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to the central sector of the border area. Ordinarily

after agreeing it was necessary for Israel.”

I went on: “I have to tell you openly. You can’t

you’ve stopped us. I see this as a breach of trust.” When

they’d been joined by his successor as head of the

he said: “It’s off. Don’t do it. Dado told me to

they might not even know we’d intercepted the convoy. The

Amit told us that Dado and Motta were worried: about the

and told him: “It’s fine. Another hour or so

tied the startled man’s arms behind his back

Amit radioed me with a question from from Dado

moving slowly because of the incline. But

which was soon past us on the way up to the ridge. It was

” I said. “We’ve planned for it. It’s not a

there was the other woman hijacker to deal with.

which came off in his hand. As she began screaming

he saw his Beretta – not inside his waistbelt

he had left on his red sayeret boots. In Israel

along with two of the flight crew. They’d been chosen by

had come out of the plane. One seemed to be the Red Cross man.