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Operation Thunderbolt

Operation Thunderbolt

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 6, 1977

Runtime

2h 4m

Genres

Action, Drama, Thriller

User Score

62%

Original Title

מבצע יונתן

Production Companies

Cinema Shares International Distribution, Golan-Globus Productions

Director

Menahem Golan

Description

In July 1976, an Air France flight from Tel-Aviv to Paris via Athens was hijacked and forced to land in Entebbe, Uganda. The Jewish passengers were separated and held hostage in demand to release many terrorists held in Israeli prisons. After much debate, the Israeli government sent an elite commando unit to raid the airfield and release the hostages.