By: David A. Andelman The hostage crisis in Entebbe, Uganda, in 1976 was a turning point in the history of counter-terrorism. It was the first time that a government had taken the risk of launching a rescue mission to save its citizens from terrorists.

Israeli warplanes struck a United Nations-run school in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens more who had sought refuge there from the violence that has engulfed the territory, according to Palestinian health officials.

A War on the Nile Pushes Sudan Toward the Abyss Sudanese soldiers stand guard at a checkpoint in the capital, Khartoum, on June 16, 2021. Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters

Inside the Base Where Israel Has Detained Thousands of Gazans Israeli soldiers stand guard at the Erez crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip on July 16, 2018.