Fifty years after Israel’s daring hostage rescue in Uganda, the story of Mossad station chief Eli Engel reveals how his home became a secret command post, his Kenyan contacts secured fuel and medical access, and his family was forced to flee under false names

“To be abducted in Athens on an Air France plane makes sense,” Gonen said. “But to be abducted at home, in the State of Israel, it was too much.”

Fifty years after Israel’s daring hostage rescue in Uganda, the story of Mossad station chief Eli Engel reveals how his home became a secret command post, his Kenyan contacts…