Raid on Entebbe (1976)

Directors

Irvin Kershner

Cast

Peter Finch, Charles Bronson, Yaphet Kotto, Martin Balsam, Horst Buchholz

The story

On 27 June 1976, four terrorists belonging to a splinter faction of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine under the orders of Wadie Haddad boarded and hijacked an Air France Airbus A300 at Athens. With President Idi Amin's approval, the terrorists divert the airliner and its hostages to Entebbe Airport in Uganda. After identifying Israeli passengers, the non-Jewish passengers are freed while a series of demands are made, including the release of 40 Palestinian guerrillas held in Israel, in exchange for the hostages.

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