The Israeli Rescue Mission So Crazy It Actually Worked

In 1976, armed hijackers diverted an Air France flight full of Israeli and Jewish passengers to Uganda and gave Israel one week to meet their demands. What followed was one of the boldest rescue missions in modern history: a high-risk raid at Entebbe that turned terror, politics, and impossible odds into a story still talked about decades later. 00:00 Intro 01:06 Israel in the early '70s 02:30 The hijacking begins 06:10 Landing in Libya 07:19 Final destination: Uganda 08:42 Passengers separated by nationality 11:00 Key figures of the operation 12:06 The raid unfolds 16:07 Yoni Netanyahu’s Destiny 16:48 Aftermath of Entebbe 17:59 Legacy for Israel and the IDF Sources David, Saul. Operation Thunderbolt. 2017. Dunstan, Simon. Entebbe. 2011. Koerner, Brendan I. The Skies Belong to Us. 2014. Simon, Scott. “Remembering Pilot Michel Bacos.” NPR, 2019. “Keesing’s Record: Air France Hijacking.” 1976. “The World’s Most Secure Airline: El Al.” 2024. “History of Airliner Hijackings.” BBC, 2001. Weinthal, Benjamin. “Leftists… Munich Massacre.” Jerusalem Post, 2018. “Amin Praises Hitler…” NYT, 1972. Green, David B. “First and Only El Al Hijacking.” Haaretz, 2013. Subscribe and turn on your notifications so you don’t miss future uploads! https://www.youtube.com/UNPACKED?sub_confirmation=1 Recommended video – Inside the Mossad's Top-Secret Missions - https://youtu.be/Ar72qc8qQuY?si=ytdHjHQ2PSUS2vbC We have merch! – http://shop.Unpacked.media/?utm_medium=youtube&utm_source… Let’s connect: Website — https://www.Unpacked.media Instagram — /unpackedmedia Twitter — /unpackedmedia TikTok — /unpackedmedia Facebook — /unpackedmedia ----------- Image and footage credits: Adventuress Productions International Golan-Globus Productions Noah Films Participant Working Title Films Malta Film Commission Edgar J. Scherick Associates 20th Century Fox Television Village Roadshow Pictures RatPac-Dune Entertainment Flashlight Films Orange Corp Malpaso Productions The Kennedy/Marshall Company Donna and Shula Productions Paper Entertainment Paper Plane Productions Shula Spiegel Productions Golan-Globus Productions DNA Films TATfilm Produktion Scottish Screen UK Film Council FilmFour WestEnd Films KAN (Israeli Public Broadcasting) United King Endemol Shine (Israel) David L. Wolper Productions Wikimedia Wikipedia Commons Getty British Pathe clintonlibrary42 (YouTube channel) Wbs TvUganda (YouTube channel) World History (YouTube channel) כאן | חדשות - תאגיד השידור הישראלי Prophecy in the News (YouTube channel) Dennis Hopper War Archives Amblin Entertainment Alliance Atlantis Communications StudioCanal DreamWorks Pictures ----------- Executive Producers: Michael Steinhardt Co-Executive Producers: Marc Shmuel Levine Iris & Shalom Maidenbaum Gold Level: The Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life ----------- Translation credits: Portuguese: Saymon Pires About Explainers: From ancient Jewish traditions to the modern State of Israel, we explain it all. Diving into anything and everything related to Jewish culture, history, and even religion. Understand Jewish holidays, Israeli politics, Jewish diasporic communities, and more. Learn about Judaism in pop culture, debunking myths about Jews, and explore obscure Israeli landmarks. We’re asking questions as basic as “What is the Talmud?”, and as obscure as “How did hip-hop boost Kosher wine sales?”, and everything in between. About Unpacked: We provide nuanced insights by unpacking all things Jewish. People are complex and complicated — yet we’re constantly being pushed to oversimplify our world. At Unpacked we know that being complex makes us more interesting. Because of this, we break the world down with nuance and insight to drive your curiosity and challenge your thinking. #entebbe #israel #mission