Operation Thunderbolt: The Raid on Entebbe

June 1976. Air France flight 139 bound from Tel Aviv to Paris is hijacked by a group of Palestinian and German terrorists and flown to Entebbe, Uganda. On board are 226 passengers and crew - more than half of them Israeli citizens. What unfolds over the next seventy-two hours is the largest, most complex, and amazing hostage rescue operation in history.

Director

James Hyslop

Created by

Rachel Low,Jamie Brown

Writers

Greg Beer