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Air France Hijacking / Israel #246831

CBS Evening News for Thursday, Jul 01, 1976
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(Studio) Palestinian hijackers release 101 more hostages who were flown to Paris.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

(Entebbe, Uganda) Hijackers continue to keep 110 hostages and threaten to kill them unless pro-Palestinian terrorists are released from jails in Israel and 4 other cntrys. Most hostages are Israelis or American Jews.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite (narrates)

(Studio) Israel agrees to negotiate with terrorists. Deadline for demands is Sunday
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite

(Tel Aviv, Israel) Relatives of Israeli hostages direct rage and fear at rep. of Premier Yitzhak Rabin. Group forces way into military compound to see Rabin. Rabin sees representative group; says Israel will negotiate for release of all hostages. Jews say special prayers for hostages.
REPORTER: Bruno Wassertheil

Reporter(s):
Cronkite, Walter;
Wassertheil, Bruno
Duration:
00:02:10

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