Quick facts for kids Operation Entebbe | |
c. 100 commandos plus air crew and support personnel | 7 hijackers 100+ Ugandan soldiers |
Casualties and losses | |
1 killed 5 wounded | Hijackers: 7 killed Uganda: 45 killed 11–30 aircraft destroyed |
3 hostages killed 10 hostages wounded |
May 2, 2024 · From its early years, members supported themselves through bank robberies and engaged in terrorist bombings and arson, especially of West German ...
Raid on Entebbe
1977 ‧ Thriller/Action ‧ 2h 30m
63% · Rotten Tomatoes
6.7/10 · IMDb
In this dramatization, members of the Revolutionary Cells and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine hijack an Air France flight, and the airplane makes its way to a Ugandan airport. The terrorists release all but the Israeli...
Release date: January 9, 1977 (USA)
Director: Irvin Kershner
Music by: David Shire
Distributed by: NBC and KADOKAWA HERALD PICTURES
Budget: $3.5 million
Original languages: English; German; French
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Attack route. Taking off from Sharm el-Sheikh, the task force flew along the international flight path over the Red Sea, mostly flying at a height of no more ...
Dec 1, 2010 · He had fallen out with the Israelis and ejected them when they refused to help him attack Tanzania and Kenya. The terrorists collected passports ...
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The attack was repulsed, and Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere ordered a counter-attack into Ugandan territory. As Tanzanian forces advanced deeper into the ...
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The Norfolk hotel, then owned by the Block Hotels, was bombed on 31 December 1980 by the PFLP/PLO. The attack, in which 13 people of several nationalities were ...
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Jul 4, 1976 · KAMPALA, Uganda, July 4 (Agence France‐Presse) —The Israeli attack on the Entebbe airport was made by three planes that landed and took off ...
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Jul 5, 2009 · “The Israeli invaders quickly mounted an attack on the hijackers, killing seven of them and some hostages, as well as a number of Ugandan ...
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Jul 5, 1976 · They said that tactical surprise was gained by creating diversions with bombs, grenades and flares at the oposipte side of the airport, which, ...