-39, 43, 44, 45, 46

  
Gur and, 91

  
professional career of, 320

  
Sinai Campaign and, 66, 68, 69, 70

David's Sling
(Peres), 7-8

Dayan, Moshe

  
appointed defense minister, 76, 78, 102

  
appointed IDF chief of staff, 42

  
and assassination of Black September leaders, 166, 174

  
Bar-Lev and, 102

  
Black Arrow Operation and, 45

  
“Boats of Cherbourg” and, 116

  
“Chinese Farm” and, 196

  
Crate Operations and, 155

  
and downing of Ilyushin ll-14 plane, 58

  
Entebbe and, 5, 24

  
and failed operations of IDF, 39-40

  
Golan Heights and, 203

  
Gur and, 91

  
and hijacking of Sabena Airlines plane, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 152

  
Jerusalem and, 88, 91-92, 96, 97

  
and Marcus's death, 34

  
Peres and, 5, 24, 37

  
personality and character of, 65

  
professional career of, 64-65, 319

  
and Rafi party, 76

  
Ras Gharib raid and, 128

  
as revolutionizing the IDF, 41

  
Sevres summit and, 63-66

  
Sharett and, 37

  
Sharon and, 40, 67, 181

  
Sinai Campaign and, 60, 61, 63-66, 72

  
Six Day War and, 78, 88, 91-92, 96, 97

  
and Soviet pilots with Egyptian Air Force, 134

  
Spring of Youth Operation and, 166, 174

  
Unit 101 and, 41

  
War of Attrition and, 128, 134

  
Yom Kippur War and, 180, 181, 196, 203

Dayan, Uzi

  
Crate Operations and, 155, 157, 158-59, 160, 161

  
and hijacking of Sabena Airlines plane, 148, 150, 151

  
and prisoner exchanges, 155, 157, 158-59, 160, 161

  
professional career of, 322

Dayan, Yehuda, 41

de Gaulle, Charles, 76, 78, 112, 114, 115

Debré, Michel, 119-20

Defensive Shield, Operation, 275, 277, 278-85

Deif, Mohammed, 293

Dichter, Avi, 295

Digli, Menachem, 105, 107

Dimona nuclear reactor, 2, 257

Dir al-Zur (Syria) nuclear reactor, 232-35

Diskin, Yuval, 291

Doron Unit (IDF), 17

Dovik (Davidi deputy), 70, 71

Drori, Amir, 216, 219, 220, 221