In one of the released recordings of the Entebbe hostage rescue 32 years ago, the commanding officer Dan Shomron is heard calling out during an exchange of fire to Yoni Netanyahu: "Yoni, over. Yoni, this is Dan. Over." But Yoni didn't answer.

The Israel Defense Forces released the tapes in honor of Israel's 60th anniversary this Thursday. The rescue operation, which took place on July 3, 1976, was launched after Palestinian terrorists hijacked an Air France plane to Uganda's Entebbe Airport and threatened to kill all the Israeli and Jewish passengers. It succeeded in rescuing most of the passengers unharmed, but Netanyahu, commander of the elite Sayeret Matkal unit that carried out the operation, was killed in the battle.

The tapes document conversations between the operation's overall commanders and the officers in the field, as well as the battles with the terrorists. The speakers include then chief of staff Mordechai Gur; commander of the operation (and later chief of staff) Dan Shomron; and Shomron's deputy (today a deputy minister), Matan Vilnai...