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NAME: UGA ISRAEL 20090910I TAPE: EF09/0858 IN_TIME: 11:22:05:22 DURATION: 00:01:23:11 SOURCES: AP TELEVISION DATELINE: Entebbe, 10 Sept 2009 RESTRICTIONS: SHOTLIST: 1. Wide of plane taxiing at Entebbe Airport 2. Ugandan and Israeli flags attached to plane 3. Ugandan Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sam Kutesa (centre) awaiting arrival 4. Israeli Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Avigdor Lieberman exiting the plane, descending plane stairs with aides 5. Wide of memorial plaque 6. Close-up of memorial plaque 7. Mid of Lieberman laying wreath 8. Mid of airline staff laying wreath 9. Mid of officials at ceremony 10. Various of Lieberman shaking hands with officials and going up plane stairs STORYLINE: Israel's foreign minister on Thursday laid a wreath at the site of a raid by Israeli commandos that freed more than 100 people whose plane had been hijacked by militants at a Ugandan airport. Avigdor Lieberman spoke briefly at the ceremony to commemorate the 1976 operation that claimed the lives of the brother of the current Israeli prime minister, three hostages and the two German and two Palestinian hijackers. About a third of the passengers aboard the flight were Israeli or Jews from other countries. Staff from the airline also laid a wreath at close to a plaque commemorating the event. Lieberman said that Israel had been fighting terrorism for 65 years and would continue to be a strong state to protect its citizens.