Multiple choice general knowledge history

There were 246 passengers on board Air France Flight 139, why were only 105 rescued?

  1. The commandos rescued only the VIPs

  2. Only the Jews were kept as hostages, the rest were freed

  3. The others had already been executed

  4. The crew of the Plane refused to leave and hence were not recsued
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The terrorists separated the hostages by nationality and religion. They released all non-Jewish passengers but kept the Jewish hostages (and the flight crew) as captives. Only 105 of the 246 passengers were Jewish and thus held hostage - the rest were freed. This was not about VIP status (A), prior executions (C), or crew refusal (D).

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