June 27

Air France Flight 139 from Tel Aviv to Paris was hijacked by four members of the Palestinian militant groups.

June 28

After 24 hours, at 3:15pm the next day, the hijacked plane landed at Entebbe Airport in Uganda.

Hijackers asked for a ransom of US$5 million and the release of 53 Palestinian militants imprisoned in Israel by July 1.  

If the demand was not satisfied, they would start killing the hostages.

July 4

The Israeli army launched Operation Entebbe, sent 100 commandos over 4,000 km to the airport in Uganda, killed all 7 hijackers, and freed 102 hostages.

Reference

The Jerusalem Post – The hijackers of Entebbe – The full story